Hi Bob, thanks for the story. Seems you've led an interesting life so far and glad that traditional music helped in that way. I was born in Edinburgh and after getting hitched, have spent the last 17 years in the Kingdom of Fife, just over the water. I'm a 40 year old amateur who plays a bit of guitar, flute, bodhran, and sings to some lesser degree. I co-started a folk club in Longside (little village inland from peterhead) then started another one nearer home (Leslie Folk Club) and have been the lynchpin of that club for 3 years. I've just split up from my wife of 18 years, moved back into Edinburgh, and have taken to an internet romance thing with a beautiful woman in Kansas USA (yup 4000 miles away!) She's a folkie too and sings and plays guitar, flute, mandolin. I'm going to see her (not for the first time) in 18 days and we've got a half-hour spot in a club in Kansas City. We've never played together properly before, and it'll be fun. That's the story so far. My email address is calach@fsbdial.co.uk if you wanna keep in touch. Thanks for chatting, see ya mate! Calach