Howlin’ Hobbit

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Ukulele Ace, bibliophile, ailurophile, raconteur and general fun fella. lots more info can be found here: https://linktr.ee/howlinhobbit

#music #jazz #ukulele #reading #cooking #cats #fedi22 #nobots

PoliticsNo, thank you
Odd MusicBring it on!
And you may find yourself
Tooting on a crappy instance
And you may find yourself
In another part of the Fediverse
And you may find yourself
Behind the boost of a large toot
And you may find yourself going mega viral
With a beautiful post
And you may ask yourself, well
How did I get here?
squeaky swing bird is somewhere outside my window again. I wish that I could spot which one it is. maybe even get a pic so I could ID what kind of bird makes that sound.
Someone left the cake out in the rain. #cake #rain #florida

you know, it occurs to me that I forgot to credit Denise M for the photograph.

will she ever see this post? probably not.

will she actually give the tiniest fuck about not being credited? nope.

her husband hosts the open mike and she takes photos to be a part of the family scene there.

last night was Hunter’s birthday. I don’t know where in the hierarchy of the place he fits, but I do know that if you miss a week or two he greets you with a hug and says, “Welcome home.”

me and Ben Freed jamming on one of his original songs at the Valhalla open mike, April 9, 2023. I’m using my new harmonica and it’s the first time in too many years I’ve blown a harp in public.

#ukulele players. we are ubiquitous. and at least some of us are splendid.

https://youtu.be/Sky-Iq-yhX4

Someone To Watch Over Me (ukulele cover)

YouTube

I mentioned earlier going to an open mike tonight. what I didn’t mention was in addition to one of my ukuleles I’m also taking a new harmonica. I hope to sit in with someone playing some blues (in the key of G).

despite not playing harmonica a lot lately, I’ve been playing it for nearly 60 years all told.

I can still choogle with the best of them. 

I’m going to the Valhalla open mike tonight. my first chance in over 2 weeks to perform in front of a live audience. it doesn’t make me any money, but it makes me happy (they’re a terrific audience!).

my first chance to make any money is about a month away. the only other source of remuneration is either subscribers or one time donations via my Ko-Fi page.

if you’re able to do either it’d make a *huge* difference to this saggy old ukulele banger. thanks!

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my sweetie gave me a bunny.

the other night my sweetie and I were having a “night out” at a fried chicken joint &, during the meal, she casually mentioned she’d been doing a lot of writing recently. I said, “Really? What kind of writing?” fully expecting more of her famous humorous posts on Farcebook. instead she said, “Well, it started out to be a short story, but I’m up to 10,000 words now.”

color me gobsmacked.

so, @nerdseyeview, can you recommend any online writing apps? or how to find an editor?