The last person that I heard play my Seagull cutaway was beer when he dropped in on a trip east five years or so ago. Cheap guitar but it hadn't been moved from in front of the fireplace for three years due to arthritis and it was still in perfect tune. He made it sound sweet but I knew that night... I sold it not long after. I sold the mandolin. Arthritis sucks. I went down the vocal cord/smoking route too a while before that... I can still talk without too many problems but singing any more that the last line of a verse among others has been a chore. Amos visited on his way east two years ago and I managed a few beats on the Rhan and a few last lines on some song verses. Alas, I fear that will be the last of it. As far as my three Bodhrans, I will never sell them... NObody will buy them!

Kendall... I had to curtail playing before arthritis struck due to a ganglion. Just days ago, the damn thing burst! I think it was caused by jarring my wrist while scraping ice off my driveway. I haven't tried to play Rhan again yet but??? Ya never know, eh? Hang on to that guitar a while yet.