Re: Appreciation for the Cafe
Politics can be interesting, fascinating, frightening, fulfilling; it's no doubt of great importance. I spent my career working in local government, and realized how important the political process is in determining the course of our lives.
But it shouldn't be everywhere; there need to be places where the raised voices and utopian/doomsday rhetoric that fill so much of our media, are filtered out. There must be niches for things as beautiful -- and, we hope, non-controversial -- as music, and for devices as intricate and satisfying as the mandolin.
It's not just an escape, it's a refuge.
Allen Hopkins
Gibsn: '54 F5 3pt F2 A-N Custm K1 m'cello
Natl Triolian Dobro mando
Victoria b-back Merrill alumnm b-back
H-O mandolinetto
Stradolin Vega banjolin
Sobell'dola Washburn b-back'dola
Eastmn: 615'dola 805 m'cello
Flatiron 3K OM
Bookmarks