One of my most visited blog posts is the Gnome Home , published in May 2008. The people who visit often ask how they can find a gnome/fairy ...

I found a CafePress sticker that I should have on my case or somewhere else visible: "Being a good mandolin player is 3% talent, 97% n...

Gordon Bok released "The Brandy Tree (The Otter's Song)" the year I was born, but I only just learned it in January. It's ...

Here are some links to music I'm listening to these days. I'm learning to play the rudiments with the hopes of being good some day: ...

These days, the majority of my sewing projects are custom orders on and off Etsy. I enjoy creating dolls I've dreamed up, and then offer...

I am enjoying this 1998 video recording of the Waterboys' Killing My Heart , an alternate version of When Ye Go Away , especially Anto T...

Big Muddy M-2 factory 2nd mandolin I turned 42 yesterday, which as Douglas Adams fans know, is the answer to the meaning of life, the un...

A couple of months ago,  I brought home a friend's electric-acoustic mandolin on long-term loan, cleaned it up, and then brought it to...

At a recent weekly jam night with friends, I brought the four chord I Love the Mountains song with all the verses as sung by Houaida Goulli...

I have been having a great time at weekly music jam and board gaming sessions hosted by a good friend of mine. We started out playing ukulel...

For those of you who have a copy of The Daily Ukulele , and wish the book had a list of the two and three chord songs, I have compiled such ...

Many thanks to all of you who shared your December holiday memories on this blog for the recent giveaway called A Simple Gift . I entered al...

I didn't think I would have time to do any giveaways this season. But then, I made a little baby in a cradle for my daughter in anticipa...

I rediscovered the music of the Waterboys (i.e. Mike Scott and whomever Mike Scott wants to perform with) at a time when I needed their musi...