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Eastern European Research Trip – Violins!

So…we’re in Belgrade, Serbia, and our tour today includes a walk around the Kalemegdan Fortress. The fortress dates back to the 1700s, but a fortified settlement has occupied this same  high bluff since 300 B.C. In one form or another, the fortress has seen at least 115 battles and was razed to the ground 44…

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LUTHIER

Wild Word Friday! This past week has been wonderfully hectic for me. It included the release of my 6 Alaska books in Ebook format by Open Road Media. (Hooray!) We also had a houseful of company over Memorial Day weekend. (Yay!) Now we’re helping our daughter move into her new apartment. (WooHoo!) I’m telling you…

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PITCH

Wild Word Friday! PITCH is one of those words that takes up a third of a column in the dictionary because it has so many meanings. It also has two separate entries in the dictionary because there are two separate and unrelated origins for the word, each with its own group of meanings. Today I’m…

Luthier

What the heck is a LUTHIER? That was my question when my husband first told me he wanted to become one.  Huh? That was also when I was told – by him – that a luthier is a person who makes stringed instruments, traditionally stringed instruments made of wood. You know, guitars, violins, mandolins, banjos……

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