Jonah’s Blog

Should auld acquaintance be forgot, I’ll never forget my faithful blog readers. Just because you don’t comment, don’t think I don’t know you’re there.

But it is the end of a year, and time to start another. I hope you all enjoyed 2006. I sure did, but I’ll be glad to start 2007. I resolve in the very early weeks of 2007 to fix whatever has been bothering my fretting hand and start picking banjo again. Yous should all resolve to stretch your hands and warm up before you pick, otherwise you could end up with your own banjuries, guitar wounds, and mandolincidents. In fact, my good friend Dennis recently suffered a mandolincident. It appears to be spreading, so be careful in 2007.

In 2007 my baby sister, Abby, will move to Texas. Don’t worry. It’s just Austin, but it’s still pretty far away. She and her boyfriend, Jim, will pack all their guitars, two mandolins, a banjo, a fiddle, and at least one electric piano - not to mention clothes, furniture and other niceties - into their cars and hit the road a week from today. I may not fully grasp the finality and the distance of the move until my first 2007 trip Upstate, when I can’t call to see if she’ll be around. But it’s a huge step, and I’m pretty excited for them both.

Hopefully they’ll be doing gigs in the first few weeks of the new year. New year, new town, new venues, new bandmates. Go Abby!

Throughout 2007 I’ll probably cheer for Abby periodically, so if you want to know she is, just check in here.

Hope you all enjoy every one of those 365 days in 2007. And keep picking. 

Merry Christmas everyone, and Happy New Year. I know you are all very upset that I’ve not been blogging much lately, but I’ve been trying to rest my hands. I suffered a major banjury to a couple joints in my left hand, while picking bluegrass last June. I’ll be back blogging and playing music real soon, so just keep checking this and my homepage, for very cool messages and updates on my very cool life.

Speaking of which, I go up to Albany next Monday to take my master’s comps. Soon I will be a very cool master of history. It’s like a black belt in academia. Show no mercy!