::: TWIST of HEMP ::: Week 42. Hiya friends. Amy here, the creatrix of John Joe Badger. It's a strange time to be drawing gentle, tuneful badgers. There are so…
The mysterious ‘backstitch’
::: TWIST OF HEMP ::: Week 41 There are many mysteries in this thing we call piping. John Joe Badger has heard whispers of a mysterious thing some call 'The…
x’s and o’s (the upper octave)
::: Twist of Hemp ::: Week 40 This week, John Joe Badger is working diligently in the upper octave, experimenting with a variety of approaches to achieving these ephemeral notes.…
Prickly territory
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrMPCvQeH3A This evening I was walking the lone, remaining dog up the drive. She doesn't care for a long walk really, being fully deaf and mostly blind, but she does…
Dog and Pony Show
Since the beginning of the era in which we found ourselves in a state of lockdown and isolation, a few of us faithful session-goers loosely affiliated with the Riley School…
On Feeling Small
::: TWIST OF HEMP ~ Week 29 ::: In this brave new world of zooming here and there and everywhere, we are confronted with the giants among us, musically and…
Making space
::: Twist of Hemp Week 25 ::: Occasionally, between tunes over in the woodshed and foraging for food in the forest, a day must be taken to clear the decks…
A list for better times
::: TWIST OF HEMP ~ Week 24 ::: These are hard days indeed. Even the most solitary creatures miss their dearest friends more than words can say. Each day a…
Twist of Hemp Week 18
On Dreaming. Often times, one must simply make a commitment to something. Sometimes these commitments are small, such as making one's bed each day,, eating more kale, or promising to…
For Sale (twist of hemp, wk 15)
As much as John Joe Badger loves his borrowed practice set, even with all of its idiosyncrasies (and don't all sets have their idiosyncrasies?), he's begun to consider the acquisition…