Lee Jones

It was all Rosie and Paul’s fault. Lisa was off-island and our exquisitely wonderful neighbors had invited me to a small dinner party at their house. Dinner at their house isn’t just dinner; it’s a celebration of community. I met their friends Matt and Rudi over the pre-dinner drinks. Ultimately we moved to the dining [...]

If you have Tommy on your iPod, fire it up. Or fire up this: Tommy – Overture We saw Roger Daltrey at the Villa Marina a week ago. If you are our age and grew up on what is now known as “Classic Rock”, I don’t need to tell you who he was. He was [...]

I’ve talked plenty of times about the picking at Jack of the Wood. In fact, I recently got an article published in Blue Ridge Country magazine (February 2011 issue) about it. And I’ve often wished that I had pictures. I mean, every week we see flashes going off throughout the room – I assume we’re [...]

[Warning: this is a post meant for the music geeks in the crowd, and mostly the bluegrass music geeks. But if you're in that group, you'll dig this.] We’re at the Jack of the Wood tonight, our regular Thursday night bluegrass jam. It’s a typical evening and a lot of the really fine pickers are [...]

I love that kids come to our door and I give them candy. What could be more fun than that? I also have a tradition of taking pictures of the trick-or-treaters. The little ones, in particular, get a huge kick out of seeing themselves on the camera. One lady came by today and asked could [...]