won't be around
for awhile...just to let you know I won't be blogging for awhile. other things are needing attention right now.
part
2...after re-reading what I called the first installment of the NYC weekend, I realized I don't really have a lot to add to it. perhaps only some more details about what it means for Counterpoint. there were several manager-types there, and publicity people, who may or may not be interested in taking on Counterpoint as a client. also other people which we were hoping would find what we're doing and how we do it worth supporting financially. I will say the the party was quite successful on both accounts. the managers were all very excited about us, but the trick with management will be finding someone who will take us on with our limited schedule availability. we can only work so much of the year, and only specific weekends, or a week or two in the summer. hopefully, we're worth it to someone! so, we need to decide if we're going to spend what money we do have, and hire a publicist, and management. it's a big step, one that were ready for, but still a difficult decision. and beyond that? if and when we go full-time, we'll deal with whatever that will mean. one step at a time.
anyway, it was a wonderful weekend, and will undoubtedly lead to some great opportunities. and if not, well, it was great fun! and a lifelong memory.
in other news...
very sad to hear about Johnny Carson's death. though I couldn't often stay up late enough to watch him, my parents did, every night, and he was a part of my childhood. an icon for a past era.
Lincoln has been home, sick with a fever for a couple of days, just after Emerson got over his bout with strep. always something. Lincoln was feeling a bit better this afternoon, more lively, but I'm sure he'll miss school tomorrow, which means Marnie will, too. I could take a sick day, but I'm going to be out on Tuesday, doing curriculum consutling at Twinfield, so I need to be in school tomorrow. we're also in the middle of doing a play at school, which I've been helping out a bit with, setting up lights, and helping with the sound. they're putting it on for some other schools tomorrow and Wednesday, plus there's testing this week, so it's going to be a bit crazy around school for the next week. oh, and I need to finish my latest arrangement for the Israeli cd. and finish the church newletter. and, I'm sure there's something else. oh yeah, I need to get a passport to go to Canada in April. doesn't that sound silly? but it's the best way not to get hassled leaving the country. it's more for getting back in to the US, than it is for getting into Canada. God bless America...
ok, this is getting pretty long, and though I'm sure I could find more to write about, I'll spare you... have a wonderful day tomorrow, and enjoy the week!
there
and back again...lots to write, but some of it will have to wait. I noticed this morning that I hadn't written since early last week. and now I can't remember why not. guess I was busy...
well, I have lots of things to write about this week!
what a weekend. I spent the weekend in NYC, for a Counterpoint event. Peter Yarrow, of Peter, Paul, and Mary, hosted a management meet-and-greet/fundraising party for us at his apartment. very cool.
oops, time for lunch. I'll pick this up later. back soon.
back. sated. so, Peter hosted a party for management types to meet us. we sang a bit, and the acoustic at Peter's is great, and we sang well, so that much at least was a success. we got a lot of very positive comments after, and I believe that Bob and Louise are going to be meeting with a publicist this week. so, we'll see what comes of it all. it was, of course, a huge thrill to be there. pretty awesome.
the trip down (and back) was fun, there were six of us in the van on the way there, and five returning, (Nat rode back with Eric). I did more driving in the city than I had before, some 50 blocks up and down 9th Avenue, and the crazy corner where Amsterdam, and Broadway, and 70th and a couple of others, I think, all come together. but I put on my best New Yoik accent, and plunged ahead. some of us stayed at General Theological Seminary (an Episcopalian seminary) down in Chelsea, around 21st St., so it was a bit of a hike up to Peter's, but the subway was only a couple of blocks away, so it was a pretty easy trip. the Seminary was a beautiful place, covering an entire city block, with gardens, and beautiful trees within the Close, and even snowdrops blooming, and crocuses pushing up. strange winter we're having...
after the party on Saturday afternoon, seven of us walked up to Broadway and 75th (74th?) to eat at a wonderful Greek restaurant, Niko's, which we had discovered last time we were in the city. a good time was had by all! after dinner, Melissa, Marybeth, and Linda went their separate ways, and the four seminarians, Brett, David, Amy, and I, hopped on the subway for the ride back "home". we were all exhausted by the time we got there (schmoozing is hard work), but of course, we stayed up until after 1am, solving all the problems of the world. well, the Counterpoint world, anyway...
I think that I will continue all of this later, I need to head to school, to get some stuff for a meeting I have later this afternoon, and then E & L have a basketball game in Barre, so it will be a busy day. thank goodness it's a holiday! it was a wonderful weekend (did I say that already?), full of laughter and music, and great friends. looking forward to the next time.
part II will have to wait.. have a great day!
a need
for some humor...I thought this was funny, and probably not so far off base, at some point in the future...
and of course, it was this paragraph that caught me:
via bOingbOingSo the churches grumbled and paid Jimmy his tithe, except for the Mormons, Christian Scientists, Seventh Day Adventists, Quakers, and Unitarian Universalists. Jimmy said their teachings hurt the commercial value of his property and refused to let them use the Bible. All of those groups dissolved, except for the Unitarian Universalists, who didn't notice a change.
I hope things are good where you are. busy here...
just wanted to say
hi...I thought I'd better check in and say hello. it has been a few days since I've written. things have been their usual busy around here, but for the most part, a good busy. a very social weekend, a bit of excitement at school, and finally, enough snow to make it feel like winter!
we had a choir party last night, and that was fun. lots of good and funny conversation (funny haha, not funny peculiar), and of course great food! and this afternoon/evening, we went to some friends for supper and a movie. they have an in-house theatre, with a wall-size screen and full sound system, the whole deal. oh, and two rows (on risers) of Lazy-boys... very cool. and besides that, they're terrific people and John is a great cook. Chellis and their oldest son have been making movies for extra credit, and we got to see the first draft of their latest film, "foooped", after that we watched an old Tom Hanks movie, "Big". all of that was after Emerson and Lincoln had their basketball game this morning. they got creamed, but they just enjoy playing, so they're fine about it. a good day.
the excitement at school consisted of a girl falling off her chair (don't ask) and breaking her nose and getting a concussion. lots of blood, and tears, but she's going to be all right. that was certainly a first... people were giving me a hard time on Friday about my "disciplinary process"... hehe.
let's see, what else? oh yes, snow! we got a few inches on Thursday, and a bit more today, and it's nice to finally have snow banks on the side of the road from the plow. feels much more like winter. the temperatures have been very comfortable, so I imagine the skiers are happy!
undoubtedly there are other things I should mention, but they'll have to wait. maybe tomorrow... have a wonderful day!
comment spam
sheesh...I'm getting pounded with comment spam. god, I hate people. what kind of jerk would do something like this?
I've pulled the comments until I can get this worked out. you can still comment on a post, but it won't show on the right column, only on the blog post.
sorry.
update: well, I think I've gotten a handle on it, for now, so I've brought the latest comments box back. I'll be looking into some further options.
we now return you to the regularly scheduled program.
tomorrow
smile...tomorrow is my birthday. #43. I have quite vivid memories and feelings (how are those different?) from every stage of my life, that I feel that I am still living them. I am no older, and no younger, than I ever was. there are moments when life seems to be going in both directions, that I can see equally clearly, what has gone before, and what is yet to come. no, not really specifics, but thoughts and feelings I once had, and once will. add to that the loss of Lowell, and the focused awareness of age that is so easy to feel, so palpable right now-they add a layer of living that will inform all I do over the next few days, perhaps longer. undoubtedly longer.
sigh.
so many things are so good. family, friendships, music. thought. and to balance, things that aren't. loss, worry, expectation. asking the right questions. all of these things go to make up my life. one which has been blessed so many times, on so many levels. to exist, I am thankful. to live, I am joyous.
I will savor every moment. why stop now...
snow day
actually ice day...well, what was supposed to be our first day back at school, has become the last day of our vacation. we got an amazing coating of ice, which started during the afternoon, and continued through most of the night. it looked as if liquid glass had been poured over everything. a friend of ours came over to visit earlier in the afternoon, and ended up staying the night! she finally was able to get out of here (!) around 11. the roads were terrible. one would think the Zamboni's had been out all night...
so I'm working on web sites, and perhaps I can get some work done on the latest Counterpoint arrangement. we'll see...
have a great day.
a loss
so hard...I found out today that a dear friend of mine had died this weekend. Lowell was a member of the church several years ago, and he and I had (at least for me) a deep, wonderful friendship. He was in his early 70's then, and spoke with a wisdom of having been through it, and asking the same sorts of questions that I ask. he was a kindred spirit, always ready with a hug, a kind word and greeting, and a take no bullshit attitude that I so respect. he never let me get away with the easy answer.
I hadn't see Lowell for several months, and we didn't correspond regularly (my fault), but when I did see him, we were immediately where-ever we had been.
our minister said today, to someone that hadn't known Lowell, that they were less because of it. so true. I am better because of him, and I will miss him terribly.