I dropped into the Burning Leaf Cigar Shop last week to say hello to Jeff and to pick up a couple boxes for future amps and guitars, and wh...

It's a matter of perspective. Hurricane Irene screwed up my weekend plans, but I learned a long time ago, that for every action there ...

I was all set to head out this morning for York, PA to enjoy the York Fest and the annual Cigar Box Guitar Festival, but Hurricane Irene cha...

The US financial condition and the economic recession has hit everyone so hard, and it is so depressing. I was so depressed last night thi...

US Navy Corpsman Nicki Tarant requested a CBG, and I'm glad that I'm the person chosen to provide her with it. Like all of the fol...

Tomorrow, I'll ship a four-string electro/acoustic guitar to another courageous serviceman, Navy Petty Officer Jeff Noack, who is statio...

Annually, my son Jay hosts a Father's Day ride for all his road bike buddies, from near and far.  Guys and gals of all ages show up in t...

HM2 Eddy Phouthaboun, a Navy Corpsman stationed at Bastion Hospital in sunny and sandy Afghanistan, recently received the San Francisco-them...

Please call your Senator(s) and Congressmen(women) to ask that they set aside their petty political differences, to do what is right for Ame...

This post isn't about guitars or amps.  It's about a friendship that started nearly 65 years ago, when I was a first grader. My fr...

The Defense Department found that several branches of the military had too many non-commissioned officers and decided to offer an early reti...

Summer always brings opportunity . . . to mow grass, water foliage, putter around the flower garden, paint the winter deterioration, cook ou...

Years ago, I was bringing my wife to vist my grandmother.  Grandma never remembered that I had visited her often, so she reminded me where...

My grandfather was aging, and with that came certain discussions, which were sometimes uncomfortable. He took me aside one day and said, ...

http://www.youtube.com/v/ervaMPt4Ha0&autoplay=1 Please view this presentation created by a 15-year-old girl, who has more character th...

The old adage, which proclaims, " It is better to give, than to receive ", is true!  How do I know this? Well, read the response...

I mentioned a while ago in another post that I had purchased an old cathedral-style radio at a yard sale, and was going to use it for an amp...

The Kansas City Blues Society is pleased to present the first Kansas City Cigar Box Guitar Festival to take place Sunday July 31st, 2011 at ...

HM3 Brittany Saulsberry is a US Navy Corpsman stationed at Bastion Hospital in Afghanistan.  She says her friends call her 'Steak...

I have a stat counter on this blog, which I periodically check to get a feel for who is  visiting, and from where.  It's kinda neat to ...

Today, I shipped a three-string guitar to HM2 Eddy Phouthaboun, a US Navy Corpsman stationed at Bastion Hospital in Afghanistan. The basis...

The Afghan girls, 'Crystal' and 'Blondie', arrived at Camp Bastion a couple days ago (just over a week in route), to keep US...

US Navy Nurse LT Virginia Sullivan, stationed at Camp Bastion, Afghanistan, shows us the three-string guitar I created for her.  The LT, he...

Let me introduce you to Navy Corpsman Charles Setzer's Afghan girls, 'Crystal' and 'Blondie' . Crystal's long, sle...