It was a time of great distress and it took a while before I noticed the void in my inner life after I sacrificed my drum. I realized how much I wanted to bring that part of myself back and that I wanted to make my own drum, although I didn’t know how I would accomplish that. I thought about Boise, Idaho, which is the nearest city that might have a retail outlet carrying drums and I was to be there soon. My friend, Polly Peterson, met me for lunch that day in Boise. During ou