Their album “Homesick for a Country” is on my iPhone. They show genuine faith as they sing gospel songs. I most enjoy their obvious joy in performing together. Each demonstrates excellent musical craft, and their vocal harmonies are tight. Their mother, Karen, plays the bass fiddle, and close friend and honorary family member Emmett Franz plays dobro for the group. In addition to Katie on fiddle and Ellen on banjo, the family also features Matt on guitar and Julianne on mandolin. In the end, his hope for a bonding experience worked far better than he ever dreamed. They constantly moved as Jon, an officer in the Air Force, was reassigned. Jon Petersen’s desire to create a close bond in his family stemmed from being a military family. He also bought his second oldest daughter Ellen a banjo. The first step was sending his oldest daughter Katie to a fiddle boot camp at the festive. He wanted to create a bond like that for his family. He was struck by how families were bonding over the music. Their father, Jon Petersen, took his family to a bluegrass festival in Gettysburg, PA. These young people began learning to play bluegrass music as children. The group performing these songs is The Petersen Bluegrass Band. Then I watched the group’s cover of John Denver's “Take Me Home, Country Roads.” I clicked for the video to start and was mesmerized. Now, at my age, I rarely want to leave the house.īut a year or so ago, while I was poking around on YouTube, I came across a group of young people singing “Gone to Carolina in My Mind,” a James Taylor song. I did want to visit County Cork, Ireland, the homeland of some of my ancestors. I have never wished to climb Mount Everest or to scuba dive on the Great Barrier Reef, or to descend in a diving bell into the Marianas Trench. They inspired me so much that I produced an entire book of my columns about their antics titled “Sprinkling Stardust: The Delights of Grandchildren.” Perhaps the most gratifying experiences I have had involve interacting with my grandchildren. We have four wonderful children who have grown up to take their place as responsible and hard-working citizens of their communities. Next month, Sandra and I will be married for 50 years. My greatest satisfaction stems from my family. I have written, taught, expounded texts from the Bible, and played music with some excellent musicians.
Until recently, I have never had a “bucket list,” that list of things a person has not done but wishes to do before dying.
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