Publication Schedule

       
         First of all, I want to thank all you folks for checking in on my new blog.  I’ve heard from people all over the country, and I’m learning all sorts of new things.  Only six weeks on board, and I’ve already got a bunch of new friends.
        Given just last month I didn’t know [...]

Christmas at The Doctor’s Office

        If it were up to men alone to take care of things, life in general would be a dull affair.  Same way in bluegrass music.  I like a female voice in the mix, and our world wouldn’t sound or look as good without the likes of Alison Krauss and Rhonda Vincent.  And without my Mafar it wouldn’t be [...]

The Real Dr. Bibey

        This web thing is a true learning experience.  I heard today from a fellow who was an anthropositor.  I’m not exactly sure what all that is, but I think it is a sub-specialty of ethnomusicology, and involves archaeological digs to study ancient music traditions.  (Lord, I wonder what they’ll think when they dig up the [...]

County Star Theatre

        It was a big night in the County.  We’re gonna renovate the old County Star theatre, and bring live shows to Harnett County for the first time in many years.  We ain’t had anybody perform live there since Cowboy singing star Fred Kirkly rode his little paint pony out on the stage, and Moose went and [...]

Sperling W. Alter, M.D.

         I got a an e-mail today from a fellow who wants to study medicine and bluegrass music.  His name was Sperling Alter, M.D. and he is from Cambridge England, specifically some little hamlet called Grinton.
        Can you imagine that?  As it turns out, he was already scheduled for a year long physician exchange program at Sandhills University, and since [...]

Fiction and Truth

          As far as I know, my blog is the only physician bluegrass fiction writer’s weblog on the net.  If there is another, I hope folks will let me know. 
        I recently learned there is a English Professor bluegrass blog out there, and I reckon it might be the only one of those too.  Only difference [...]

Moose goes to Merle Fest

        One day the Moose called, and said Neuse River needed to take a road trip.  He had heard through the bluegrass grapevine (this was before the days of the Internet) of a new festival way up in the mountains.  He thought it had potential, and the band needed to go.  It was in Wilkesboro, and was [...]

The County Fair

        Neuse River plays the County Fair every year.  There is a little cabin near the front gate, and we sit on the porch and pick for hours at a time.  It think we are what you call atmosphere.
        It’s a good gig- you get paid for something you enjoy, and also get all the [...]

Sandhills University School of Medicine

        I am a graduate of Sandhills University School of Medicine.  We are very proud of her.  She started out as a sleepy little place, but is now ranked sixth in the country in the proper education of primary care docs.  We did well when we were there too- I guess when they published our Board scores [...]

Thru The Eyes of a Country Doctor

        This is a fiction forum, and does not discuss any “real” events.  Specific discussion of a patient’s clinical circumstances is a violation of my personal ethical code, and was long before anyone dreamed up HIPAA, so anything I write regarding patient encounters, while based on my life experience, has been “doctored” significantly.
        However, this post deviates [...]