Hello ladies, I have made it safe and sound back to Ireland. Wounds that were just starting to heal were ripped open (there are a lot of memories here of many happy times with Mike) and I spent the first couple days attending to that and trying to get settled in.
Time to put myself on some kind of a schedule (around working and socializing, which are both very important to my healing right now). I set up and tuned up my harp in the small octagon hall and this morning before anyone was awake and before the sun was even up (7:00, not as early as it sounds!) I practiced for an hour. Next time I will practice fiddle stuff as well.
I am continuing to practice both harp and fiddle. Have moved out of the small octagon hall into the big one for now--but it may be too cold in there, I will see.
Making new friends, even going to the pub a couple times so far to hear the local musicians play in the sessions. I may work my fiddling back up to participating in the session again. I am toying with the idea of doing a little concert for the Boghill community. Who knows, maybe I'll find someone to play with once in a while.
Glad you are arrived safely even if not entirely in one piece. That will come.
ReplyDeleteThank you Lucy.
ReplyDeleteDid you really move over and have a job waiting for you?? An do you really have an octagonal hall to practice in? These sound like very lucky, healing things!
ReplyDeleteYes Pamela! Yes to all of those things. I am extremely blessed and am very grateful. In fact I have *two* octagonal halls to practice in--one small and one big!
ReplyDeleteAll good stuff, it sounds like. May not yet be in one piece, but at this rate you should be finding peace- and healing- in such positive surroundings. Thinking of you in two octagonal halls, and can barely imagine the sound! Wow! And Wow, again! Hold onto the good stuff- let go of the bad...easy to say, but sometimes hard to do. Sending love. Sharon
ReplyDeleteThank you for the love, Sharon!
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