She passed the time by reading poetry, learning to play the banjo and studying mechanics.

And I wrote a post about how I was so mad at him he was such a tyrant because he would not let me buy this banjo.

Now during that time those 17 years I walked and I played the banjo and I painted and I wrote in my journal, and I tried to study the environment by reading books.

Folk musician and storyteller David Holt plays the banjo and shares photographs and old wisdom from the Appalachian Mountains. He also demonstrates some unusual instruments like the mouth bow and a surprising electric drum kit he calls thunderwear.

For almost three decades, John Francis has been a planetwalker, traveling the globe by foot and sail with a message of environmental respect and responsibility . A funny, thoughtful talk with occasional banjo.