“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that will not work.”
Thomas Edison
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Long Time Gone
Yes, I have neglected my site/blog for a long time now. I’ve been scattered and unfocused. But…I am working on changing that.
As you can see, I’ve updated the site and am going to reorganize the information here and make my Fountain Pen Music site mostly obsolete. I’ll leave it up, but I have to decide how I will handle the redundancy.
So, I wanted to get a quick update in. I’ll leave you with a thought. Something that struck me as I said it. I said it to explain physical limitations to my 3 year old son, but immediately realized the more far reaching implications of my words:
“Your hand is smaller when you hold it closed.”
A Post for a Midsummer’s Night
So we are experiencing the solstice (sol = sun, stice = to stand still). The longest day of the year with the shortest night. In more rural communities and in times when we weren’t so separated from the earth and our environment midsummer would be celebrated with a big festival. Easting, drinking, dancing. We don’t do those things anymore, but I always fee like I should. There is some distant subconscious memory that makes me want to celebrate these turning points. Perhaps it’s just what’s left of my primitive nature, but maybe next time I will.
Those Bright Baby Blues
A good friend of mine once told me
Close your eyes, and try to feel at ease
I thought I was flying like a bird, so far above my sorrow
But when I looked down I was standing on my knees
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We have more to fear from the bungling of the incompetent than from the machinations of the wicked.
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Well done is better than well said.
Memories
I will say that my upbringing was less than normal…but what dyed-in-the-wool Gen-Xer can’t say that?? One of the aspects of my upbringing that still makes me smile is when I think back on the songs my Gram used to sing to me. Mostly 1920s and 1930s novelty tunes, many of them inappropriate for young children…and I loved it.
Case in point, I came across this YouTube video of a song I will forever equate with her and my early childhood. This brings back so many memories: