A blog about cancer, spirituality, death, and guitars
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I may joke about going to see my oncologist, thinking, if I do not look my best, he will give me less attention, but it is just that, a joke.
I have the greatest respect for all the oncologists I have consulted. To me they seem very dedicated to finding the best solutions for their patients.
Buying an old guitar for about $100 some years ago started me on a journey to discover more about Weymann guitars. It’s been difficult at times to ferret out information about this maker whose manufacturing arm ceased almost 90 years ago.
Initially all I could find were these likenesses in the 1922 Philadelphia Inquirer:
Continue reading “H. W. WEYMANN PORTRAIT – A Question . . . .”
Some days are very dark, and some nights are even darker. It’s those dark nights when the ‘bear’ gets me.
I’d hitchhiked almost a 1,000 miles to see them, and left wishing I hadn’t . . . .”
If you’ve read any of my other posts you’ll know I was brought up in a country town west of Sydney, Australia. It seems so long ago now as I get close to my 70’s.
The Oscar Schmidt company was founded in the late 1890’s and incorporated in 1911. They are best known for the Zithers they produced in the early 1900’s, and for their early guitars, particularly the Stella label, and their 12-string guitars, which are still favored and sought after by blues players today (see Footnote 1.).
(I’d like to apologize to those that have subscribed to my blog that I have been inactive in posting for some months now. This was both forced [because of a reoccurring medical problem] and voluntary because my wife and I took an extended trip to spend time with our children and grandchildren . I hope to be more active on my blog in the coming months).
Some may know of an old groundbreaking TV show from the 1960’s called ‘The Twilight Zone’ presented by Rod Serling. The early episodes started with the words:
“There is a 5th dimension beyond that which is known to man, it is a dimension as vast as space and as timeless as infinity. It is the middle ground between light and shadow, between science and superstition, and it lies between the pit of man’s fears and the summit of his knowledge…..it is the area we call….The Twilight Zone!”
At that time, H.A. Weymann & Son were retailers and had been purchasing Martin guitars from Zoebisch & Sons and selling them in their shop (see c.1890 Weymann retail catalogue).
Continue reading “The C.F. MARTIN & Co. / H.A. WEYMANN & Son. Relationship”
Well, break time is over for me and I am working on some new posts. To kick things along I’ve always wanted to group all the cartoons together that my grandaughters have been doing for this blog. So this post is a big thank you to them for helping their crustly old PoPo!
Firstly those from my very talented observant 14yr old grand-daughter, Narvie, and then there’s one from my other 11yr old grand-daughter Nityangi (I just love those fish eyes!).
“What are they worth?” by Narvie (from “Collecting & Decluttering”)
I’ve been feeling run down lately (it’s now been 2 years on Enzalutamide) and I decided to take the self imposed pressure off from posting for a few weeks and just chill. Hopefully this will give me time to think about how to complete some of the many half finished posts I have been working on.
See you soon!
Charles Robinson/Chaitanya das
Every living being, and every person, has seated next to us, seated next to us in our heart, the Paramatma, an expansion of God, Krishna. It doesn’t matter how sinful I am, how low a life form my body is, the Lord’s there beside me. I am not alone. We are never alone.
Because we are in this human form, and we reside in this body in the area of the heart, we often refer to the Paramatma as the ‘Lord in the heart’, sitting next to us.
Continue reading “The LORD in my HEART, a guitar and a knife – a true story!”