Just had the opportunity to spend two days at local school's fall festival where the theme was loosely based in heritage. I play old songs and folk instruments like the musical saw and washboard and have created a few resonator type guitars with unusual old junque as well. They wanted me to talk about the unusual instruments I've created and to play a few songs to demo them. I realized that there was a great deal to say about how and why I came to create my homemade guitars and my washboard/gadget/gizmo/whatchamacallit/thingamajig. I enjoy adding stories about the history behind the instruments and the music I perform but I found that the children enjoyed hearing me play them more than talk about them. Still, they had lots of questions as did their parents. I just about went hoarse responding. It was great fun.