Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie UPDATE 30 Jan.2010

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie UPDATE 30 Jan.2010
From: maeve
Date: 02 Feb 10 - 12:49 PM

I'm thankful for this good news.

maeve

Jean's son Jon Pickow started a new thread here (click), so I'm going to close this thread. Please post to the new thread.
Thanks.
-Joe Offer, 3 Feb 2010-

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie UPDATE 30 Jan.2010
From: GUEST
Date: 02 Feb 10 - 12:23 PM

Good news. Best wishes for continued progress!

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie UPDATE 30 Jan.2010
From: gnu
Date: 02 Feb 10 - 12:11 PM

INDEED!

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie UPDATE 30 Jan.2010
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 02 Feb 10 - 07:42 AM

Wonderful news!

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie UPDATE 30 Jan.2010
From: brashley46
Date: 02 Feb 10 - 12:21 AM

Thank you, Mary Katherine.

Much love still winging its way southeast from Toronto.

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie UPDATE 30 Jan.201
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 31 Jan 10 - 05:20 AM

I'm currently listening to Jean singing with her sons on Mountain Born, one of my favourite albums.

sending more good wishes to Jean & family

sandra

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie UPDATE 30 Jan.201
From: Dan Schatz
Date: 31 Jan 10 - 01:36 AM

I'm so glad to hear of Jean's progress, though frustrated in sympathy with her for the length of the path before her. Jean, you have all our love.

Dan

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie UPDATE 30 Jan.2010
From: wysiwyg
Date: 31 Jan 10 - 01:23 AM

This sounds like STELLAR progress. (I'm not surprised.)

Enjoy the peace, Jean.

~Susan

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie UPDATE 30 Jan.201
From: Janie
Date: 30 Jan 10 - 08:43 PM

Good news indeed. Continued thoughts and prayers.

Janie

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie UPDATE 30 Jan.2010
From: Tinker
Date: 30 Jan 10 - 07:47 PM

Healing, grace and patience as you move forward day by day...


I'll sing Baby Owlet tonight and wrap that thought in prayer to wing it's way onward....

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie UPDATE 30 Jan.2010
From: nickp
Date: 30 Jan 10 - 06:00 PM

Good news. Best wishes Jean.

Nick

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie UPDATE 30 Jan.2010
From: Waddon Pete
Date: 30 Jan 10 - 04:37 PM

What Fortunato, Severn and Guest 999 said with knobs on!

Best wishes,

Peter

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie UPDATE 30 Jan.2010
From: GUEST,999
Date: 30 Jan 10 - 04:29 PM

What Severn said.

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie UPDATE 30 Jan.2010
From: Severn
Date: 30 Jan 10 - 02:04 PM

What Chance said!

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie UPDATE 30 Jan.2010
From: Fortunato
Date: 30 Jan 10 - 01:17 PM

Wonderful to hear that Jean is making progress.

Hang in there, Jean.

chance

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie hospitalized
From: katlaughing
Date: 30 Jan 10 - 10:40 AM

Thanks for the update. Good news! I am sure she will make even more progress when she is in her own home, too.

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie hospitalized
From: SINSULL
Date: 30 Jan 10 - 08:13 AM

Thank you for the update Mary Katherine. Better news than I expected but still frustrating to think of Jean at a loss for words. As always - one day at a time. And if anyone can come back from this it is Jean.
Always in my thoughts and prayers with a few others.
Mary

Subject: UPDATE
From: Mary Katherine
Date: 30 Jan 10 - 07:55 AM

UPDATE

This was posted yesterday to a folklore list I'm on:

Hi everyone. I've been in touch with Jean Ritchie's family over the past several weeks and just want to give you a brief update. She suffered a stroke as you know and was hospitalized for a week. She was then transferred to a rehab facility here on Long Island and has made significant progress. Although she needs a respirator at night, during the day she is breathing on her own and able to move and speak. However she has limited language skills but is making progress. The doctors expect she will be able to go home in about 2 months.

Nancy Solomon
Long Island Traditions

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie hospitalized
From: autoharpbob
Date: 30 Jan 10 - 07:16 AM

Lovely tribute Guy, and one of my favourite Steeleye Span tunes. I was adding the high harmony as you sang, though I am no Maddy!

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie hospitalized
From: GUEST,Lisa Johnson (Strumelia)
Date: 29 Jan 10 - 09:03 PM

Guy- a beautiful rendition, and a touching tribute.

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie hospitalized
From: VirginiaTam
Date: 27 Jan 10 - 07:38 AM

Jean just crossed your mind SINS?

I had her name in my meditation bowl this Sunday past.

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie hospitalized
From: Guy Wolff
Date: 26 Jan 10 - 10:49 PM

I just put up a dulcimer peice for Jean on Youtube . Thinking of her every day .I got my daughter a nice simple McSpadden some years back and wanted to do something for Jean with it ... All the best to all here .. Guy

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtmjM63Fzfk

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie hospitalized
From: SINSULL
Date: 26 Jan 10 - 03:04 PM

Jean just crossed my mind.
REFRESH

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie hospitalized
From: GUEST,Jayto
Date: 22 Jan 10 - 10:17 AM

Foggers you are rightI think it really stands as a testament to her character. Also sometimes an artists harshest criticsand critisicm comes from the people and area that they are credited with representing. For Mrs. Richey to be so loved by the people she represents is not a compliment to be taken lightley either. Both stand to as a testament to her talent and character and she deserves all the praise she recieves.

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie hospitalized
From: semi-submersible
Date: 21 Jan 10 - 06:22 PM

Warm thoughts and fellowship to all the family through your long journeying, from a Canadian fishwife you don't know, but who wishes you well.

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie hospitalized
From: foggers
Date: 21 Jan 10 - 02:22 PM

Amen to that Lisa and Bill.

Jayto - isn't interesting how Jean is someone who is so treasured by people who are near and far?

There you are in her native state, but I am 1000s of miles away in UK and there are people all round the globe sending good thoughts to this most gracious of ladies.

Even when it is she who is in need, she brings out the best in us along th way and that is a rare touch to have.

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie hospitalized
From: GUEST,Jayto
Date: 21 Jan 10 - 01:07 PM

Just wanting to tell Jean and her family they have alot of thoughts and prayers down here in Kentucky. Every day someone asks if I have heard anything regarding Jean. She has not been forgotten about by her native state and she is still very loved here.

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie hospitalized
From: Big Mick
Date: 20 Jan 10 - 08:42 PM

Second that, Lisa. I am currently dealing with both a mother and a father in long term care and rehab. My Mom suffered a stroke. It is a process of creating new neural pathways and in 80+ year old folks who are a bit set in there ways, that can be difficult. But Jean, like my Mom, is a person determined to live a graceful, and interesting, life. She will deal with it in the same way she has lived her life so far, and that is why she is revered as a great folk artist, respected as a wonderful human being, and loved as a good friend. Prayers and love to the Ritchie-Pickow family.

Mick

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie hospitalized
From: GUEST,Lisa Johnson (Strumelia)
Date: 17 Jan 10 - 07:46 PM

Well at least we know that Jean is out of immediate danger and is in recovery and rehabilitation, which is usually a long slow process after a major stroke event. My own mother (born the same year as Jean, and also a musician) had a massive stroke which taught me a little about post-stroke recovery.
Depending on the severity of the stroke, recovery involves varying degrees of having to retrain the muscles needed for talking, eating, walking, etc. It's hard slow work, but amazing improvements are often made over time. Jean and her family are strong positive people, and I'm sure they are all up to the job.

Sending my good wishes...
Lisa Johnson

My blog for learning traditional noter style dulcimer playing...
http://dulcimer-noter-drone.blogspot.com/

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie hospitalized
From: Janie
Date: 14 Jan 10 - 09:56 PM

What Jeri said....

Janie

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie hospitalized
From: Jeri
Date: 14 Jan 10 - 07:41 PM

There can't be many things more crazy-making than feeling like you have to pay attention to and take care of someone who says they want to help.

No pressure: not to keep us updated and re-assured, nor accept/acknowledge the constant well wishes and prayers. We get started here and then shift to autopilot. We'll keep the good thoughts, wishes and prayers going no matter what.

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie hospitalized
From: katlaughing
Date: 14 Jan 10 - 07:11 PM

That's fine, imo, Steve. We don't want to bother them or you; we just want them to know, when they can stop in, that we all care and are still thinking of them all.

Thank you,

kat

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie hospitalized
From: Bert
Date: 14 Jan 10 - 06:29 PM

More love on its way.

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie hospitalized
From: GUEST,WYS-out
Date: 14 Jan 10 - 06:28 PM

Steve, some of us are just "singing with Jean" till we're told otherwise; the link to that thread is in the threadlist, above.

~Susan

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie hospitalized
From: Suffet
Date: 14 Jan 10 - 06:23 PM

I am hesitant about asking Jon again at this time, especially since he said he would post something on Mudcat when he had the chance to do so.

--- Steve

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie hospitalized
From: gnu
Date: 14 Jan 10 - 02:14 PM

I assume Jon is still recovering and busy. Updating us here in The Café would be a rather difficult task, I would, again, assume.

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie hospitalized
From: katlaughing
Date: 14 Jan 10 - 01:53 PM

And, the last update was posted by Suffet on this thread on 03 Jan 10 - 12:33 PM. It was from an email from Jon to Suffet.

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie hospitalized
From: Joe Offer
Date: 14 Jan 10 - 01:48 PM

Dulcimer-
Jean's son posts updates here under his own name, Jon Pickow, but his last post was December 15. Jean Ritchie's user name is kytrad. She last posted November 16.
(the names are links that will show their posts)
-Joe-

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie hospitalized
From: Little Robyn
Date: 14 Jan 10 - 01:18 PM

You should be able to find Jean's postings here:
kytrad

But just in case that doesn't work, it's here:
http://www.mudcat.org/usersearch.cfm?who=kytrad

Robyn

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie hospitalized
From: dulcimer42
Date: 14 Jan 10 - 01:07 PM

I was told that her son was keeping Mudcat updated, under her name Kytrad.    How does one seek the postings of an individual on Mudcat?

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie hospitalized
From: GUEST,Andymac
Date: 12 Jan 10 - 06:56 PM

I've never met Jean but a few years ago, there was a thread regarding "The L & N" and I commented that I'd always thought it traditional and couldn't praise it more highly than that.
Jean replied and we shared a few PMs.
I was amazed that such a respected luminary would even take notice of anything I'd said. but I've realised that this sort of little incident is why she is so respected.

It isn't her music, which is superb, nor her tradition-bearing status, which is impeccable; but it's because of her humility and humanity and decency, all of which are what make her so important as a mentor and role model for us all.

Get well soon

Andymac (Scotland)

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie hospitalized
From: katlaughing
Date: 12 Jan 10 - 04:54 PM

Another day of turning towards morning...thinking of Jean and her beauty in all things.

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie hospitalized
From: gnu
Date: 11 Jan 10 - 05:15 PM

My pleasure, SINS. Truely.

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie hospitalized
From: SINSULL
Date: 11 Jan 10 - 05:00 PM

gnu - I was the final recipient of that print. A treasure.

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie hospitalized
From: gnu
Date: 11 Jan 10 - 04:52 PM

Continued thoughts and prayers for her and her family and friends.

I only briefly "knew" her. She had a print in the Mudcat auction that I was successful in bidding on. We exchanged PMs and emails, briefly.

I shall remember those.

Thanks.

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie hospitalized
From: SINSULL
Date: 11 Jan 10 - 04:20 PM

Actually it was in Kentucky Living

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie hospitalized
From: SINSULL
Date: 11 Jan 10 - 04:12 PM

From a 2008 interview in Kentucky Today:
Read the last line -
"In 1946, she graduated from the University of Kentucky with a B.A. in social work, and later took a job at the Henry Street Settlement in Manhattan. While in New York, Ritchie met other important musicians and became at home singing her mountain songs on the same bill as Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, and The Weavers.

Since then, Ritchie has performed her family�s songs from the smoky coffeehouses of Greenwich Village to the prestigious Carnegie Hall in New York, the Royal Albert Hall in London, England, and back home to the forks of Troublesome Creek at Hindman Settlement School in Knott County. And if the 85-year-old has her way, she'll be singing them for many more years to come.

"It keeps you alive longer," she says, sitting at her dining room table at home in Port Washington, New York. (She also maintains a home in Perry County, Kentucky.) "It wouldn't be much fun sitting in a nursing home, just waiting. If you want to stay longer in this world, you have to join in."


I hope Jean's head is full of music and her days in the nursing home pass quickly.

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie hospitalized
From: katlaughing
Date: 11 Jan 10 - 03:17 PM

Much love and continued thanks givings from Colorado.

Jon, don't worry about getting to the Mudcat any time, soon. We understand the tremendous strain you are all under, esp. with your dad's medical needs, etc., too. Just know there are many, many of us, around the world, who continue to send our love and good thoughts to you, your brother, and mum and dad.

All the best,

kat

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie hospitalized
From: wysiwyg
Date: 11 Jan 10 - 10:09 AM

Singing 'with' Kytrad (Jean Ritchie in nursing home)


I'm taking the liberty of starting a new thread for the telling (and well-wishing) of Jean's stay in a nursing home. I do this because:

1. I spend enough time in those places to know how music can and sometimes does fill them to overflowing;
2. I have some idea how busy the Pickows and other family/friends are at this time;
3. I want to honor the Pickows' request to sing in the New Year for (with) Jean;
4. I suspect Jean is having a similar effect in the nursing home that she has had everywhere else she has been, whether she's mostly sleeping, or up and about busy with rehab! :~)


So-- Mudcatters, what song do you wish you could sing in Jean's room (or nearby)? Singing 'with' Kytrad (Jean Ritchie in nursing home)


Pickow's and friends-in-person who visit Jean, what can you tell us of Jean's stay? Does the staff have any idea "Who" they are hosting, and how are they treating y'all? I'm sure there have been many personal moments with one another you will not wish to share here, but please know that Mudcatters (posting or not) continue to think about and pray for you all, with warm gratitude for Jean's presence in our midst. Singing 'with' Kytrad (Jean Ritchie in nursing home)



Still praying and looking to the blessings,

~Susan

Subject: RE: Is kytrad okay? Jean Ritchie hospitalized
From: Stringsinger
Date: 09 Jan 10 - 03:48 PM

"Blue Diamond Mine" is a fantastic song. (Kinda' based on "In the Pines")
She has it on You Tube.