Jonathan Kelley
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  • Acting Projects
    • Monologs >
      • You Can't Handle the Truth
      • The Matrix
      • Shawshank Redemption
    • Stage >
      • Burlador de Sevilla
      • Too Many Tamales >
        • Too Many Tamales 2024
        • Too Many Tamales 2022
        • Too Many Tamales 2019
        • TMT 2016
        • TMT 2014 Conga
        • TMT 2014 Tamales Song
        • TMT 2014 Cormack monolog
      • The Bird Cage (Jaula de las Locas)
    • Film >
      • Amor en 266 Millas
      • Beauty in the Broken
      • Look No More
    • TV >
      • Better Things, S4 E5 Carbonara
    • Commercials >
      • Milk Life Tango
    • Internet >
      • Falling in Reverse, I'm not a Vampire
      • I Am Easy to Find, The National
      • Kubed Living
      • Tosh O. Vegan
      • Interview, Alas Media
  • Art Projects
    • Glass projects >
      • Pellegrino drinking glasses
      • Mosaic glass
    • Neon Art Projects >
      • Neolithic Spiral
      • Newgrange Neon Spiral
      • Neon Coconut Palm Tree
    • Coconut Frond Weaving
  • Musical Projects
    • A Fine Romance
    • Bamba
    • Begin the Beguine
    • Beyond the Sea, J and G
    • Blues Exercise, 2020
    • Christmas Music >
      • God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
      • Baby, It's Cold Outside
      • I'll Be Home for Christmas
    • Dí Porqué
    • Diamonds Are A Girl's Best Friend
    • Early Autumn
    • Easter Parade
    • I Get Along Without You Very Well
    • I'm Just Wild About Harry
    • Jonathan's musical compositions >
      • My Los Angeles
      • Life is Like a Stage Play
      • Pretend
      • Get A Dog
      • Let's Begin
      • Leila
      • Unexpectedly
    • Jonathan sax numbers >
      • Four Brothers
      • Jonathan's Sax numbers
      • Cute
    • Let Me Call You Sweetheart
    • Let's Get Away From It All
    • Lil Darlin'
    • Lullaby of Broadway
    • Lulu's Back in Town
    • Memories are Made of This
    • Rags >
      • Bumble Boogie
      • College March Boogie Woogie Medley
      • Dill Pickles Rag
      • Joplin - Bethena
      • Joplin - Elite Syncopations
      • Joplin - The Entertainer
      • Joplin - Heliotrope Bouquet
      • Joplin - Magnetic Rag
      • Joplin - Maple Leaf Rag
      • Joplin - The Nonpareil 1907
      • Joplin - Palm Leaf Rag
      • Joplin - Peacherine Rag
      • Joplin - Pineapple Rag
      • Joplin-Solace
      • Joplin - Sycamore
      • Joplin - Wall Street Rag
    • Ragtime Cowboy Joe
    • Rhode Island is Famous for You
    • Sand in My Shoes
    • Sand in my Shoes
    • Tea For Two
    • Tzena Tzena Tzena
    • Ukulele
    • Ukulele: Puff the Magic Dragon
    • We'll Sing in the Sunshine
    • When Irish Eyes Are Smiling
    • When Joanna Loved Me
    • You're a Grand Old Flag medley
    • You're Just In Love
    • Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
  • Culinary Projects
    • Amaretti al Mascarpone
    • Coconuts >
      • Coconuts demo trailer 2015
      • Coconut Lime Soup
      • Coconut Shell Bowl
      • Coconut Cream Pie
      • Tembleque
    • Tropical Fruits >
      • How to eat a mango
      • How to eat a pomelo
    • Pies
    • Croissants
    • Watermelon Poinsettias
  • Head Shots
  • Xootr Mg Kick Scooter
  • Literary Projects
    • Senior on a Xootr Scooter
    • Timely Tips for the Home Chef
    • Counting Backwards from 100: My Life as an Anesthesiologist
    • Short Stories by Jonathan Kelley
    • Poems >
      • The Little Boy and the Old Man
      • Christ Climbed Down
      • La Niña de Guatemala
      • In Flanders Fields
    • Obituaries >
      • MKK Obituary
      • J Obituary
      • S Obituary
      • D Obituary
      • D Obituary
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  • Australian Shepherd, Coco
30 years ago, on a holiday trip to Hawaii, I saw an older gentleman tourist on the beach, weaving a hat from a coconut palm frond.  When I asked him how to do it, he spoke to me dismissively, suggesting that I read a book he had at his side, "Coconut Palm Frond Weaving" by William Goodloe.  The first thing I did when I got home was buy the book (which is still in print, now at 10x the price I paid for it!)  so on my next trip to a tropical environment I too could craft something useful from a coconut frond.   I've since learned how to weave two styles of hats... round-crowned and flat-crowned, as well as baskets.  Here's what came out of a trip to Puerto Rico last week.  Hats are always a challenge, getting the size just right, as well as the height of the crown, and the width of the brim.  Baskets, however, can turn out just right, as did this one, with no broken riblets that you could notice, secure ties on the rim of the base, and a base coaxed into a more or less perfect circle.  
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12 years ago, I wove a flat-top coconut frond hat for my late father in law, Chago, in Guanica, PR.  The hat turned out unusually well, and is in fact still there in the house in Guanica.  Chago  told me then, 'Jonny, tú eres un verdadero Jíbaro' (Jonny, you're a real Jíbaro Indian) which I took as a great compliment.  This year, October 2023, in Guanica, I was able to work several consecutive days on my frond-weaving technique, and able to recapture the technique I'd used before.  
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