Goodbye to an interesting month
Thank you to everyone who has posted and shared photos this month. I am housebound for a bit as I wait for my new knee to grow together, and reading your blog entries has been wonderful! Especially when you mention songs you know/knew/would like to learn. Because of the way our old house is built, I haven't been able to get myself through a tiny door into the 'harp' room, but sooner or later I'll stop napping each afternoon - who knew surgery would take so much out of me??? - and set down and play just for the joy of it.

Earlier this month, I went to the third-of-five long weekends to prepare to be certified as a therapeutic musician, and it was wonderful. I have become friends with a flutist who's on a teaching sabbatical this year, and during breaks in class we play all kinds of off-the-cuff duets. I love the challenge of making up harmonies and counter-melodies on the fly, and I think it's one of those "use it or lose it" skills; mine could certainly use some polishing! It was extremely gratifying to read, in my evaluation, that the head of the program has moved me from the 'intermediate' to 'intermediate/advanced' category of musician. Which certainly won't hold if I don't put this tablet down right now! So thank you all again for keeping me awake and keeping me inspired! Happy New Year!!!!