photo credit: Silvain de Munck
Over the Xmas break, I saw a friend of mine crawling on top of the fence in the backyard that borders the open field.  On two previous occasions, I had encounters with him (or her).  Once, when I was putting out some seed in the early morning dark, this little [...]

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Like a recurring rash, the inner conversation comes and goes regarding the violin work…what it should be and the philosophy that asks such questions.  I’m not sure if I have any more control over my guests, and I’m learning its not uncommon for composers to struggle through these difficult periods, especially when integrating different parts [...]

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Mixed bag of trinket tasks this weekend.  

Worked through segment three of the interval cycle.  Wanted to start segment four but I ran out of time.  
Played around with a couple of ideas for two new works.  I should really start thinking of moving on to these – which are chamber works and not such [...]

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I decided to take a mental break from music last evening, and pursue other things around the house and garden.  Monday’s always drag down my energy.  You would think that energy would be up after a restful weekend, but its always the opposite as we have to get up early and commute someplace.  I usually [...]

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photo credit: Macnolete
Rough going last evening sleeping.  We are in the middle of a heat wave here, which strangely seems to happen every year at this exact moment in July.  I believe last year or the year before we hit around 112 F or so, and then the electricity went out for 3 days [...]

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Exceptionally close weekend with turkey interactions, most likely caused by the fact that we have water and the turkey does not.  Thirst, in any society, breeds friendship (and perhaps bars).   In any case, ms. Turkey came by with her chicks on Saturday, and, as the  temperature broke 103 degrees, I was delighted to welcome her to [...]

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Yesterday, I woke up from my nap, and being that it was around 6pm got up quietly to look out the the window to discover that my female turkey friend had come at her usual time to pay us a visit.  Usually, as I have mentioned before, she comes down from the field, rolls around [...]

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Technical week, in every aspect of my life – from morning to evening.  Between the database anomalies in the day gig which is stress city, the tuning of the music workstation, and this blog update (I updated WordPress this evening) to helping out some friends remotely with Teamviewer, its been quite a load.
Good news is we are [...]

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