Dec. 16, 2024 - TRAVEL ADDENDUM
I hurried home from work on Friday so I could catch the great Tyler Wescott at Laurentide brewery. He’s one of Western New York’s hardest working musicians. We share a love for old tunes and the same birthday!
This past week we lost a very saintly man. The Reverend James Callan was the impetus behind Spiritus Christ Church, in Rochester, NY. He broke from the Roman Catholic Church over issues of women priests, gay marriage, and other "open-minded" ideas. He was a college classmate of mine and someone who should be considered for sainthood. He baptized Julie, and three of my kids. His ministry is his legacy
Channeling my mother, my daughter Kara Bernunzio Miller made the famous cuccidati cookies for the Christmas table
Julie, channeling her mother, spent Sunday making Finnish kuchen
TRAVEL ADDENDUM
December 16th, 2024
Good mornings folks,
Last week I dropped a bombshell about leaving the country. Some people expressed a bit of concern. Was something wrong at home? Are there difficulties with the business? Am I having some kind of life crisis? None of these are true. Bernunzio Uptown Music is thriving like never before. In the capable and hard-working hands of Sam Snyder and Ryan Yarmel, it has expanded beyond the realm of my imagination. In addition to all the traditional vintage instruments that I have carried for 50 years, they are also stocking items that I have no clue about. They are selling amps and pickups and "do-dads" that are beyond my realm of knowledge.
Certainly, it was with a great bit of trepidation that I decided to take this extended and open-ended voyage. Traveling alone, at age 77, along with considerable mobility issues, this will not be easy. Certainly I have some concerns. However, I have always felt the need to force myself to do something different, something out of the ordinary. People of my generation are leaving this earthly existence every day…. It seems as though we are on life‘s conveyor belt and trying to desperately walk backwards. I feel that I am lucky to be around. Why then I am taking this extended leave from my family, the love of my life, Julie Schnepf and my business……I'm doing it because I can and while I still can! There is something liberating in this feeling of uncertainty…..it frees the mind…it frees the soul. I’m not going as tourist or even a traveler….but rather as a pilgrim. My plans are not set in stone and I may just wander around a bit after a week in the Netherlands and a month in Sicily….Nothing is beyond my imagination.
Sincerely,
John Bernunzio
For those who may be interested all of the past, John corners are available for your perusal in the following link:
https://bernunzio.com/johns-corner-archive/
With peace,
John Bernunzio
Ryan and Sam have put together a tremendous end of the year sale. This is something we usually do but this is done on a much grander level. There are hundreds of instruments for sale across the spectrum at fantastic prices. If you’re considering a vintage or used instrument, this is the time to buy
I will continue to be working for Bernunzio Uptown Music until I leave the country on December 29. After that, I will continue to work as a consultant remotely from wherever location I may be found and nothing will stop me from trying to find old instruments wherever I go.