A few evenings of free improvisation summarizes this weeks hallow period of composing, and too much butternut squash summarizes my Thanksgiving meal.  The week ends on an unusual group of activities, from eye doctors and a dentist, to feeding turkeys on thanksgiving in a paradox of sorts that highlights how mixed up life can be [...]

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Oh yes, there is plenty to thank.  Its a bit redundant to consider doing so, but “comfortable” seems to me a much more rewarding word than “rich” (if that were the case).  Small things are worth enjoying.  A cup of coffee in the morning.  Warmth in the cold.  A bit of light.  A good chair. [...]

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6 years w/o a checkup.  No cavities.  Of course the dentist could be lying to prevent horrible news.  On the other hand, I need to come back for a second cleaning and a couple of bleaches.  All this in a rebuild effort.  We can rebuild composer bastard and make him stronger.  The eyegear alone set [...]

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Quite an adventure yesterday to the Optometrist, and a number of tests I never took before.  The most surprising thing that I discovered was a form of eye muscle problems that results in my inability to read very well and for very long without stress or distortion.  This stems back to my late pre-teens.  What [...]

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When life is a beta test, you wonder if alpha is next.  This weekend was a roundabout, starting off with some improvisation, and ending in listening to Walton’s cello concerto.  I still love listening to Williams symphonies more than any other kind of excursion.
Checking out Timo Boll’s current games online at YouTube, and adjusting my [...]

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Improvisation this week was rather light in the evenings, but just enough to quench that appetite and the quality was worth the brevity.  Right hand, after I spoke to it, moved and twiddled and fluttered quite well.  Left hand, was it’s old self and didn’t need any lecturing or pestering.  Left hand was impressive and [...]

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My right hand was having a real splash of a good time at the keyboard last night.  I’m finding that the first 10 minutes at the keyboard tends to bring out  the most interesting ideas and the best work.  The remainder of time tends to drive into a conversation that goes on too long or is simply [...]

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A good night at table tennis which I owe to taking a knap and a good meal.  Strokes were relatively consistent although my reflexes at times were questionable.  I’m getting this scissor backhand a bit better and my loop against backspin seems to be working – better on backhand than forehand.  Would like to play a bit [...]

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