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Missing Day

Posted on 08/19/2007 by chick

If you’ve been reading for a while, then you know that I posted every day for a long, long time, then botched up yesterday. Sure, I could cheat time and set a post with yesterday’s date, but that seems dishonest. … Continue reading →

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Instrumental Decision

Posted on 08/17/2007 by chick

I need a piano. I’ve been playing on an electric keyboard for about 10 years. It has full-size, weighted, touch-sensitive keys, so it plays very much like a piano, but though it can makes pianolike sounds issue from speakers, it … Continue reading →

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Nay, Nay, Not the Nene!

Posted on 08/16/2007 by chick

Whew! Hawaii was not hit by the recent hurricane in the Pacific. I’m glad, not only because the people and nenes are unhurt, but also because no one should have to admit to getting their ass whupped by a storm … Continue reading →

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Too Many Midnights

Posted on 08/15/2007 by chick

I miss midnight. I mean the old midnight, the midnight when you got to feel naughty for staying up so late, or the midnight when it was creepy to be awake all alone, or the midnight that meant it was … Continue reading →

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Couldn’t Help Myself

Posted on 08/13/2007 by chick

I have a gift certificate to a music theater. I haven’t used it partly because they haven’t offered any shows that I’m willing to drive that far for, and partly because I’d have to redeem it in person during their … Continue reading →

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Sunday Again So Soon?

Posted on 08/12/2007 by chick

I can’t believe it’s already Sunday. The week flew by too fast and there were so many things that I wanted to do today, but then I foolishly answered the phone when it rang this morning. It was my future … Continue reading →

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I Sing of Sting

Posted on 08/12/2007 by chick

I love the music of Sting. I wanted to learn some of his songs, so I bought the Hal Leonard guitar tab book for Fields of Gold. There’s a transcript of an interview with Sting at the beginning of the … Continue reading →

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Local Chilling

Posted on 08/10/2007 by chick

There was no global warming in evidence today. It was actually rather chilly, not to mention cloudy and wet. It was not the most overtly inviting day. Yet the rain brings out the beauty of Nature if you’re willing to … Continue reading →

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Stargate

Posted on 08/09/2007 by chick

I could watch “Stargate SG-1” all day. And I can, thanks to the DVDs that arrived in the mail today.

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Ouch!

Posted on 08/08/2007 by chick

I have a blister on my finger. That’s what you get when you have no calluses on your fingertips but you play the guitar anyway. I would have calluses if I played more often, but I don’t because . . … Continue reading →

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