Rorschach, the Maniacal Mutt

        For a while we got into Brittany Spaniels.  My son was just a toddler, and we answered the ad with every intention to bring home a male dog.  The boy took one look, latched onto the one he liked, and cradled her in his arms.  We were in the dog business.  He named her Fancy right on the spot.  The name [...]

Rudy the Red Rocking Horse

        Years ago my children had a red rocking horse we named Rudy.  Rudy had a hard life.  Not only my young’uns but all the neighborhood kids didn’t think twice to hop on the horse’s back and spur him on without mercy.  Over time the coat on that poor paint pony cracked and peeled, and [...]

Book Update and Characters

        My agent is a brilliant guy.  He is the one who had me start my blog, and it has been much fun.  He said it would be good practice, and also I would learn a lot from my readers.
        It turned out better than that.  As I finish up my rough draft and first revision, (due [...]

Bluegrass Intellect

        I am going to dedicate today’s post to the English Professor for several reasons.  For one, he is a bluegrass intellectual, and that is today’s topic.  Also, I have read some of his thoughts on different types on intelligence I find pertinent to this discussion, and I hope he will chime in with some [...]

Bluegrass Work Note Excuses

        You know how folks come up with all kind of excuses when they miss work?  The bluegrass world is no different.  Back in the days before Neuse River’s personnel stabilized and reached our current level of maturity (ie we all done got old) the Moose and I heard every excuse in the world.
        One time [...]

Bibey on the Air/Bluegrass Music Update From WNCW 88.7

        Part of today’s post is an update on WNCW 88.7 Bluegrass radio.  Dennis Jones at the station sent me an e-mail, and it is printed below.  Before you get to that, though, I gotta tell you an old Neuse River/WNCW 88.7 bluegrass radio true story.
        One time we had a gig way in the [...]

Oh Tommy Bibey, Where Art Thou You Rascal?

        My blog just made a milestone- 15,000 hits.  My agent says this is real good for a fiction blog.  I’ll be honest, I ain’t got no idea.  All I know is I am an over grown doctor country boy who loves to pick bluegrass music and read, and this Internet thing is an endless [...]

Bluegrass Dress Code

        I’m gonna dedicate today’s post to the English Professor- tomorrow is his birthday.  Happy 49th Birthday from everyone in the bluegrass world, brother Ted.
        The English Professor had some thoughts on bluegrass band attire he wrote up on one of the bluegrass forums, and it brought back memories for me as to Neuse River’s dress code.
        For years, [...]

Banjo Picking Golfing Rasslin’ Preacher

        You remember me telling y’all about Preacher Vincent, the banjo picking minister who rassled the rangatang?
        Not long ago me and Darrell and his cousin Robert went out to play golf, and Preacher Vincent wanted to go along.  Now Robert is a good player, so he asked the Preacher what kinda game he played.  Preacher said [...]

I Didn’t Know I was Pregnant/Temple’s Law

        I didn’t know I was pregnant.  No, not me.  That would be a tad too fictional, huh?  However, it is possible for a woman to become pregnant and get all the way to term and not realize she is with child.  (In the end it will make itself known, though.)
        A gentleman from Mike Mathis Productions [...]