Unsplash It is now approaching my most dreaded moment in the semester.... submitting grading and assessments for the students. I hate this part of the year... and it does happen twice a year. ... unltimatly,

So... my first ever trip to Taiwan! And thankfully, the powers that be behaved themselves and no funny global superpow

A reminder to check beds when you are travelling! Bah... the last night in one of the tour hotels before moving onto t

My relationship with Slay the Spire is one that has had several years to mature. I first played it when it was free on XBOX Game Pass. It was the game I used to play while sitting on the exercise bike

Sometimes, I just need a place that is clean and has a bed for me to crash into for an overnight stay between projects

Weirdly enough.. one of the things that I hate the most about being a musician is the travelling and being away from home. I love playing and performing... but I just hate being away from family and a

Some new veggies planted for the winter season... and some of the old summer stuff pulled out. Probably should top up the soil with some healthier stuff... but that might have to wait for a different time.

If you've followed me for years, I am so sorry for all the words you've read, and even more sorry for the words that you may ignore. For a long time, an insurmountable task has confounded me. The only

I didn't expect this Camillia plant (I think it is Camillia... my wife chose them, but I never remember what is what...)... it is just the flowering one at the near the hot water tank to me. Anyway, I

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Another from a long list of hotels and apartments that I get to stay at whilst working with various ensembles and orch

Well... I guess it is more technically two bows in the mix. A little while back, I was writing about a shorter lighter bow that I was trying out as a good second Baroque bow. I've got a good spread of

Sigh... this was something that we had been putting off for quite a while. Our house is currently surrounded by various piles of rock, mulch, and other things that we have been using for our amateur

Unsplash Oh why oh why did we do this to ourselves???? As part of our ensemble's vision (well, my wife and I...) to bring together people to just enjoy playing music... and a taste on our take on Early

Okay... I really want to get this recording done and wrapped up! We did the actual thing at the end of last year, and the edit/mix last month. And we have been sitting on two versions of the final mix

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Ahhhhh... the shame! We have been planning to build a garden storage shed in this back corner for about two years now. And we even bought the shed itself in a sale about a year and a half ago... and it

I have been on the look out for another general purpose Baroque violin bow for a while now... I have a really nice one that I got about 25 years ago... and at that time, it was supposed to be in a risky

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Okay, I'm not old old... I'm more of an early middle aged person. But I think I have to get it in my head that I'm no longer a young adult... even if I feel like it in my brain. Not looking in the mirror