We are half way through our list of 10 easiest musical instruments to make at home, and at number 5 we have the homemade Harmonica, which is a really simple and fun musical instrument to make at home.

With the cost of gasoline off the charts, it’s a good time for doing something extra with the road time to get more bang for the bucks. Like learning to play the harmonica. So far, I’m a natural.

I first met Pete Cogan back in 1977, I think. He was a Woodbury boy, then moved to Oak Valley when he was 13. Even has an Oak Valley Ogre tattooed on his ham-sized upper arm. Back in ’78, I had ...