An American Tragedy

After visiting the American Tragedy exhibit at the Fenimore over in Cooperstown, and visiting the gift shop. I found the book I've been meaning to buy for years and simply forgot about it. Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy. For the last week and a half I once again threw my self into the world of Chester aka Clyde and Grace aka Roberta. It's amazing to me even though I know this sad story very well how intrenched I became yet again. I just finished the book and again find my myself in a very peculiar sense of sorrow one being very hard to shake. Dreiser wrote a master piece to be sure.

A Bird Song Summer Morning

We've got the woodshed stacked and the peonies a especially beautiful this year. I'm very grateful for all I have in my simple country life out here in Sunny South Hamilton.

Grace's Ghost At the Fenimore, Coopertown NY

An American Tragedy:The Gillette Brown Murder is on exhibit at the Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown through September 1st. My song, Grace's Ghost is part of it and I couldn't be more thrilled. My 5th CD, Songs From Mountains East And West is also on sale in the gift shop. A huge thank you to Chris Rossi for making this happen!

The 17th Annual Stillwater Boat Race/Pig Roast

The day couldn't of been more perfect! It was the Seventeenth Stillwater boat race and I've performed at least 7 of them. The Cowboys from Campsite 3 returned as well as many others and of course the Izzo clan along with Chuck Biss on the smoker with their fabulous pulled pork. I help Marian in the kitchen the day before and we whipped up many different salads, mock lasagna and deviled eggs. Everything was delicious!