Never ceases to amaze me what turns up when I google certain search words! Presently I am in Florida, in Sarasota. I drove down so that I could have my dog and my Fisher harp with me and I am staying here for most of a month as an "experiment." I miss the cats terribly, but I don't miss the cold and that is the point, ultimately.
The drive down was wonderful! I stopped at Laura Enuco's in New Jersey and we had a party! Me, Laura, Kathy, and Emily, and Tovah were able to come and we dashed through a bit of the Harp Orchestra repertoire and Harper's Escape tunes. We ate a lot too!!! Very very nice.
Then off to Debbie Brewin-Wilson's down in Maryland. We took a wonderful long walk, I saw her church which is old and beautiful (she is an Episcopal minister, for those of you who haven't met her - but probably you have met her or gone to her Sunday service at Somerset?) and a little bit of harping.
The rest of my trip was pretty much drive drive drive, with one stop to see a friend from an on-line book group on LibraryThing. We'd never met but it was as if we had spent hours together which in a way we have over a six year acquaintance.
One night on Amelia Island in a B&B that was a bit disappointing. Ironically, besides my stops at friends' houses, the best night on my own was at an excellent Best Western in North Carolina. Go figure! It was well-appointed and immaculate.
I hope, next Sunday to make it to the session I like here, and, for at least one of the two Sundays I can attend, to bring the harp as they have asked me to do. So I am practicing like mad. It does make a difference, eh? I'm practicing just the basic tunes I play well already, I am learning to be cautious and conservative and to remind myself that even if I have played a certain tune a gazillion times, odds are the listeners haven't.
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