Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “peak/peek/pique.” Use one, use all three (for bonus points), use them any way you’d like. Enjoy!
As my anxiety for daily blog not done piqued, I turned off my audiobook, and decided to peek into my Spotify app. Mostly I found a mountain of podcasts I’m behind on. After getting past the peak of Mount Podcast, I walked Into the Woods.
That gave me a Stream–and a smile! How I miss my traveling music. And traveling! So it’s Into the Woods!
Remember when household tasks were set up for the week? Monday mending, etc.?
I just remembered I had clothes in the dryer since Saturday. So glad no one else needed to do their laundry.
BRB
Folding time.
And put away. So you helped me with that. Thanks.
We’ve been bingeing not the twinkle sound of binging, House of Dragons and now Knight of Seven Kingdoms. I’m still mad at GRRM but I got finished rebingeing TWD. Well, Outlander ended…
Obviously, I haven’t much to share today. It’s a good day
Hit or Miss? Miss Who? Not the Doctor? I miss that show.
I know. My heart is hiding from the deeper missives. Being 76 means my misses are greater than they ever were. I’m grateful for their presence in my life physically, and the spirits I feel and converse with. Sadly, their jabs and jokes seem so much like my own.
A miss is as good as a mile, they say. Did my stream grow to the size of the Mississippi?
I’m pretty proud to have received this today. Whoopie!
Nearly 2/3s finished with my second dragon. This one isn’t so naturally straight as my last one. I can see so much needing the straightening tool before I finish.
For nearly two years, I have worked on just sight-reading and trying to enjoy music. My progress is slower than I’d like, but I think I am nearly caught up with my 12-year-old self. But I’m still not near my music major days of my 40s. So I have been working through the next book. By the way, I learned piano and reading at the same time, so Music is my first/second language. I think that is why I love Italian.
The last chapter I read yesterday suggested practicing the bad parts 10 times correctly before moving on. When I was a child, my mother would have 10 buttons on the left side of the piano. Each time I played a piece or section, I would move a button per attempt. I hate to admit Mom was right. And I found myself balking at the thought of going through that again. I wanted to play! Today I chose to try to stay with my energy. I will gradually move into that rhythm of practice. Today’s reading led me to see other ways to get there. Shorter practice times with breaks and naps, and always a good night’s sleep. Okay, maybe I can handle it. I’ll keep reading. Eventually, I will have to take notes. Meanwhile, my goals are not to teach or play in concerts. My goal is to enjoy it and, hopefully, get loved ones to enjoy it too.
Because of my arm/shoulder pain, I am not knitting or crocheting so much. That means lots of games on my tablets, I like the escaping blocks type games. Any suggestions while healing?
How do you go from practice to pointless? Then from pointless to playing? And suddenly feel the guilt for not practicing?
I’ve been playing piano for over a year. That’s after a couple time outs of years. I took lessons from 5-16 then a music major in my 40s. In between raising kids, jobs, and rebellion of the terror of the piano (mom issues, not teachers).
I thought I had it figured out. Playing is fun. And I’ve finally reached near where I was when I quit last time. But suddenly I’m not seeing improvement. I picked up Learn Faster, Perform Better by Molly Gebrian. Now I find I don’t want to play anymore. My rebel nature is back full force. That is not to say she is wrong. Practicing segments 10 times right will perfect the piece. But I want to play music, enjoy music.
Working on my series: Haven.
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Music major: voice and piano
Mom of four great adults
Reiki II practitioner
I have been on disability/retired for 10 years now from depression, anxiety and fibromyalgia.
Hi! my name is Sebastian (You can call me Seb!) ...welcome to my Blog. I'm a photographer from Worcester, Worcestershire, England. Thanks for dropping by! I hope you enjoy my work.
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