Forum Activity for @hugssandi

KEN!  HA HA HA HA HAAAAA!

LOL~will hafta look that one up....

I am really looking forward to our church retreat the end of September, and I'd love to start practicin' some fun or silly or spiritual campfire songs!  Know any good ones?  TIA!

Ken!  Great box, dulcimer, and pool!!!  I really do appreciate the visual~thank you.  

CD!!!!  It's great to "see" you, and great minds!  I had that same idea and am so blessed to see it tried successfully already!  :)  ~I will proceed~

HI y'all!  I am sandi, and I was very active on dulcimer sites while learning after I first got my dulcimer in 2003.  The help and companionship of dulcimer friends online has always been AMAZING.  I have a Walnut Creek from Craggy Mountain Music that I bought sight unseen after learning about the mountain dulcimer, all because of the very kind Beverly who was so wonderful on the phone when I called.  :)  My goal was to have hymn sings with visitors to my home, as I so loved our Pastor's wife getting us around the piano whenever we visited her.  :)

I am a homeschooling mama with six children, so I had some years in there where my dulcimer was tucked away.  I have always wanted to play more but didn't know how to fit it in.  Now maybe I'm needing it?  LOL!  My current plan is to purchase a custom (Wren?) from Feather Dulcimers, and I am very excited.  I always wanted BIGGER and LOUDER to play in groups, but the practicality of a small instrument to store and pull out and travel with is now very, very appealing.  

That's it, I think!  I'm so happy to be back among you!

ETA that I'm dying to master this instrument.  It's simplicity has always appealed to me, but there is also much to master and grow with for the rest of your life should you want to.

Thank you, Dusty Turtle!  Ken, I like that idea.  I actually have some ideas of ways I could do it myself...  Y'all are so amazingly filled with knowledge!  ~I have missed my dulcimer peeps~  I so appreciate your sharing with me!

Thank you, Ken!  ~I am currently dreaming of a custom, but think possum board = the way to go~  I would love to see a pic of your carry box!

Tessie, I love your set-up!  That camp table = genius and got me thinking about our tv tray...  Thank you for allowing us to take over conversation!

Ken, do you prefer a possum board or double back?

What a great idea!  I am currently searching out possum boards or making a contraption out of a TV tray.  I'll let you know how it goes....  

Just because it's a favorite topic for me, I always wanna know!

Right now I have a huge stack of books going but am also embarking on reading about poverty.  I am reading Irresistible Revolution and adding Toxic Charity, Poor Economics, and A Tree Grows in Brookland.

Already going = The Association of Small Bombs, The Pearl That Lost It's Shell, Big Magic, and Romans....

It really is amazing!  Even our Pastor says we should charge people to see it!  LOL!

Margaret Wright's 12-Tune Song Books.  I learned on them, I love them, they are actually a crutch to me~LOL!  I NEED MORE FROM HER!!!  :)

I have met quite a few Daves, and they were all spectacular!  It's been a very long time, so sadly I don't remember everyone.  

Is it too much to share that we have a water stain in our living room ceiling that looks like a very artsy rendition of male anatomy?  And you know how people see Jesus in a cheese cracker?  Well, WHAT DOES IT MEAN?  LOL!  

~I do have a pic, I'm just too embarrassed to share it~

Currently in the works for me is a Feather Dulcimer, and I am beside myself with excitement!  

ETA I figured y'all might be tired of my first dulcimer story bought sight unseen nor heard?  It was a gloriously life-changing experience! Via YouTube I have heard the Feather Dulcimer.

I see there is not much activity here, as we head into August!  I am needing a KICK in the pants, as I truly need to take my health back.  I have ideas and plans, but I truly think I'll be most successful after weaning my toddler in a few months....