Score
Score: a group or set of twenty or about twenty Score: a written representation of a musical composition showing all the vocal and instrumental parts arranged one below the other Score: to succeed in seducing someone So what does all …
Just for me
Time after time
A few years ago I read the book 168 Hours: You Have More Time Than You Think by Laura Vanderkam. I tallied my hours for a week, twice actually, to get a sense of where my time was going. Didn’t much help. …
Band camp gross
If you’ve ever done band camp, you know band camp gross. If you’ve ever done band camp in the midwest, you really know band camp gross. And if you marched drum corps, well…I just don’t understand you because you pay to …
Practice makes better works in reverse too
That little tidbit has been attributed to more musicians than I can count, of every instrument, all over the world. I have no idea who said it, but it’s spot on. And not only is it spot on in regards …
What I want for Mother’s Day
It’s National Teachers’ Week here in the States, with Mother’s Day this Sunday. Methinks there should be a homeschooled 12 year old boy catering to my every whim right now, but like many things I find myself a wee bit …
I am a delicate flower. Yo.
Once upon a not-so-very long time ago, I could sleep anywhere. That only sounds illicit, but I didn’t say with anyone, but anywhere. Long plane rides were never a problem (the one exception being the Ireland flight of 1998, followed …
Nurturing the Soul of Your Family
After the painful chaos of 2009-2012, my plan for this year was to regroup, heal, and frankly, be happier. I’d had enough. Three months in and not a whole lotta change happening here. I’m still overwhelmed and overextended and not …
Channeling my inner toddler
My parents hosted paella night last night at their condo. Just us, my brother’s family, and some good friends with their kids. All told, five young boys under the age of eleven, three of them two and under. I now really …
The jaw bone is connected to the psyche
People find it hard to believe that I lived in Colorado for 14 years and never once went skiing. At first it was because we had moved out there so I could get my masters in flute. Breaking something, as …
Don’t think, just move
It’s the last week of February, the longest week of the longest month of the year. Tantalizingly close to spring, with still sooo much winter yet to come. As I type we’re under a Winter!Storm!Advisory! Possibly 3-5 inches of snow. …