https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoplhQEFLus&feature=youtu.be We got a little gooseneck filming tool in the post today just minutes before I started today's drawing so I did a quick movie to see how it works. …
Arrival
We waited and waited, and now, just like that, the waiting is over and the work begins. Frankly I don't really know what I am doing. I don't know how…
Genius Home
It seems an age ago that were in Maine. Coastal time, cool, crystalline lakes, like a dream. We are now back in our own home, land locked here in our…
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.…
Accoutrements ::: Twist of Hemp 39 :::
We are returned safely from travels and settled in, but more on that later...... Recently we heard from Mickey Dunne over in Limerick, Ireland that the half-set of uilleann pipes…
Away ::: Twist of Hemp 38 :::
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpHmmYVRNpc&feature=share&fbclid=IwAR0voBdGOqBphWBs5QfEwejsqeAim6QWX0CkIm7XNOUnMt8EHsyhK3dN-tM Midweek, and we are away. Skies - sunsets in particular - have been magnificent. Reminding us of our small place in the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPrDXeGX3sI&feature=youtu.be Evening jaunts on the boat…
Selkie times
::: TWIST OF HEMP week 37 ::: It's the ocean side of this journey, and we couldn't be happier. It being Tuesday, I have a John Joe Badger drawing to…
Fresh Air
Twist of Hemp ~ Week 32 We have been given the great gift of a few days of fine, cool weather. John Joe Badger has taken this opportunity to invite…
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…