After six months in the perfect indoor setting at the
Collierville (TN) United Methodist Church and their Common Cup Coffee Shop, we will play for one more night on April 5, 2013, and then head outdoors on April 12, 2013, to the
Historic Town Square for six months of pickin' and fellowship under the trees, at the gazebo, by the town clock, near the old train depot, or along the sidewalks that line the square! The spring of the year shows off the magnificent plantings and lush green that are ours to enjoy! May we say that we love and enjoy both locations and we feel so blessed to have those locations!
We even count among our bluegrass friends that young couple at
The Rusty Propeller Antique Store in Rossville, TN. Owners Geoff and Jessica and their children have made us feel right at home on special occasions. The great news is that on Friday nights when it is rainy and/or cold at the square, we can have our pickin' at the antique store! Fantastic for us! The weather is unpredictable, especially early in the season, so we're always glad to have a Plan B. It's just across the street from The
Wolf River Cafe, too, where
Susan and her crew wait to serve you some of the finest catfish, hush puppies, and green tomato pickles to be found anywhere! Oh, and unforgettable good ol' sweet tea! Yummmm!
We anticipate that the weather will be close to perfect when we return to the town square on April 12, 2013. Hose off the lawn chairs, grab a bite of dinner at home or at one of the fine restaurants on the square, load up the vehicle, and join us!
We even expect that group of hibernating pickers to come out from wherever it is that they go during the winter! Come on out to the square, y'all! It's time to pick!
This smiling bunch of bluegrass jammers is more than ready for some pickin'on the square! Join 'em for some fast tunes, slow tunes, and even some tunes you may not even know yet. You can always learn a new tune or two! Dust off that ol' fiddle, loosen up your fingers, and let 'er rip!
Yonder's
Frank, Pete, Gerald, Coley, Arn, Joe, James, Cecil, and
Bobby! There are groups pickin' all over the square on any typical Friday evening. We just took a picture of those with the happiest faces at that moment!
We look forward to a great spring, summer and early fall at the beautiful Historic Town Square! All we need is YOU! You and your family and friends make this event so successful! Welcome to our 14th glorious season at the square!
Pick away!
This tempting huckleberry cheesecake served at Lake McDonald Lodge in Glacier National Park is on a splendid table. You can see that for yourself. I'm trying desperately here to segue into "The Splendid Table" on American Public Media with Lynne Rossetto Kasper. I caught her on the radio on a recent Sunday while returning home on where else? I-40. One of her guests to be interviewed was my friend Cary Fowler, who heads up the Global Crop Diversity Trust. The Trust has grain seeds from every corner of the world which are stored at consistently cold temperatures in an ice-covered vault in Svalbard, Norway. The idea is that neither war nor floods nor fire nor famine nor any other catastrophe can disrupt the feeding of countries around the globe, should it become necessary to start over.
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This pen is a little yellow Bic(R) ballpoint that time has just about 'written' off! It was inexpensive. It never failed. It never left a glob of ink when I began to write. It did its job perfectly. So, of course they don't make them anymore! The Bic(R) or one like it has written down many a grocery list or story which popped into my mind. Even this humble little ballpoint has a connection to bluegrass music. When it dawned on me that suddenly these pens were becoming harder to find with each passing year, I stumbled upon thirteen packages of them, wrapped two to a package (two for 89 cents), in a RoadRunner (now Total, if the name hasn't changed yet again) convenience store near the Strange Family Bluegrass Festival in Texarkana, TX. I bought all thirteen packages! When I opened the package containing this pen, it started writing as soon as I touched it to paper--and this after probably 30+ years. It was just sitting in its package, dutifully awaiting its chance to strut its stuff. You had a good thing going there, Mr. Bic(R).+and+Bird+002.jpg)
