bbc, if that 'large gentleman at the Folk Legacy booth Saturday afternoon" (more like 'evening') was Ron Olesko, I'm gonna SO kick myself! I STILL haven't met Ron!....!!!

Ron, I wasn't at the sing, but I know Mary LaMarca does the song. (see 'lamarca' in Mudcat photos for a mug shot)

There was a large number of DC area folkies there, some 'Catters and some not. It was good to see y'all, even if I didn't get a chance to talk to all of y'all. (I think I just waved at Dennis & Judy Cook.)

Another plug for Don's jewelry.
I bough a bracelet from him a couple of years ago, and it's my favorite bracelet. It's elegant, and comfortable. I can't stand sleeping in jewelry, and more than once, I've awoken to find myself still wearing this bracelet. I bought a pair of earrings, which I don't think I'm allergic to. I wore 'em for a day, and my ears are fairly irritated, but not an allergic type of irritation. More like the sort you get when you haven't worn earrings for a long time and suddenly jam some in there. Ridiculously low price for hand-crafted silver!

It was nice to meet jacqui c, who is every bit as nice in 3D as she seems in Mudcat. I saw her and kendall on Friday night and briefly on Saturday morning, but never again. Every time I went to that little wooded corner, no one was around or awake.

Jacqui, Heather Wood always wears a button around that says "It's alright - I can't remember your name either." I hardly notice if someone can't remember my name, as I can forget a name in mere seconds.

I've had it with tents, specifically the hi-tech piece of crap I've been using for two years. I had a lot of help putting it up and putting it back up, from people I didn't know. Nice people, but the tent has seen its last Old Songs. Someone told me you could rent RVs. I'll check into it, but somehow, I think it might be beyond my budget.

I missed a lot of good stuff (because I just don't do 'planning'), but the stuff I did in order to miss it was worth it. I took a guitar and a fiddle, and didn't play either of them the whole time. I DID ask to borrow georgeward's fiddle during the slow jam. He was the workshop leader, and had a concertina and a whistle with him as well as the fiddle. Later on, he told me it had once been Larry Older's, and had had an interesting journey before it got to him, but either George didn't finish the story or I don't remember it.

'Twas a good festival, but it was also good to get home to the luxuries of soap, hot water, a shower, and my own bed.