Thursday Morning

It's a lot like almost any other morning.  I woke up 15 minutes before the alarm woke me up, did the morning things, and drove to work (where I am right now.)  On the way to work I thought a bit about yesterday.  It was a good day as days go - I got away from work a little late, but got to choir rehearsal on time.

It's nice to be back to choir - I missed it during my period of enforced idleness.  I know I'm feeling beter because I feel like doing some solo work again.  I still don't do steps well, or long walks, but things are improving, slowly but surely.

Also, I started the motorcycle last night to ride it to choir rehearsal - and this weekend the Ramblers are having an Open House at the clubhouse, which I plan to attend and probably hang out for most of the day.  Should be interesting to see who shows up and if we can harvest a few new members.  I cannot usually get to meetings during the school year - a conflict between choir rehearsal and motorcycle club meetings will usually be won by choir, particularly because I sleep with the choir director, and she has Certain Expectations.  I guess I should note that I've been married to the very same choir director for nearly 46 years, so it is all good - no secrets here.

I'm still shopping for motorcycles.  I missed a very nice Honda PC-800 Pacific Coast, and am still looking at BMW R and K models, as well as the odd Honda ST model and the Moto Guzzi's that are around.  I need to have some work done on Big Suzi, but it will probably wait a couple more weeks.... Never enough time, and too much to get done.

The Big Server is eating yet another 4 TB hard drive - that is a total of 3 Seagate 4 TB drives gone south within a couple of months of installation.  I have drives 20 years old that still work, so I have to say that anything over 2 TB is really shaky right now - maybe in another year, but to date I have bought far too many of the big guys - might have to consider going back to the Old Faithful WD 2TB drives.

Right now, however, I have to get back to work on Off The Street and On The Street processing.

Have a great Thursday, y'all....

Sunday, part one

Well, I started out to do a leaf run, which consists mostly of riding a motorcycle where the leaves are colorful and looking at the leaves, interspersed with stopping somewhere for lunch, a drink or something by way of a snack.

Before leaving, I opened up this laptop to look at the mail, and turned on the TeeVee - and discovered that there is a HD channel that devotes Sundays to concerts - and that the one coming next was The Moody Blues at the Greek Theater, one which I had not seen - so the leaf run got delayed in favor of watching a concert by a couple of guys with more grey hair than I have, assisted by several other musicians, playing & singing nostalgia-inducing music from a while back. Some of the memories are sweet, some are poignant - but Justin Hayward and John Lodge still have it.

Of course, if you hate The Moody Blues (or don't know who they are/were) then I guess this will induce a little nausea - but it was worth the detour to watch old pros doing what they do so well.

Choir Rehearsal

It's Wednesday night again - that means choir rehearsal. To say I look forward to it would not always be true, but I'm always glad I went - something about singing is liberating, and reading new music is mental exercise that is enough different from a workday task that it is a pleasure, and a pleasure to rest afterward.

Of course, youngest daughter will be there with my newest grandson, so I'll get a few face minutes with Sammy. The weather has got warm again, so it looks like Indian Summer is in full swing.

Tomorrow morning my son will run me up to Jack's up the road where I'll collect my motorcycle, now completely repaired after a vicious act of destruction that rendered it unusable late last week. I think I'll call Frank and see if he wants to make a leaf run on Friday.

Frank is a musician (I almost said another, but I'm nowhere near in the same class with him) whose music room includes somewhere around 20 guitars and many other instruments. He was my wife's first guitar teacher a good 40 years back, and is in my opinion one of the best guitarists around this area, although he teaches now and no longer plays clubs and such. He also has a nice touch on a keyboard, and is a genious with his midi gear - I have a CD that he made called "Frank's Back Room" that is mostly a bit on the jazz side, and includes full band arrangements, all played by Frank, a track at a time using Cakewalk, his computer, a couple of guitars and a couple of keyboards. Pretty neat stuff - I am so damn envious I could spit!

There is something about music - I have it going all the time, using a headset at work so I don't have to hear crap from everyone now that I no longer have my own office (grumble & bitch here....) Right now it's T-Bone Walker playing "One for the Lonely", live in Paris - and it is all I can do to keep my feet still.

I think we're doing a little free association here tonight.

So I'll shut up, shut down these computers, get the laptop ready to travel and head for home.

Be well, y'all and keep a song in yr heart of hearts.

Wednesday, all day long

Wednesday is Choir Rehearsal day.

When you marry a choir director, unless you're hopelessly tone-deaf, you get to be a member of the choir. Try it sometime - it can be fun - I enjoy it still, and choir rehearsal is on motorcycle club meeting night, so I only get to club meetings in the summer when there's no choir.

But music is important, singing can be fun, it helps your respiratory health and makes you feel better - and it is free; all it costs is a little time. There are some pretty neat folks in choirs all over the place.

I found a wife there, and she's put up with me for more than 40 years.

Happy Wednesday, everyone.