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Best Thanksgiving memories
I love that I have the type of sons that I overhear, as dinner conversation, one of them say to the other, "Have I talked to you about free will and the Multiverse yet?" And an earnest conversation ensues
And this is the GOOD news?!?
The Other boy called from college today to tell me that he only has to buy 2 more text books this semester, and he found them both used, and the total will ONLY be $200.
Textbooks are such a scam.
Textbooks are such a scam.
Where's my time gone?
Where the heck have I been? It's been busy busy busy.
The Alabama Strings Teachers Asooc. Honors Strings Orchestra Festival took up all one weekend, the 1st-3rd. It was fairly incredible. Young people from all over Alabama came. They saw the music for the concert Thursday night for the first time, for 2 hours. Then they spent all day Friday and Saturday morning rehearsing, studying, and playing music games. Then on Saturday afternoon, they performed. I was just bowled over. I could not even emagine that they could sound that good. I'm not sure now what all those other instruments tey have in an orchestra are for. Just kidding, of course, but just with Violins (playing two different parts), violas, cellos, and a bass you get an incredibly beautiful, complex sound. I have an album of photos, at:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2005068&l=f5015&id=1006350292
Then the next weekend was the field trip to the TN Aquarium that I wrote about. My semi-daughter Rhiannon took all the lovely pictures for me. There are a lot of beautiful photos of jellies and such. Rhiannon retains the copyright on everything, however. While she is fine with sharing them online she would like them not to be reposted or linked to or sold. Thanks.
http://www.facebook.com/al bum.php?aid=70634&l=61960&id=639455257
http://www.facebook.com/al bum.php?aid=70723&l=ee89f&id=639455257
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=71017&l=79a03&id=639455257
And of course, this was all worked into the usual busy schedule of school, and a little socializing, and cooking (well, microwaving), and all that stuff you have to keep up on.
Then the Thanksgiving madness we all get. Thanksgiving is the one time of the year when people travel hundreds of miles to see people they haven't seen for a year and realize that once a year is way too often. No, actually I had a good time. Most everybody was there, and of course the food is always good. Thomas played violin for everyone. Mat interviewed his Grandpa for two and a half hours.
The Alabama Strings Teachers Asooc. Honors Strings Orchestra Festival took up all one weekend, the 1st-3rd. It was fairly incredible. Young people from all over Alabama came. They saw the music for the concert Thursday night for the first time, for 2 hours. Then they spent all day Friday and Saturday morning rehearsing, studying, and playing music games. Then on Saturday afternoon, they performed. I was just bowled over. I could not even emagine that they could sound that good. I'm not sure now what all those other instruments tey have in an orchestra are for. Just kidding, of course, but just with Violins (playing two different parts), violas, cellos, and a bass you get an incredibly beautiful, complex sound. I have an album of photos, at:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=2005068&l=f5015&id=1006350292
Then the next weekend was the field trip to the TN Aquarium that I wrote about. My semi-daughter Rhiannon took all the lovely pictures for me. There are a lot of beautiful photos of jellies and such. Rhiannon retains the copyright on everything, however. While she is fine with sharing them online she would like them not to be reposted or linked to or sold. Thanks.
http://www.facebook.com/al bum.php?aid=70634&l=61960&id=639455257
http://www.facebook.com/al bum.php?aid=70723&l=ee89f&id=639455257
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=71017&l=79a03&id=639455257
And of course, this was all worked into the usual busy schedule of school, and a little socializing, and cooking (well, microwaving), and all that stuff you have to keep up on.
Then the Thanksgiving madness we all get. Thanksgiving is the one time of the year when people travel hundreds of miles to see people they haven't seen for a year and realize that once a year is way too often. No, actually I had a good time. Most everybody was there, and of course the food is always good. Thomas played violin for everyone. Mat interviewed his Grandpa for two and a half hours.