In a supreme act of thoughtless remote linking, I recently crashed the linkernews site (and the server it lives on - sorry Keith!). It was down for a bit, and some people are reporting that they still can’t access the site. I figured that this was as good a time as any to break my blog silence.
We have a friend who is actively involved with the Israeli folk music scene, and Franklin recently finished a major repair on one of her guitars. She told us that the luthier who had done almost all the repair work for local folk musicians had recently died, and that the musicians were desperate for another capable luthier. She asked permission to give Franklin’s name out.
So it happened that last week we had a visit from a fellow who needed a repair on his mandolin. In a fit of nostalgia, Mr. Mandolin called the other luthier’s widow to see how she was doing. She informed him that she was doing well, was moving, and planned to throw out all of her husband’s old equipment. He put the widow in touch with Franklin, and she generously donated all of the equipment to us. Franklin went to pick it up yesterday and is over the moon about the guitar forms, tools and general guitar stuff that he found.
We had a lovely Passover season. We had our seder with our good friends the Salways, and spent the rest of the week at work (boo!). Things are busy at the Embassy - this week we have our annual director’s meeting - but other than that, mostly unchanged. Franklin is now officially the Embassy’s CFO, and finds the position very stressful. I’m still doing the web thing, and I’m happy to announce that our Front Page Jerusalem site is now live, and the new Grafted site is coming soon. Work, work, work!