Timeline Entry
@strumelia
• 4 weeks ago
• comments: 5
Posted a new Comment on Twinkle on Mountain Dulcimer:
Posted a new Comment on Twinkle on Mountain Dulcimer:
"Very fun, and nice playing, Phil!"
@strumelia
• 4 weeks ago
• comments: 5
Liked a youtube item created by @phil-myers: Twinkle on Mountain Dulcimer
Liked a youtube item created by @phil-myers: Twinkle on Mountain Dulcimer
@norma-redish
• 4 weeks ago
• comments: 538
Posted a new Comment on @ken-longfield:
Posted a new Comment on @ken-longfield:
"Thank you Ken for your welcome. I have so many questions about the right dulcimer for me. And which virtual dulcimer festivals to go to. I signed up with..."
@ken-longfield
• 4 weeks ago
• comments: 2
Posted a new Comment on @norma-redish:
Posted a new Comment on @norma-redish:
"Welcome to FOTMD, Norma. It's good to have you aboard. I wish you success in your hunt for other mountain dulcimer players in the Sedona area. It is fun to..."
@robin-thompson
• 4 weeks ago
• comments: 5
Posted a new Comment on Twinkle on Mountain Dulcimer:
Posted a new Comment on Twinkle on Mountain Dulcimer:
"What a neat tune, Phil! "
@davisjames
• 4 weeks ago
• comments: 5
Posted a new Comment on Leaving Lismore:
Posted a new Comment on Leaving Lismore:
"Beautiful.I so enjoy exploring the archives.Many genres, styles,approaches,sounds.A FOTMD Smithsonian of mountain dulcimer!... as a latecomer dulcimer player..."
@ken-longfield
• 4 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Hindman Homecoming 2026":
Posted a response to "Hindman Homecoming 2026":
"I haven't talked with Doug recently. I'll contact him and see how things are going. I have no idea what the budget is for this event. In the past the cost to..."
@greatlakes73
• 4 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Hindman Homecoming 2026":
Posted a response to "Hindman Homecoming 2026":
"Ken, is there a way we can contribute funding? Maybe a link can be set up?"
@ken-longfield
• 4 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Positive Thread...":
Posted a response to "The Positive Thread...":
"On a positive note we had our children, their spouses, and our grandchildren here for the first three days of July. It was fun for all of us to be together...."
@homer-ross
• 4 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Positive Thread...":
Posted a response to "The Positive Thread...":
"There is nothing better than fresh vegs right out of the field. Pick, cook (or eat raw), eat Hmmmm. Support your local farmers and farmer markets."
@dusty
• 4 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Positive Thread...":
Posted a response to "The Positive Thread...":
"My grandfather used to say "about two in a hill," and it is indeed a farming reference. The hill referred to is not a real hill, but a tiny mound of soil in..."
@robin-thompson
• 4 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Positive Thread...":
Posted a response to "The Positive Thread...":
"Lisa, "About two in a hill" is, perhaps, a very localized colloquialism. Though we haven't heard the phrase used in years, Mark and I heard it from older..."
@strumelia
• 4 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Positive Thread...":
Posted a response to "The Positive Thread...":
"Thanks Richard. I feel so badly for all farmers and ag workers lately. They face such terrible conditions- climate-wise, weather disasters, plus they are..."
@john-c-knopf
• 4 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Positive Thread...":
Posted a response to "The Positive Thread...":
"Wondeful news about your husband, Lisa! I had that surgery and it was ver helpful to me too.
I'm thankful for all the reports from pleasantly-surprised..."
@richard-streib
• 4 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Positive Thread...":
Posted a response to "The Positive Thread...":
"What a wonderful thread, Strumelia. Thanks for starting this. What a blessing upon you and your husband with his successful eye surgery and improved vision...."
@davisjames
• 4 weeks ago
• comments: 2
Liked a youtube item created by @ondrej: 3x Gospel for DAD Dulcimer
Liked a youtube item created by @ondrej: 3x Gospel for DAD Dulcimer
@robin-thompson
• 4 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Positive Thread...":
Posted a response to "The Positive Thread...":
"We have high hopes for our potato crop this year. Last year's crop was poor-- way too wet a Spring here! It'll be nice when time comes to dig the potatoes..."
@strumelia
• 4 weeks ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "The Positive Thread...":
Posted a response to "The Positive Thread...":
"Tell us about something positive lately in your life that you have experienced or observed.
As for me, there have been a few positive things lately. But..."
@strumelia
• one month ago
• comments: 2
Liked a youtube item created by @mark-gilston: Walking tune after Olle Gustafson-Solne
Liked a youtube item created by @mark-gilston: Walking tune after Olle Gustafson-Solne
@davisjames
• one month ago
• comments: 4
Posted a new Comment on Red Rocking Chair.:
Posted a new Comment on Red Rocking Chair.:
"Thanks all.It was a treat to get outdoors and play music with Neva.This song fulfills my expectations of a live recording:there should be something you've..."
@ken-longfield
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Sources: strings in bulk":
Posted a response to "Sources: strings in bulk":
"And just in case we are posting photos of Uncle Eddie, here are two. One is of Uncle Eddie before John clothed him in black paint. The other is of John..."
@ken-longfield
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Sources: strings in bulk":
Posted a response to "Sources: strings in bulk":
"I found the photo on Doug Berch's website and in a video of langeleik music played by Gunvor Hegge. She recorded that album in Paris in 1999. I might email..."
@john-c-knopf
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Sources: strings in bulk":
Posted a response to "Sources: strings in bulk":
"Shopdad, the wood is 3/8" plywood on top, back and sides, and laminated poplar everywhere else."
@ken-longfield
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Sources: strings in bulk":
Posted a response to "Sources: strings in bulk":
"Shopdad, I think the instrument in your photo is a langeleik from Norway. Later today I'll research the source of the photo and give a better answer. I'm off..."
@shopdad
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Sources: strings in bulk":
Posted a response to "Sources: strings in bulk":
"That's awesome. What kind of wood did you use? I posted a picture an original instrument which was later described as a Scheitholt. I thought it was about..."
@strumelia
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Liked a forum discussions item created by @richard-streib: Sources: strings in bulk
Liked a forum discussions item created by @richard-streib: Sources: strings in bulk
@john-c-knopf
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Sources: strings in bulk":
Posted a response to "Sources: strings in bulk":
"Here's a better photo taken in Richmond, KY on my tour of the south."
@shopdad
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Sources: strings in bulk":
Posted a response to "Sources: strings in bulk":
"LOL John. Almost as long as the car. AI brings a lot of smiles."
@mark-gilston
• one month ago
• comments: 2
Posted new YouTube video(s):
Walking tune after Olle Gustafson-Solne
Walking tune after Olle Gustafson-Solne
@john-petry
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Sources: strings in bulk":
Posted a response to "Sources: strings in bulk":
"Thought I saw Uncle Eddie on the road....."
@john-c-knopf
• one month ago
• comments: 0
Posted a response to "Happy Birthday America":
Posted a response to "Happy Birthday America":
"Alexis de Tocqueville once wrote "America is great because she is good, and if America ever ceases to be good, she will cease to be great." Seems to me that..."