Most of you are used to seeing me with my guitar in my hands, but, by progression, I am a clarinetist.  I started playing when I was 8, now fifty-two years ago, forty-six of those years on the silver keys pictured here.  Much of the growth that I have done in my life has been with, because of, and, in some cases, despite my life as a clarinetist and musician.  It is this growth that gave me the confidence to begin playing the classical guitar a few years ago.

Is there something silver in your live that has been a catalyst in your growth as a person?  A small token, a piece of jewelry, or maybe even a musical instrument?