 By baregrass, on May 20th, 2010
Nice rain the last few days and it is so welcome. And the best part is that we didn’t have to endure the nasty stuff they had across the state line in Texas. I could see the back end of that massive storm that hit Dalhart and Stratford, Texas. It had a very pronounced and huge ring of turbulence circling the whole system.
One of the benefits of the moisture we received over the winter and of the recent rain we have gotten is that there is a riot of wildflowers all over. I’ve never seen many of them and yesterday the county agent came out and we are trying to identify as many as possible. So far we have identified scarlet globe mallow, sagewort, ragleaf bahia, an unknown type of primrose and an aster that looks like bog aster but is not supposed to be growing in New Mexico. There are 10 or more varieties of flowers growing in my yard and many more out in the native pasture. Interesting stuff.
By baregrass, on May 6th, 2010
Well, here I am 2 months later and finally writing something here. Tonite is the first night of the Bluegrass Fest in Tucumcari and I am getting ready to get up on stage in a few hours with my bandmates and open the show. Little nervous but not too bad. We will be opening for some professional bluegrass bands so I hope we don’t screw up too bad. I am fighting a case of pneumonia and our harmonica player has been having trouble with his diabetes so it might be interesting.
By baregrass, on March 23rd, 2010
Last week the wife and I saw a great movie called “PS, I Love You”. It was made from the novel of the same name written by Cecilia Ahern. I really liked Gerard Butler’s and Hilary Swank’s performances. The best about the two actors, in my opinion, is that they are look and act like real people. I absolutely recommend the movie. It is family friendly and has a wonderful ending. The critics gave it a so-so recommendation but most of them wouldn’t know a good movie if it hit them in the butt.
Now, to the title of this post. In the movie there is a scene where Hilary Swank’s character and her friends are in a pub in Ireland and a local band is playing. The singer starts singing a song called “The Galway Girl”. This was the song Swank’s character’s late husband sang for her in the same pub after they met. The song caught my ear right away and, as I am a big fan of Irish music, I decided to learn it. I found a video of it on YouTube sung by Mundy and what a great version it is! But, there is more to come.
Just remember, one thing leads to another. While listening to the video I could hear this wonderful concertina player and I said to myself, “who is that?” As it turned out it was Sharon Shannon and I was captivated by her playing. I had never heard of her before but I have to say that she is the best concertina player I have ever listened to. Needless to say I went on Amazon and downloaded a bunch of her music and it is good stuff, and I say that as a musician myself.
Is there a moral to this story and what does this have to do with New Mexico? Not a darn thing but fun is fun.
By baregrass, on March 10th, 2010
Looks like I have abandoned this blog again but to tell the truth I just haven’t had a lot to say lately and I’ve been rather busy with other interests. My bandmates and I have been getting ready for the bluegrass festival coming up in May in Tucumcari, New Mexico so it’s been practice, practice. Strange thing I have noticed; it’s not as easy to learn new songs as it was 30 years ago. I really don’t know why. But it is still fun!
Oh, and by the way concerning New Mexico native Americans, Santo Domingo Pueblo has reclaimed its original name and is now officially Kewa Pueblo. Good for them.
By baregrass, on February 24th, 2010
Most of us now know who Joe Stack was after learning of his flying his airplane into the IRS office in Texas. The Main Stream Media (MSM) has attempted to make him into a Tea Party type guy. Good try by the leftist media taking their orders from the Obama administration but no soap.
After reading his “manifesto” on the SmokingGun, he seemed to me to be a self-centered, self-pitying leftist. He, after all, made a positive statement about communism and a negative statement about capitalism. The proof of his true political leanings is the frantic scrambling the MSM did to try and pin the label of “tea party” on him. They knew who he was and attempted to switch his political identity. Like most of their attacks on the majority of us regular citizens, it failed.
My advice to the MSM is keep on keeping on. Your lying attempts to destroy the Tea Party movement only make it stronger. Do you wonder why so many of us don’t watch your nightly news shows and read your newspapers anymore?? And I guess my next question is, why do you hate those of us that want and work for good, efficient, honest, fiscally conservative and constitutional government?
By baregrass, on February 22nd, 2010
In the case of Cobell vs. Salazar Ms. Cobell is taking questions from those native Americans that will be affected by the recent settlement offer from the federal government. Here is the web site and instructions:
http://cobellsettlement.com/class/ask_elouise.php
It is our hopes that Congress will pass the enabling legislation and the process can move forward.
By baregrass, on February 19th, 2010
Hey, the weather has been really great here the last few days. Yesterday was an amazing 64 degrees and today is supposed to reach 54! However, next week winter returns as it should. After all we are in wintertime until March 21st or so. Well, it’s off to celebrate my wife’s birthday.
By baregrass, on February 8th, 2010
Since January 28th we have gotten around 20 inches of snow and since we have been in a real drought for the last few years it is quite welcome. We got around 6 inches last night and the weather man says that we might have more on Wednesday and again during the weekend.
The only thing I have to complain about is that our driveway, which is an eighth of a mile long, is getting in pretty ragged shape. One of my tasks when it dries up good is to get out the tractor and blade, shape it up pretty good and get a bunch of base course hauled in to spread on it. The ruts are so deep now that the pickup is the only way in and out.
I did have to get up on the roof with a push broom and push a bunch of snow off the roof today after I heard the rafters groan a little bit. Having a flat roof has its disabilities and getting too much heavy snow on it is one of them.
By baregrass, on January 23rd, 2010
Now the latest mantra coming out of the administration and the far left Democrats is that the big banks must be punished for their misdeeds. What a laugh! Obama and the left wing Democrats take on Wall Street and the big investment banks??? I doubt it when Goldman Sachs and the rest were his big contributors.
Rest easy folks, this is all a rhetorical shell game charade that is meant to go nowhere. I bet the word has already gone out to the bankers “don’t worry, we have to make you look like villains for a while to cover up for our screw ups but keep the campaign contributions coming in and we will take good care of you”.
When are we Americans going to realize that when politicians target an industry or a segment of society all they are doing is trolling for cash? Call me cynical if you want.
By baregrass, on January 21st, 2010
All I can say is congratulations Scott Brown and thank you Massachusetts!
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