Some recent favorite photos…
It’s been quite a year, quite a fall. Here are some of my favorite live screen captures of the last few months.
The word today is “cachinnate.”
cach·in·nate | \ ˈka-kə-ˌnāt \ cachinnated; cachinnating intransitive verb : to laugh loudly or immoderately
The piano in its natural environment
New-to-me Yamaha U3 is in FULL EFFECT! Funny, it looks like it’s been there all its life. I’m absolutely thrilled with it so far. My main complaint: it sounds like it should play like a grand, and of course, it doesn’t. That said, I’m SO enjoying the feel of it, esp. for songwriting and classical … Read more
Love o’ jesus
When you spend all day learning and perfecting a JavaScript charts library, only to realize at 3:00pm that a table is actually the best solution.
Quote from “Double Birthday” by Willa Cather
Even in American cities, which seem so much alike, where people seem all to be living the same lives, striving for the same things, thinking the same thoughts, there are still individuals a little out of tune with the times — there are still survivals of a past more loosely woven, there are disconcerting beginnings … Read more
Quote from “The Man Who Shouted Teresa” by Italo Calvino
My shadow took fright at the moon and huddled between my feet.
First Nine is One Demo
Just a quick teaser demo of a new song that’s coming from Greg’s and my new collaboration, Nine is One. Much more work to do here, but we’re really psyched about the sound that’s growing!
colloquy – for when you need to elevate your conversations
from col– together + –loquium speaking, from loqui to speak A talking together; a conversation, dialogue. Also, a written dialogue. A meeting for conference. Church blah blah. All the modern dictionaries mention that it’s specific to elevated speech/conversation. Interesting that “colloquial” is used to mean common speech.
coruscate – for when you need a little flash and sparkle
VERB literary (of light) flash or sparkle. ‘the light was coruscating through the walls’ Origin Early 18th century from Latin coruscat- ‘glittered’, from the verb coruscare. https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/coruscate NB: Never doubt my commitment to Sparkle Motion.