Neal Hellman

My blogs

Gender	Male
Industry	Arts
Occupation	Indie Record Label
Location	Santa Cruz, California, United States
Links	Audio Clip
Introduction	While waiting for my pension to come for my 40 years of servitude to the Mountain Dulcimer I discovered I enjoy writing. I've been a student of both the poet Ellen Bass and prose writer Roxan McDonald for many years. I have posted a few of my offerings for your reading enjoyment. My day job is owning and operating Gourd Music, an independent record label. My artists and I have been recording for the past three decades and our work can be seen and heard on www.gourd.com
Interests	music, writing, swimming, cooking, laughing
Favorite Movies	Mothra, It's A Wonderful Life, Groundhog Day, The African Queen, Body Heat, Aliens, This Is Spinal Tap, To Kill A Mockingbird, Young Frankenstein, Dr. Strangelove, Jason and the Argonauts, Hairspray.
Favorite Music	Arvo Pärt, Kronos String Quartet, "Steal Away" by Hank Jones & Charlie Haden, Joni Mitchell, Richard Fariña, Ella Fitzgerald, Yo Yo Ma.
Favorite Books	The Mists of Avalon, A Distant Mirror, The Yiddish Policeman's Union, Last and First Men, The Warrior Queens, anything by Billy Collins and Ted Chaing, Pema Chodron, John Le Carré.

When you've got water stuck in your ear, how do you get it out?

I tilt my head and hop on the opposite foot.