(or, Father's Day Trip, Part 3) On Wednesday, I left Williamsburg early enough that I made the (oft-made, in my college years) trip up to Northern Virginia in about two and a half hours. I didn't have much of an agenda, but I did want to at least drive through my home town, McLean. Didn't …
Month: June 2020
Hark upon the Gale
Or, "Father's Day Visit", part 2. So, Tuesday morning, got up, did the three-mile walk with Dad and Sam as usual (those walks have been really wonderful), and Dad and I had breakfast. Then got cleaned up and packed and on the road by about 11:00. Three hours of fairly pleasant driving and then found …
Bachelor Boys
Since my mom died in January, the goal was always to visit my dad (and brother) more often than we usually do, and have him visit us. We'd already planned a visit around Eastertime. But COVID shut that down, of course. And our tradition has always been to do a visit around Memorial Day, but …
An experiment
In my last blog post, I made an aside that I was not ready to engage in the JK Rowling backlash... yet. I mentioned that I loved JKR, generally, and had read tweets of hers that had caused others to react badly, but which had seemed to me to be innocuous. It's not that I …
Opening Up
New York City is a doing a "Phase 1" opening today, which means construction can start up again and subway service is back to normal and stores can open for pickup/delivery only. Doesn't make much of a difference to me, except I was able to drop off dry cleaning this weekend for the first time. …
Let’s Get Caught Up, Shall We?
Coronavirus stuff: in the KP household, things are much the same. New York City is about to do a Phase 1 reopening. It occurred to me that it's entirely possible that if I get job interviews (knock wood), I may actually have to go to an office in a suit at some point for one, …
Back to Basics
When you practice a piece of music, if there's a tricky part you are not getting, you disassemble it. You break it down into pieces. You work the pieces - just the right hand here, for one measure. Very slowly. Does each note flow one to the next using the fingerings you're using? No? Try …
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