"The future will be different if we make the present different." - Peter Maurin

I'm back in the shop and making some progress on a prototype dulcimer to try a few new ideas. The ends of the braces are fit into the linings, and I hope to glue the back on tomorrow.

here's a little song called On Moonlight Bay written by Edward Madden and Percy Wenrich. my dulcimer was hand made by @moishepipick.bsky.social and is my personal favorite one to play #dulcimer #music #moonlightbay #onmoonlightbay

The Jane Goodall Institute of Canada has learned this morning, Wednesday, October 1st, 2025, that Dr. Jane Goodall DBE, UN Messenger of Peace and Founder of the Jane Goodall Institute, has passed away due to natural causes. She was in California as part of her speaking tour in the United States.

Pedro Santos - Dual - [Brazil, Psychedelic Folk/Tropicalia/Exotica] (1968) https://redd.it/nunv86 https://youtu.be/1c3pmzDX9_I

Dzintars - Nenāk Miegs (Can't Sleep) [USA/Latvia, Folk, Funk, Psyche] (1978) : Not sure how to categorize this one...so let's go with psychedelic Latvian folk-funk! A genuine mind-blower : ) https://redd.it/lxxbf9 https://youtu.be/oTE_okJxCEs

This gold sew-on clothing appliqué is in the form of two Scythian archers, back to back (blood brothers?). Hellenistic in style, it was excavated from the burial mound at Kol Obo in Ukraine, near Pantikapaion - probably the tomb of a Scythian king. 🏺 #ancientbluesky 4th c. BCE. #BritishMuseum 📸 me

Amanaz - Kale [Zambia - Psych Soul, Traditional Folk] (1975) Five working class men from Lusaka involved in the anti-colonial freedom fighters movement who, in 1973, after saving some money traveled to Chingola (one of Zambia https://redd.it/17jeswt https://youtu.be/an9xutIHB5s

After years of complaining about cancel culture, the current administration has taken it to a new and dangerous level by routinely threatening regulatory action against media companies unless they muzzle or fire reporters and commentators it doesn’t like.

JON KARL: What do you make of Pam Bondi saying she's gonna go after hate speech? A lot of your allies say hate speech is free speech TRUMP: We'll probably go after people like you because you treat me so unfairly. You have a lot of hate in your hate. Maybe they'll have to go after you.

I miss Jimmie Carter.

"Where they burn books, they will ultimately burn people." - Heinrich Heine www.npr.org/2025/08/24/n...

Liberation is indifference to the objects of the senses. Bondage is love of the senses. This is knowledge. Now do as you please. - Ashtavakra Gita

After a colonoscopy, when the nurse asks, “Do you have any questions?” I ask, “Did the doctor find Jimmy Hoffa?” but next time I'll ask if they found the Epstein Files.

On the bright side, when history is being changed and lies are consistently told by a Fascist Regime, one can avoid confusion by resting assured anything they say is bullshit.

The adventure continues!

Hunger Is Violence

The Auschwitz Memorial Museum has protested. www.yahoo.com/news/article...

Cleaning up figured walnut dulcimer sides with a no. 12 scraper.

I ventured into the back of the closet in my shop, which can be as perilous as Sir Richard Burton's search for the source of the Nile. I was delighted to find stock sawn for dulcimer fretboard assemblies I had cut and stickered 13 years ago and had completely forgotten about!

The best thing I have heard come out of someone’s mouth today: “I like being a minority. The foods better.”

I have a physical disability that prevents me from even considering becoming a Trump supporter. Back issues prevent me from bending over far enough to shove my head up my ass.

A remarkable survivor - a rare example of a #Roman Carpenters Plane from the Rhenish State Museum in Trier, Germany. Surface planing was achieved with the help of a hand plane (plana) like this one & not very different to a modern plane (also shown).

I've recently started work on several dulcimers. This one will have sycamore for the back and sides.

Finishing up stock for walnut dulcimer sides with a scraper.

The Trump Regime will announce its tariff policies as soon as the spirits are willing to speak.

This billet of figured claro walnut has been waiting for quite a few years to become a few dulcimers, and it's time has come! First comes squaring it up, then resawing.

There's a story here...

Why are the worst scumbags allowed to be so openly antisemitic by the media? And by people who should know better? This was a calculated signal to his far right base, just as all that ‘saluting’ by his underlings, was. If you excuse this, your children will be next.

Now this is what I call a Big, Beautiful Bill!

Gökçen Kaynatan & Arkadaşları Show Orkestrası - Moda [Turkey, Surf Rock] (1966) https://redd.it/59gpmm https://youtu.be/SOWpGhjvcDU

A moment of silence please for #USAID, which is officially shuttered after months of dismantling. Why a moment of silence? Not only for the employees. But also for the estimated 14 MILLION deaths by 2030 predicted without the agency. @altusaid.altgov.info www.thelancet.com/journals/lan...

ICE will now become the MAGA Gestapo.

MAGA Christians must be so proud! They've taken food and healthcare away from those in need! Praise The Lord!

If a pregnant woman dies due to a lack of access to medical care before she gives birth, will the Trump Regime posthumously prosecute her for murdering a baby? I'm just trying to make sense of how great this country has become.

“Mental illness, you know, it’s a bit like drugs, it doesn’t give a shit who you are, and equally, you know what’s worse, is the stigma doesn’t give a shit who you are.” - Sinéad O'Connor

Be Popular! You'll play instantly the First Time you try! No Practicing No Exercises No Lessons

Capitalism demands Capitalists avoid Capitalism to avoid hurting Capitalism.