I enjoyed stopping by the Ralph Blizard Museum in Blountville, Tenn., this morning on my way back to Raleigh. It sure felt good to see memorabilia celebrating the life of my old friend. Many thanks to Mark Blizard for the tour!

Rest in Peace to Danny Thompson. A lovely man, and a peerless musician. When I went over to Glasgow to sing on the Transatlantic Sessions in 2016, he made me feel very welcome. And, oh his tone! Condolences to his family and his family of friends.

“Often when you think you're at the end of something, you're at the beginning of something else.” ~ Fred Rogers (One of the things I love about him is that it is nearly impossible to read something from him without hearing his voice in your head while you do it.) #QuoteDiem

Coffee Diem. Hitting the road this morning for a show this evening with Mr. Compton in Abingdon, Va., at the Southwest Virginia Cultural Center. thecrookedroadva.com/events/compt...

Numbers 1 and 2 in the Judge List are the biggies. Don't much care about the Number 3. (But, full disclosure, I place the paper over the roll.)

If you see official looking copy at the bottom of a post that says "This user is suspected of being part of a terrorist organization called Antifa. Please report suspicious behavior." It's satire, and not from any platform. I wouldn't cut and paste it in. It is already hard to tell fact from faux.

“I may not agree with you, but I will defend to the death your right to make an ass of yourself.” ~ Oscar Wilde #QuoteDiem

Coffee Diem. #bluegrass

Dad. Enlisted Dec. 8, 1941. Overseas until August, 1945. Antifa AF.

Even Rip Van Winkle finally woke up.

I'm playing a couple of Missouri shows in October. On Tues, Oct. 7, I'm at the Cape Girardeau County History Center in Jackson at 6 p.m. On Weds, Oct. 8, I will do a house show in Malden, Mo. That show starts at 7 p.m., and will be held at 211 West Park Street. Come say hi, Southeast Missourians!

“A half-truth is the most cowardly of lies.” ~ Mark Twain #QuoteDiem

Coffee Diem.

Perhaps we should be talking about the effects of Adderall in long-term abusers.

"Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower." ~ Albert Camus #QuoteDiem

Coffee Diem.

"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power." ~ 19th century jurist Robert G. Ingersoll, in an 1884 essay, where he attributed the sentiment to Lincoln, praising Lincoln's own character for not abusing the power he wielded. #QuoteDiem

History rhymes a bit too well sometimes.

(Read this in Emily Litella's voice...) "What is all this I hear about the rupture on Tuesday. That is way too personal a topic. And, I don't care to hear about truss issues. We all have them. Besides, these days, they have surgeries to correct the problem. Oh, you, said 'rapture.' Never mind."

IBMA Red Carpet.

Freedom Diem.

Coffee Diem. @intlbluegrass.bsky.social Town Hall.

"They tell me that I am too serious about my music. I don't know how you can be too serious about something that is going to feed your family." ~ Jimmy Martin #QuoteDiem

Coffee Diem. Chattanooga.

He brought to life Sundance, Jeremiah, Woodward, Brubaker, Gatsby, and so many more. Rest in Peace, Robert Redford.

Coffee Diem. Image courtesy of @cynlawless.bsky.social

“And when the dawn comes creeping in, Cautiously I shall raise Myself to watch the daylight win.” ~ D.H. Lawrence #QuoteDiem

This young man is a genuine hero. So glad he is on the mend.

Coffee Diem. Rome, Ga.

"The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page." ~ St. Augustine #QuoteDiem

Hotel still life.

Rivers, and people, pay a dear price for not knowing what's round the next bend. JN #QuoteDiem

Coffee Diem. Charlotte.

Coffee Diem. Travel Day.

“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.” ~ Theodore Roosevelt #QuoteDiem

Coffee Diem.

“You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once.” ~ Robert A. Heinlein #QuoteDiem

Coffee Diem.

“The evil that men do lives after them.The good is oft interred with their bones.” ~ William Shakespeare, Julius Caesar #QuoteDiem

While we will never again be able to pretend that it is September 10, 2001, we should all strive to act like we did on September 12, 2001. Praying for peace. Helping a neighbor. Helping a stranger. That will help us today and in the tomorrows to come.

"There ain't no answer. There ain't gonna be any answer. There never has been an answer. That's the answer." ~ Gertrude Stein #QuoteDiem

"There ain't no answer. There ain't gonna be any answer. There never has been an answer. That's the answer." ~ Gertrude Stein #QuoteDiem

Coffee Diem.

Here is something that the Carrboro (N.C.) ArtsCenter and I have been working on for October 26. I will lead a songwriting workshop from 1-3 p.m., and then perform a solo concert from 4-5:30 p.m. You can do the workshop and the concert, or the concert alone!

“You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it.” ~ Malcolm X #QuoteDiem

For the first time this season, this morning I saw a few leaves in thoughtful fall.

Coffee Diem. These are brushes in Thomas Hart Benton's studio in Kansas City.

"Music is for the uplifting of people... It is the most high thing." ~ Marcus Martin #QuoteDiem

One of the saddest things for me about @Colbertlateshows.bsky.social going off the air is that my chance to do the Colbert Questionert, already slim, is gone. Here's one of my answers... Best sandwich: Tomato, Avocado, and Cheese on white, with mayo, salt and pepper.

To quote (and paraphrase) the old horror movie, "He's calling from inside the House" (and Senate and Supreme Court). But, Reich points out a couple of rays of hope.