Hello everyone and Happy February. I checked and found out we have 46 more days until spring. That seems like a long time but it will be here before you know it.
This year, 2026 marks my 50th anniversary of playing the guitar! To celebrate that, I joined a the Classical Guitar Corner academy, which is a great place online to study classical guitar. I recently met a member from CGC and we played some duets together. That was a lot of fun! Some of you may not know that I studied classical guitar many years ago from 1981-1987. Then I moved here from Chicago and I stopped playing formal music and began writing my own songs and I performed in local venues through the 90s. Then on my 40th birthday, I went back to classical guitar for a few years. Since then it has been on and off but I am “on” it again and loving it!
Back in December I got to play the drum set again for my jazz band on NYE at The Center at Belvedere. Some of you may not know I started off as a percussionist in high school and later took up the guitar my senior year. So it is fun to have both percussion and guitar to play!
I continue to enjoy playing therapeutic music for hospital, hospice and nursing home patients and this year is my 21st year doing that. In addition, a nursing home where I used to work nominated me for a hometown hero award. I am so honored by that. Thank you!
The picture above is of the first collage I made in 2026. I am working up material for my art show at the Northside Library in Charlottesville in June.
Thank you for stopping by and spring is on the way!
