The Rise of the “Little Uke”

Melody
3 min readAug 27, 2021
Leonard and me (taken by Leonard’s wife with my iPhone)

Ukuleles are here to stay!

Last Wednesday I drove to Portland Oregon from Eugene, which took 2 1/2 hours and one major traffic jam. I was on a mission to attend my very first live Ukulele jam before the pandemic. I especially wanted to attend because my good ukulele-playing friend Leonard whom I had known for many years in the ukulele scene was going to lead that night. When I pulled into a shady…

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Melody

Writer of Creative Nonfiction and Fiction; Ukulele Player; Lover of the Beatles, rock n’ roll, and the 1960s. Mom & Grandma; lives in Eugene, OR with BF & cat.