On the cello I learned several new kinds of bow articulation. The cello is also teaching me to just be patient! Because my ear and head knows what I want something to sound like, I just think I should immediately be able to produce that sound, and then I get frustrated. Over and over again I have to learn the lesson that time, lots of time, is necessary to mastering the ability to play complex instruments.
On the piano I am working on learning a Rachmaninoff prelude, which is making progress. Hooray. I also relearned 2 Chopin waltzes that I haven’t played in years and years, and I was once again reminded about how when you really spend time and learn something very well, it comes back to you very quickly even when you haven’t used that part of your brain for a long time. What is well learned sticks with you. The human brain is amazing!
I learned all about galleon ships. Our visit to the El Galeon after the tall ships festival inspired a bit of research on my part. Not only is the construction of the ships fascinating to me, even more captivating are the living conditions for the people on the ship. My mind has always been intrigued by history, and so often when I intersect with a piece of history, I find myself wondering about the people involved and their stories.
I learned how knots were originally measured . . . by knots on a rope on the ship that was traveling through the water. Go figure. That’s probably why they are called knots, right?
Trusting and Following God: Oh my! What a wild ride.
My children are old enough to be responsible with sharpies. I thought the day would never come! But now my sharpies are always missing because they keep finding my hiding places (that weren’t so secret after all), and using the sharpies. I’ve become accustomed to never being able to find my scissors and scotch tape. Now I have to add sharpies to that list.
![web analytics](https://c.statcounter.com/<!-- Start of StatCounter Code --> <script type=\"text/javascript\"> var sc_project=5565910; var sc_invisible=1; var sc_partition=60; var sc_click_stat=1; var sc_security=\"0e7adf24\"; </script> <script type=\"text/javascript\" src=\"http://www.statcounter.com/counter/counter.js\"></script><noscript><div class=\"statcounter\"><a title=\"wordpress hit counter\" href=\"http://www.statcounter.com/wordpress.com/\" target=\"_blank\"><img class=\"statcounter\" src=\"http://c.statcounter.com/5565910/0/0e7adf24/1/\" alt=\"wordpress hit counter\" ></a></div></noscript> <!-- End of StatCounter Code -->/0/var sc_security=\"0e7adf24\"; /0/)