So it’s Thursday night after 11pm, and I’m writing my daily blog post. I had notes for another topic I wrote this afternoon, but looking it over, it just didn’t fit my…
Category: Creativity Topics
Day 153: A Perk of Teaching Music
One of the big perks of teaching music is that I get to write music for my students. Today I have been working on a new piece for one class in which…
Day 142: Freedom from Mental Bulls##t (Did I mention I was on TV today?)
I feel like I get to breath again. Man, it has been a busy last few days: we hosted two Holiday parties in our home (which involved the prerequisite house cleaning and…
Day 141: You’re Not Done Yet
Tonight I am going to post lyrics for a song I wrote last year. This song as yet has not been recorded. It is called “You’re Not Done Yet.” Even when you…
Day 139: Website progress… AT LONG LAST!
So this week I finally got down and did it. I had been avoiding doing work on my websites for quite a while. I needed to handle the SSL certificate thing (and…
Day 137: A reminder I needed to hear
Sometimes I just need to turn off my brain and let a higher force, a more inspired and open force, take over. Tonight is one of those times. Here goes: Thank you,…
Day 135: High-flying Student Redeemed
A little while ago, I wrote tearfully (or near to it) about the stresses that were coming up in a college class I have been taking. Now, this was certainly true: it…
Day 127: A Year of Firsts
This year has been a great year for examining my life and figure out what was working, what was not working, and making changes to increase my overall enjoyment and satisfaction. There…
Day 120: Picture Taking Fun
Okay, so here we are at Day 120 of this blogging project. That’s almost a third of the way there! If you have read any of my other blogs, hopefully you can…
Day 118: Have Fake Book, Will Travel
In case you didn’t know, I’m a classically-trained professional musician. I was trained to play classical piano starting the summer after 6th grade (prior to that I played a little on my…