October 21 – Catching up, Leslie visit, Welcome JT! October 28 – Election anxieties November 4 – Election equanimity November 6 – Election reaction November 17 – Acceptance and getting on with things December 9 – Thanksgiving December 20- History notes December 29- Christmas October 21 We’ve been back from Ireland and Boston for two …
2022 Our Native Daughters, Carnegie Hall, November Amythyst Kiah, Kennedy Center Terrace Theater, October Brandi Carlile, Indigo Girls and Allison Russell, Merriweather Post, August Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens, Wolf Trap, July 24 Norah Jones with Emily King, Pier Six, July 23 Billy Strings, Pier Six, July Bonnie Raitt with Lucinda Williams, Pier Six, June …
Silkroad Ensemble with Rhiannon Giddens, George Mason Center for the Arts, November 5 Rhiannon Giddens with Adia Victoria, Clarice Center, September 27 Tommy Emmanuel with Larry Campbell and Teresa Williams, Wilbur Theater Boston, September Elvis Costello with Nick Lowe, Lyric Opera House, July Little Feat with Miko Marks, Maryland Hall, April Sonny Landreth with Cindy …
Gillian Welch and David Rawlings, Lytic Opera House, Baltimore, Dec. 7 Amythyst Kiah and Maia Sharp, Kennedy Center, Dec. 6 Shawn Colvin, Rams Head, Annapolis, Dec. 3 Chris Smither & the Motivators, The Collective Encore, Columbia, Nov. 22 Molly Tuttle & Golden Highway, Two Runner at Fillmore Silver Spring, Nov. 16 Kacey Musgraves, Nickel Creek, …
Barb’s famous Apple Cake is adapted from a simple recipe from Stribling Orchard in Virginia where we used to actually go and pick apples back in the 1980s. Over the years she added and adapted the recipe and with Allie’s prompting I’ve tried to capture the end product. For years, Barb would have an Apple …
This post is the result of a sleepness night and an idea that seemed clarifying in the moment but is maybe only half-baked. Still, it’s a start of an idea that I think may be worth exploring further. I’ve sketched the basics here and reserve the right to revise and expand upon it in the …
Photos from the OGC Holiday Party on December 23, 2009 at someone’s house (not ours, thankfully). Barb took the photos but where’s one of Barb?
July 16 – General update August 8 – Fredericksburg, general update August 13 – Power outage August 29 – HVAC, update, Allie in Minneapolis September 7 – DC for NSO Declassified show July 16 I had a fine solo trip in early June to Cleveland, Toronto and Pittsburgh, which in turn spawned two lengthy dives …
I took a baseball-inspired road trip in June 2024 to Cleveland, Toronto and Pittsburgh. My Pittsburgh History Lesson, Part 1 focused on the role of Fort Pitt in the 18th Century founding of Pittsburgh. This post focuses on what I learned about Pittsburgh’s history after 1800. The Heinz History Center has six floors spread over …
I took a baseball-inspired road trip in June 2024 to Cleveland, Toronto and Pittsburgh. Larry Harder suggested I visit the Fort Pitt Museum while in Pittsburgh and I subsequently added the Heinz History Center to my agenda because it was rated highly in TripAdvisor. When I arrived at the Fort Pitt Museum I was happy …