Posted late 6-1-19 Here are a few attempts of playing a couple days ago. I am not going to embed them, but they are private YouTube so others won’t happen upon them. Video 1 Video 2 Video 3 Video 4 Video 5 It is hard in one respect to hear mom struggle playing, saying “I…
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Mother’s (2.0) Day
Posted 5-13-19 Thank you for your patience in my 2-day respite to celebrate Mother’s Day and my 250,000 hour anniversary Saturday. Both went great! 🙂 Me and my siblings met with mom for a nice visit Saturday instead of facing the rare visitor rush of a Sunday visit. It was a little selfish, but going…
The True Virtuoso
Posted 5-8-19 while tapping my toes… A handful of dust, a worthless piece of clayAnd you breathed the breath of HeavenThen there was a soul, the heart, the hands, the voiceThat could sing of your perfection Life is a symphonyThat only you can playYou know I can hear itThrough the madness everyday (Chorus) Virtuoso, virtuosoThis…
Just When You Thought It Was Safe…
Posted 4-30-19 The shark-infested tidewaters receded yet again and all there is now are a few quiet clownfish, a happy but shy school of neon tetras and an occasional grumpy pair of bettas bickering over who gets the last saltwater Ho-Ho at the ole memory unit. (Oh, and don’t get me on a rant about…
It’s Only Nine Months until Christmas. And, more importantly, three great videos of mom playing the piano this weekend…and some other thoughts in video form :)
Posted 3-25-19 9 months until Christmas…you done shopping yet? lol These were special piano sessions. 🙂 She hasn’t played in a week or so, so after long breaks with challenging times it is nice to hear her again. Piano is kind of a litmus test for how she is doing emotionally and somewhat physically (although…
Ditches
Posted 3-23-19a Mom had a decent day again. She is still zonked and sitting around doing absolutely nothing for far too much time each day, but the hyperactivity and uber-anxiety seems to be a thing of the past. Piano is minimal too these days too. It is a terrible choice give-and-take situation. Tomorrow we have…
Piano Love
Here is another videos of mom playing the piano yesterday. 🙂 These were even more fun in person. #EndALZ
Happy Place
Posted 2-26-19 Another good day for mom. 🙂 She still needs to get the sleep worked out again, but all things considered, it could be much worse.Music is mom’s happy place, planted there by the subject of her songs. #EndALZ
Piano Joy
Posted later 2/9/19 Another nice video Pam shot this week of mom playing the piano. 🙂 Multiple songs in one. Her playing sometimes sounds like her speaking…a beautiful mix of words that she is comfortable with. Our job is to get comfortable too rather than trying to correct her. #EndALZ
Walking on Water
Posted early 2/6/19 Just a quick note on mom’s piano playing. Pardon the theological cliche with this, but mom playing the piano reminds me of Peter walking on the water in the Gospels. When he kept his eyes on Jesus, all went fine and his lake street trek proceeded. When he took his eyes off…