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Network's down at work, so I'll tweet. Man, it's been a while. 11:39 AM Jun 1st via web
@NESASK @imogenheap She's really something. I can't believe I'm just discovering her! 7:43 PM Jan 29th via TweetDeck in reply to NESASK
@eeoz I am totally addicted to this song, Zoee! 3:53 PM Jan 25th via TweetDeck in reply to eeoz
I nominate @TwitCause for a Shorty Award in #activism because they're making a difference! 2:00 PM Jan 25th via TwitCause
@BradOlsonBemidj Oh, C in the Pines is a favorite of mine, Brad. It's a popular bluegrass cover. 6:07 PM Jan 23rd via TweetDeck in reply to BradOlsonBemidj
RayBeckerman "Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen perf by Leonard Cohen vsb.li/X8rkmX [early] 6:04 PM Jan 23rd via Visibli Retweeted by banjoist123
Just discovered @imogenheap and her music, and am totally taken by it. And I'm a bluegrasser. Hide and Seek is my new anthem. 6:03 PM Jan 23rd via TweetDeck
@imogenheap Just discovered "Hide and Seek" Late to the party. Fan for life! 6:01 PM Jan 23rd via web
In Bentonville, Ark, visiting my kids. Ex-wife moved them there with her new husband. 6 hours in a car one way. Yeah. 7:45 AM Jan 21st via web
my monthly 400 mile drive to see my kids in Arkansas today. The weather's nice, though, and the Ozarks are beautiful. 7:29 AM Jan 20th via web
Winter pledge drive on my local affiliate NPR radio station. A pure beating. Just a beating. 7:28 AM Jan 20th via web
@P3Linz Yay! I just saw this tweet. Disregard my dm. Hope you like it! I sing Trueblue, and play banjo, dobro. 2:16 PM Jan 17th via TweetDeck in reply to P3Linz
@PhilHarrison Same to you, Phil! I promised myself I woudl tweet more in 2012. I got all facebooked last year. 2:15 PM Jan 17th via TweetDeck in reply to PhilHarrison
OK, ringing in the new year by hunting rats in my attic. Blecch. 8:56 AM Jan 2nd via TweetDeck
I'm writing a bit about my heart attack today, and hope to have a blog post by end of day. More later... 7:44 AM Dec 31st, 2011 via web
Going to have to re-install Tweetdeck. Looking at Twitter's web page makes my head hurt. 1:07 PM Dec 30th, 2011 via web
RayBeckerman "In the Evening" Pete Seeger backed up by our @RogerMcGuinn vsb.li/vDoMW1 #blues 12:43 PM Dec 30th, 2011 via Visibli Retweeted by banjoist123
@RayBeckerman Thank you, old friend. I pledge to start tweeting again this year! 1:00 PM Dec 30th, 2011 via web in reply to RayBeckerman
I vow to start Tweeting again in 2012. Facebook took over my free time in 2011, I'm afraid. Happy New Years:) 1:00 PM Dec 30th, 2011 via web
JessicaVickery What omniscience has music! So absolutely impersonal, yet every sufferer feels his secret sorrow soothed-- Ralph Emerson 9:07 AM Nov 30th, 2011 via TwitBird Retweeted by banjoist123 and 1 other

Name Jim Penson
Location Arlington, Texas
Web http://www.penson...
Bio Bluegrass musician, teacher. Writer. Single dad, nature lover, barefoot runner. I teach banjo, guitar, mandolin, and bluegrass jamming.