Introducing Myself

Hi There,

I'm a Pacific Northwest retiree who likes to listen to and make music. Most people know me as a handwhistler, but I also play the recorder, tin whistle, ukulele and washtub string bass, also known as the "gutbucket." I'm a fumbling beginner on the autoharp, and my current one is too big and causes carpal tunnel symptoms. So my plan is to get it fixed up, sell it, and get a smaller one.

Most of the music I perform is Celtic, folk, classical, and liturgical, meaning the wide variety of hymns in the Oregon Catholic Press Breaking Bread. There's a broad variety of melodies in that paperback hymnal. It includes Gregorian chant, of course, but also has lots of good old Protestant standards, plus Celtic tunes, folk hymns, African American, Spanish hymns, and contemporary hymns(from the Sixties up to now).

I enjoy listening to ragtime, Dixieland, Big Band Swing, Bluegrass, and early Rock. Any Rock music beyond early Beatles music and that of their contemporaries nauseates me.

I love to surf the Net and find other handwhistlers like myself, and they are multiplying like jackrabbits on www.YouTube.com . There are also two videos of my handwhistling. I'll provide more links after I learn how; I'm a newbie at creating blogs. .

I also love to write, and I privately published a book of memoirs several years ago. E-mail me at dunsidhe1@msn.com if you'd like more info. Lots of other writing projects reside inside my computer awaiting completion, and I may share some of it on this blog.

I do a variety of things to supplement retirement income, like word-processing college term papers. (Students' computers sometimes crash and lines for the computer lab get too long).

Time to knock off for the day and get some snooze time,

Sally



Check out www.handmelodies.com if you'd like to see some photos. Some areas of that Website are still under construction, but that will change soon.