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The Champ…

I guess it’s time. If I’m ever gonna tell the enchilada story, seems now would be the time. This story’s been on my mind for years and I’ve shared pieces with a few people, but I’ve never really given the credit that is long overdue. It’s time I express my gratitude. It’s the winter of […]

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Cool…

I don’t get it. Really. It’s a confession not a judgement. The idea of cool. What makes a person cool? Or a thing cool? Or, in this case, a business cool? I’ve actually listened to consultants, read suggestions from influencers and I try to understand the trends. But, I don’t get it. Really. What I’m […]

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Spring

I thought for one second that I smelled it today.  Greg Brown wrote “Spring and what’s left of the song birds return”.  I saw the song birds, hundreds of them, in the catalpa.  And I thought that I smelled it.  Smoke rolled from the chimney, down the roof line and across the garden.  The woods […]

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Six Degrees of Django

It’s all about the music really. At least for me. The rhythm of the kitchen, the knife, of life. The soundtrack of a day, a year, a life. There is no such thing as background music. It’s front and center or it’s off. Son of a musician, a music educator, I had some unusually terrific […]

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Perspective…

Please let me introduce you to Laura Hughes. When the time came to tackle this website project, my first inclination was to do as much of it as possible myself. That’s kinda what I do. Jump into things without a real plan. Figure it out as I go. Wing it! I’m fairly competent with a […]

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A new day…

I often find myself wondering what Mr. Cavert might think. Would the first recorded owner of this property, this barn, give his blessing to what we’re doing here? A restaurant right in the middle of his farm. It’s an idea I don’t imagine he ever considered. Bluegrass concerts in his hayloft…really?! Yet here we are […]

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