I really should be asleep by now.
I was going to drive to Columbus, Ohio this evening and continue in the morning to Bardstown, Kentucky for the festival.
It snowed all day and into the night. Reason caught up with me. I decided it would be best to drive straight to the festival in the morning. It is a seven hour drive, maybe more if there is snow.
I need to be there by 5:00 PM or so.
I think I can I know I can I think I can I know I can…Choo Choo! (Anyone get the reference?)
Someone once asked me if I became a musician so I would not have to work!
The festival should be a lot of fun. I’ll have a few dulcimers for sale while I am there too.
Come by if you can!
BE SAFE! You Can, my friend! Good night, now!
Thanks Marie. Getting ready to pack the car and go. All will be well. Better to be tired now then stuck on the highway last night!
Hope you had a great time. I know I enjoyed it.
I also wished I could have spent more time with you on the
pennywhistle.
Hope you are going to the Ohio Valley Gathering.
I loved your dulcimers and would like to talk to you about them.
Are you a member of “Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer”?
Check the site out.
Bill Davenport
Hi Bill,
Thanks for the letter. Good seeing you again. I’ll be at the Ohio Valley Gathering. I’m also on “Friends of the Mountain Dulcimer.” I moderate the dulcimer making group.
Thanks for the kind words about my dulcimers. I’d be delighted to talk with you about them.
All the best,
Doug
So you wouldn’t have to work? For the record, that elicited an out-loud belly laugh here.
Even people who know me well, see me every week, find themselves assuming I’m at home on weekends without work to do. I’m teaching, for the record. Nights and weekends, I’m working when others are not.
It’s true I work odd hours. Some weeks I work 70 hours, some I work 25, most weeks include more hours than when I had a day job. Some weeks, all that work is at home, and any day of the week could be a teaching day. Every week is different.
I’m an artist *and* musician, *and* teacher. A friend says I’m a “Renaissance Woman.” I do love that phrase and it’s more true for me than most in our society. However, in this day and age, a Renaissance Woman has no sick pay and no paid vacations. The up side is that I adore my work.
So you wouldn’t have to work? Maybe they meant so you wouldn’t have to punch a clock? We can only hope.
I think a lot of people can’t imagine enjoying or being passionate about work, not to mention the trade-offs that sometimes come with the decision to take the road less traveled.
On the other hand, if you make a lot of money at it they will think you are a brilliant entrepreneur!