by Nicole I woke up Sunday morning at about 3:45, hoping to get 15 more minutes in before my alarm went off. But I had to pee so badly I couldn’t fall back asleep. I lay in bed arguing with myself about whether I should get up and pee and try to fall back asleep,… Continue reading

So years ago Fran suggested to me that I might enjoy swimming. Despite my protests about how I’ve never really liked the water, he also suggested that I may enjoy it more if I tried a particular technique called Total Immersion Swimming. Now many of you might have noticed that when Fran likes something, he… Continue reading

Moi and hubby are settled into the comfy confines of our joint. Sleeping at present. Off to a museum today and stuff and things. Continue reading

The other day I was driving through Marlborough to work and I thought about the Martins. Mr, Mrs, and Joel. I was remebering a few times when Mr and Mrs stopped by the house for a visit. It was nice. Continue reading

I know that I occasionally use the blog for some catharsis, self-reflection, inward thoughts, okay, whining. But so what. The question (a meme) that I pose today is what do you really want to do? Even more than that, how often have you really known that? And, what does the word really really add to… Continue reading

Recorder playing John Coltrane What can I say? I like virtuoso playing. Continue reading

 The Bis Key Chronicles: Gandalfe buys a Shakulute! Oddly, it mostly sounds like a regular flute. I imagine you hold it like a sax. This guy, Jim Glass, is my old boss. Continue reading

If you could do it all over again, would you go at music differently? Would you play some other instrument? Not play one at all? Sing? I think about this sometimes because of my kids. What can I do for them? What should I do for them, in the music realm. I’m not for pushing… Continue reading

I’m in day 3 of a nasty cold. Best I’ve felt in three days and I still haven’t managed to stay awake through an entire day. My nose has stopped running. Now I have a cough every 2-3 minutes. My ribs are achey. Ugh! I’m supposed to be in Whistler right now. We were invited… Continue reading

Well, our minor construction project is just about done. Essentially two years after we started, we now have a painted ‘great’ room. We’ve been struggling with what to call that room, alternating between the family room and confusion. We have our TV in our Front Room, or is that the family room? TV room? Wait… Continue reading