Have you ever wondered how the old blues guys got that hard-driving bluesy, ragtime sound? Well, it's all about a solid alternating bass with a syncopated melody on top. With this book and the online video lessons, I will teach you how to play like that!

Less Is MoreHaving only three strings to work with, the 3-String CBG might seem limited, but its limitations are also its greatness!We need to make the most of what we have. This means that we need to play each note with expression, and feeling. That's what makes the music come alive!In this book (together with 26 online video lessons) you will learn the basics of right and left hand technique, chord construction, fingerpicking and slide playing. You will also learn...

If you love nature and being outdoors - hiking, smelling the fresh air, and feeling the warm sun on your skin - you will love this book! This little book is filled with activities to increase your enjoyment and understanding of the natural world. Not only will you understand nature at a deeper level, you will start to understand that you are a part of the natural world and it is part of you!

This is the story of my journey from obesity, heart disease, and Stage 3 kidney failure back to good health. If you're looking for some inspiration, you will find it here!Praise for Plant Based Health & Wellness"Hi Rick, Congratulations on your book. It looks great, and I'm sure it will help many people!!!"Neal Barnard, M.D.Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine"The most important thing you can do to improve your health is to adop...

If you study nature closely you will understand the strategies and techniques that the natural world has developed over millions of years! Many of these strategies can be applied to the banjo. With practice, your banjo playing will become enjoyable, natural and effortless!This is not a "how to play the banjo" book for beginners. In this book you will learn beautiful and powerful nature-based approaches to banjo playing.Nature flows. Wind and water move effortlessly through ...

I love wild places. I have hiked in the Alps, climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro**,** and covered many miles of desert trails, but the first time I went backpacking in the Sierra Nevada Mountains of California I fell in love! That was back in 1987. Almost every year since then I have been back including a through hike of the John Muir Trail in 2004.Over the past 27 years of hiking in the Sierras I have collected hundreds of beautiful photographs and wonderful memories.Stay out there f...

This is a photographic journey of discovery. We are going to look for patterns in nature, and try to discover the underlying forces that produce them. My goal for this project is to keep it simple, thought provoking and FUN! Take a hike in the woods, visit a National Park or the City Park near your home and have fun discovering these patterns!If you see similar patterns here and there - that's a clue! That's a clue that there are underlying physical principles at work!

This collection contains all of the issues of The Journal of Plant Based Health & Wellness for 2019 in one convenient volume. It only has six issues because the inaugural issue was for July 2019. We are already looking forward to the 2020 collection, which will contain 12 issues!Thanks so much to everyone who contributed articles and gave valuable feedback, suggestions, and encouragement. Together we will continue to grow our understanding of how diet and ...

Looking at nature close up is amazing! It opens up whole new vistas, and you see things you have never seen before. Ordinary objects become extraordinary!After purchasing a microscope to view stamps and coins on my computer I thought I'd have a look at a leaf. Wow! I was amazed at all of the beauty and detail I had been missing! So, this is my way of sharing some of the wonder and beauty I have found.This is a collection of beautiful images taken through the microscope and ...

Join me on an adventure of discovery! We will use the Arduino and various sensors to capture light, sound, and motion from natural events such as a tree branch blowing in the wind, sparkling gems of light reflecting from the surface of a lake, or the sound of a babbling brook. Then we will display these captured datasets graphically and look for patterns.Many natural events seem completely random, but when sampled and plotted in three dimensions, beautiful and intricate patterns em...

Kailee lived in a little cottage on Silver Moon Cove. In front of her home spread the sparkling Azure Sea, and behind lay the dense and mysterious Pine Forest. What a lovely place for a young girl to spend her childhood! The cove and the forest provided plenty of exciting places for her to explore!From the time she was very young, Kailee was an adventurous little girl. She would return home with amazing stories of her adventures in the Pine Forest. Almost everyone figured she was j...

Like the early explorers who would travel to strange and exotic lands and send back reports to the Royal Geographical Society, I have been wandering the complex plane and have discovered some truly fascinating harbors in Lake Mandelbrot.I think you will agree with me that there are some very special places to be found by the "Fractal Explorer" who ventures into this strange land. So, pack your bags and join me on a voyage of discovery!