I learned how to make an electronic signature on my computer and insert it into a document.
When The Banana and I spotted two beavers swimming in a pond in the woods, it inspired me to learn about beavers: what they eat (wood), why and how they build dams, how they build their lodges, their nocturnal habits, how they swim, and why they slap their tail against the water to signal danger.
I learned that even though I have been away from academics for almost two decades, I still have it in me to beat my pediatrician husband on a series of quizzes. Go me!
I was informed that my kind but “over the top” phone voice (a zippy used to say hello when answering the phone, no matter what the circumstances before the phone rings) coupled with the lack of junk food in my house given me a reputation among YaYa’s friends. It turns out I am NOT a cool mom. Oh well. You win some. You loose some.
I tried kumquats! They are zingy, zesty and invigorating.
A friend of mine lost her 3 month old son a few days ago. He went to sleep and didn’t wake up. So many people in my church and outside of my church are grieving deeply for this family and their kids. It has been hard, so very hard, yet something important I’ve learned over the last two weeks is that God’s love and hope is capable of shining the most brilliantly through the darkest devastation. I probably cognitively knew this before this month, but now it is cemented into the fabric of my faith.
On my cello I learned a few new bowing patterns, and 3 new pieces, and I’m finally making a little headway with that elusive vibrato.
I’m in the process of learning Rachmaninoff Vespers for a concert series in just a few weeks. It’s a lot of Russian. It’s a lot of sustained singing. I’m enormously excited (although I still have a lot of learning to do) because the Vespers is my absolute favorite piece of music ever written. Period. It has been since the very first time I heard it when I was in middle school. I listened to it while doing most of my college homework. This music is amazing, and I never thought I’d actually be part of an ensemble singing it. (The Arrowhead Chorale is joining up with the Winnipeg Singers and the Winnipeg Philharmonic Choir for concerts in Winnipeg and Duluth). I kind of feel like Simeon in the Bible. Once I have sung this piece of music I probably will be able to die in peace. Well, maybe not really, but it is pretty much the epitome of a musical opportunity for me.
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