Check in on our Festivarian family

[Australian fan]

We closed our office last night and are doing our best to maintain our services via online delivery. We still have too many folk in Australia who aren’t taking the virus seriously.  I am as I’m sure everyone knows. I’ve organised my apartment as well as I can and I’m preparing for a long, cold, dark winter ahead with very little face to face contact with others.

One of the things that will keep us all much healthier is continuing to connect via this site so I hope we use this post to keep checking in and updating each other. Not to scare each other but to feel some of the power of connection we experience every June when we are together.

Mmmm,  just talking about it takes me straight back to Kamp Duk Tape. I love our breakfasts after the line up for numbers every morning. I can almost taste that bacon. Why do you guys have such awesome bacon?

 Listening to: Windshield by Greensky

[MrEdyoulis]

Things are good here in Northern California but my restaurant friends are really hurting.  I'm supporting them by ordering takeout even though I hate the wasteful containers.  I tipped ten bucks on a to go order today from a little Thai place.

Have a little bit of survivors guilt as my workplace technically falls under an "essential business" which it really isn't.  But heck even pet supply stores are classified as essential.  Was sort of looking forward to cocooning for a few weeks, but I should not complain that I am working when millions are laid off.  Sorry all.

I'm watching the "Stay at Home fest" now.  It goes all weekend

https://stayathomefestival.com/

Tomorrow I'll be tuning in for Blue Summits web show on Youtube

Some really hilarious #SocialDistancingPickUpLines on Twitter,

"That mask brings out the beauty in your eyes", "Is that a bottle of Purell in your pocket or are you just glad to see me"

Remember folks  tough times don't last but tough people do.



 Listening to: Crooked Still "Ecstasy"

[Maple Al]

I might be one of a few having a somewhat normal spring here in the great north woods of Wisconsin. The spring ritual of maple syruping leaves little time for social interaction other than that with my maple trees and dogs. A couple of cold days this weekend are giving me my first break in six weeks other than a two day trip to Peoria to see Drew and Vince and the next day to Indiana for syrup delivery the end of February. So far a good start to the season with about a third of a good crop already made. The snow was very deep making the tapping that much harder that and the fact that my body objects more to the abuse now than when I started 40 years ago. Telluride has been the carrot that has helped me get through the long maple season. The idea of summer without festivals almost unimaginable. I went to my first bluegrass festival in 1976, the second year is the one that hooked me. How is the lineup of John Hartford, Doc and Merle Watson, Bill Monroe, Earl Scruggs Review, J.D. Crowe, Ralph Stanley, Jimmy Martin, Mark O'Conner, New Grass Revival, Mac Wiseman, Josh Graves, Benny Martin, Bobby Smith, Grass Food & Lodging, Piper Road Spring Band and others. The Great Northern Bluegrass Festival Mole Lake 2nd Annual. So hopefully this will somehow be over before summer seeing that we have our town park tickets again and looking forward to seeing all our friends and another great lineup. But it definitely introduced the unknown into our lives when we prefer order and normal. Stay safe and take care of your friends and family.

 Listening to: Low Income Porridge by Adam Greuel

[Australian fan]

I might be one of a few having a somewhat normal spring here in the great north woods of Wisconsin. The spring ritual of maple syruping leaves little time for social interaction other than that with my maple trees and dogs. A couple of cold days this weekend are giving me my first break in six weeks other than a two day trip to Peoria to see Drew and Vince and the next day to Indiana for syrup delivery the end of February. So far a good start to the season with about a third of a good crop already made. The snow was very deep making the tapping that much harder that and the fact that my body objects more to the abuse now than when I started 40 years ago. Telluride has been the carrot that has helped me get through the long maple season. The idea of summer without festivals almost unimaginable. I went to my first bluegrass festival in 1976, the second year is the one that hooked me. How is the lineup of John Hartford, Doc and Merle Watson, Bill Monroe, Earl Scruggs Review, J.D. Crowe, Ralph Stanley, Jimmy Martin, Mark O'Conner, New Grass Revival, Mac Wiseman, Josh Graves, Benny Martin, Bobby Smith, Grass Food & Lodging, Piper Road Spring Band and others. The Great Northern Bluegrass Festival Mole Lake 2nd Annual. So hopefully this will somehow be over before summer seeing that we have our town park tickets again and looking forward to seeing all our friends and another great lineup. But it definitely introduced the unknown into our lives when we prefer order and normal. Stay safe and take care of your friends and family.

Love hearing the real Maple Al back story, we will all meet up again. X

[Australian fan]

Things are good here in Northern California but my restaurant friends are really hurting.  I'm supporting them by ordering takeout even though I hate the wasteful containers.  I tipped ten bucks on a to go order today from a little Thai place.

Have a little bit of survivors guilt as my workplace technically falls under an "essential business" which it really isn't.  But heck even pet supply stores are classified as essential.  Was sort of looking forward to cocooning for a few weeks, but I should not complain that I am working when millions are laid off.  Sorry all.

I'm watching the "Stay at Home fest" now.  It goes all weekend

https://stayathomefestival.com/

Tomorrow I'll be tuning in for Blue Summits web show on Youtube

Some really hilarious #SocialDistancingPickUpLines on Twitter,

"That mask brings out the beauty in your eyes", "Is that a bottle of Purell in your pocket or are you just glad to see me"

Remember folks  tough times don't last but tough people do.

No guilt in working, we need an economy that’s still going, good to hear. X

[BuckeyeDog]

Still kicking here in the Buckeye state. A big thank you to everyone who is still working and keeping this country running!
Hope we meet in June.

[KMurf]

All is well here in Texas.   They have shut the restaurants (other than takeout and delivery), bars, theaters, etc.  ON the bright side, you can now call your local restaurant and have a drink delivered to your door so there's that.   I work in education, so I am working and far busier than ever.   Switching to all online is busier than the start of the school year which is crazy enough.   Right now our schools are online through April 3rd but I imagine that will change.  I had been going in to work all week but start at home next week.  Since I have been going in it's pretty much been life as usual for me, other than not being able to buy a lot of grocery and paper products.  I've got about a week's worth of toilet paper left.  After that looks like I'll be taking a lot more showers so at least I will smell good all the time.  Hoping all this blows over soon but feeling like it won't.   Feeling bad for all the people that are going to, or have already lost, their jobs and businesses.   But we perfectly are fine.   The kid is getting a lot of driving practice and about to get out and go on a walk now.   I't been raining here for about 10 days so I'm definitely ready for some sunshine.

 Listening to: First Aid Kit

[Australian fan]

Still kicking here in the Buckeye state. A big thank you to everyone who is still working and keeping this country running!
Hope we meet in June.

We will definitely meet again in June but maybe 2021? Glad you are ok

[Australian fan]

All is well here in Texas.   They have shut the restaurants (other than takeout and delivery), bars, theaters, etc.  ON the bright side, you can now call your local restaurant and have a drink delivered to your door so there's that.   I work in education, so I am working and far busier than ever.   Switching to all online is busier than the start of the school year which is crazy enough.   Right now our schools are online through April 3rd but I imagine that will change.  I had been going in to work all week but start at home next week.  Since I have been going in it's pretty much been life as usual for me, other than not being able to buy a lot of grocery and paper products.  I've got about a week's worth of toilet paper left.  After that looks like I'll be taking a lot more showers so at least I will smell good all the time.  Hoping all this blows over soon but feeling like it won't.   Feeling bad for all the people that are going to, or have already lost, their jobs and businesses.   But we perfectly are fine.   The kid is getting a lot of driving practice and about to get out and go on a walk now.   I't been raining here for about 10 days so I'm definitely ready for some sunshine.

Glad you have some normality and routine. Feel for the kid though. I’ve never seen anyone throw herself into sports, community, civics the way she does. Hope she gets a chance to keep up her big busy engaging life! Sure you will help her do that.

Big hugs from down under x

[Doc Mike]

Waiting for the storm to hit in Portland. Extremely limited PPE supply, I view each patient that comes to my OR as possibly lethal to me, my team, any our loved ones. Ready to assist in the ICU, which will probably take over some of our ORs, using the anesthesia machines because the ICU ventilators and rooms will be occupied.

Obsessive about hand hygiene, wiping down every surface in my work and in my car, anywhere possibly contaminated hands and objects may have been or touched. Not going out shopping, using delivery whenever possible, with the drivers placing orders at the front door, no handoffs.

Walking the trails behind my neighborhood to stay sane.

The shit is real, people.

[Australian fan]

Waiting for the storm to hit in Portland. Extremely limited PPE supply, I view each patient that comes to my OR as possibly lethal to me, my team, any our loved ones. Ready to assist in the ICU, which will probably take over some of our ORs, using the anesthesia machines because the ICU ventilators and rooms will be occupied.

Obsessive about hand hygiene, wiping down every surface in my work and in my car, anywhere possibly contaminated hands and objects may have been or touched. Not going out shopping, using delivery whenever possible, with the drivers placing orders at the front door, no handoffs.

Walking the trails behind my neighborhood to stay sane.

The shit is real, people.

It is real. Thank you for everything you are doing.

Every patient is potentially lethal. Our health care workers are the ones who will carry so much of this. Thank you again.

Wishing you all safety and care you deserve  from across the waves. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️  Cannot wait till we are back in the valley and this is a distant memory.

 Listening to: Rhiannon Giddens

[KMurf]

Glad you have some normality and routine. Feel for the kid though. I’ve never seen anyone throw herself into sports, community, civics the way she does. Hope she gets a chance to keep up her big busy engaging life! Sure you will help her do that.

Big hugs from down under x

She is about to go nuts.   She definitely not one that likes sit around.   It doesn't help to be an only child.  She's teaching herself to play songs on the guitar and keyboard right now.  Hopefully that will help keep her occupied for a while.

[landshark]

Waiting for the storm to hit in Portland. Extremely limited PPE supply, I view each patient that comes to my OR as possibly lethal to me, my team, any our loved ones. Ready to assist in the ICU, which will probably take over some of our ORs, using the anesthesia machines because the ICU ventilators and rooms will be occupied.

Obsessive about hand hygiene, wiping down every surface in my work and in my car, anywhere possibly contaminated hands and objects may have been or touched. Not going out shopping, using delivery whenever possible, with the drivers placing orders at the front door, no handoffs.

Walking the trails behind my neighborhood to stay sane.

The shit is real, people.

Thinking of you and yours and so greatful for you and folks like you.

accountability stay home folks stay safe . Fluid situation in Colorado still holding here and all over.

[BuckeyeDog]

Still kicking here in the Buckeye state. A big thank you to everyone who is still working and keeping this country running!
Hope we meet in June.

We will definitely meet again in June but maybe 2021? Glad you are ok

Thanks Leslie. Hope we can all make it through until they find a treatment or vaccine.

[Australian fan]

Glad you have some normality and routine. Feel for the kid though. I’ve never seen anyone throw herself into sports, community, civics the way she does. Hope she gets a chance to keep up her big busy engaging life! Sure you will help her do that.

Big hugs from down under x

She is about to go nuts.   She definitely not one that likes sit around.   It doesn't help to be an only child.  She's teaching herself to play songs on the guitar and keyboard right now.  Hopefully that will help keep her occupied for a while.

I can only imagine! Guess she can still go for runs but not the same. So sorry x