We're looking forward to this weekend at the Oak Grove Folk Music Festival in Verona, VA. It's a distinctive festival in that it has only 200 seats and yet, year after year, has a lineup of some of the top acts in the country. We helped found the festival and thus have a special place in our hearts for it. We never dreamed forty years ago that it would still be around much less that we'd be on the bill. Of interest to us is there were four acts at the first festival, one of whom was John McCutcheon. This year there are eleven or twelve acts booked, one of whom is John McCutcheon. It'll be fun hanging with our old pal for a few hours. A late addition to the lineup is Scott Miller, a phenomenal writer and performer and a songwriting buddy of ours, and he'll join Bill Kirchen, Sophie Wellington  and, new to us, Tellico, Mary Fahl and Jakob's Ferry Stragglers . on the list of performers.

We're leading split lives these days as our house in Middlebrook is up for sale, which means we have to keep it looking good. So we're in constant touch with the country life we led for so many decades, while at the same time enjoying our first summer in the city. Luckily there are no regrets about our decision to make a change in domiciles. And, if you know of anyone who's interested in a great, old house and some acreage in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, we've got just the place. Here's a Zillow link: https://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/235-MISH-BARN-ROAD,-MIDDLEBROOK,-VA-24459_

On the personal front, Linda had to go back for her second ankle surgery in May so she endured another eight-week stint on the knee walker. She's been off of it for almost two weeks and is now walking in her ankle boot with the aid of a cane. We're meeting with her doctor next Monday and will find out how the healing process is going. We're feeling good about it.

We're getting some songwriting done and, as usual, have been going to our CD collection for some inspiration. Lately we've found it in two new CDs by some old tried and true performers, Ry Cooder and John Prine. Here are two guys in their 70s who haven't lost a creative step. It is wonderful to see and, even better, to hear. And then, as always, there's Leonard Cohen. We're always finding new stuff in his songs.

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Hope this finds you well and busy and that we'll see you at one of the stops along the way.

Your pals,
Robin and Linda

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