No dirt roads lately – on the bike anyway. We did go on a road trip, (in the car). An epic road trip according to our oldest grandson, J.C. who went with us. We picked him up at the airport in Denver and headed west on Interstate 70 across colorful Colorado. Through the Eisenhower Tunnel […]
“Truth eludes us if we do not concentrate our attention totally in its pursuit.” – Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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Rapidgrass Clear Creek Rapidgrass Bluegrass Festival Idaho Springs, CO June 25th, 2016 I’m constantly on the lookout for interesting music and top notch live recorded shows to share here on 3mph.org. Life wouldn’t be the same without singing and dancing. Grass in all flavors is where my focus is most of the time and I
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We’re fond of the word “evolution,” and use it frequently in our essays and meanderings but not in the Darwinian sense of genetic mutation or survival of the fittest. We’re generally referring to the process of continuous change from a lower, simpler, or worse – to a higher, more complex, or better state. In other
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“The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.” ~ Marcus Aurelius
H.H.D. – September 13th, 2023 Read More »
Yonder Mountain String Band Sheridan Opera House Telluride, Colorado June 20th, 2008 Here’s the finale from the awesome Sheridan show. The best for last or something like that! Set List Support Live Music in Your Neighborhood!
M.M.M. #106 – YMSB at the Sheridan Opera House Read More »
Carpe Diem is at the top of my dead language metaphor list. It’s like a war cry for, warriors of the present moment. Poets and philosophers have expressed the sentiment for millennia and plenty of folks in the present age must connect with the sentiment as well. The phrase gets used extensively in the names
“It is only when there is no goal and no rush that the human senses are fully open to receive the world.” ~ Alan Watts
H.H.D. – September 6th, 2023 Read More »
Yonder Mountain String Band Sheridan Opera House Telluride, Colorado June 20th, 2008 Here is the 2nd set of tunes from this exceptional show. Come back next Monday for the third and final set. Enjoy! Set List Support Live Music in Your Neighborhood!
M.M.M. #105 – Yonder Mountain in Telluride #2 Read More »
I started writing this essay a few months ago but it just never clicked. I’d open it occasionally, read through and attempt to write but it wasn’t any fun. There were other articles to write that were more pleasant and easier to pen, so I stayed away. Recently though, I realized that the message is
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“As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.” ~ Rumi
H.H.D. – August 30th, 2023 Read More »
Yonder Mountain String Band Sheridan Opera House Telluride, Colorado June 20th, 2008 I sort of got lost in the Archive, hunting some tunes to celebrate the 50th Anniversary of Telluride and ran into this exceptional show from 15 years ago. But that’s what celebrating the longevity of this Fesitval is all about I reckon. Yonder
M.M.M. #104 – Yonder Mountain at The Sheridan Read More »
One of the things I truly love about this time of year is walking out the back door of the cottage into the cool morning sunshine and harvesting breakfast from the garden. We backed off on the garden this year. It’s a lot of work and we didn’t want to get as tied down as
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