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Played at the funeral of my precious Uncle Ray:  

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Because they're a HAPPY FAMILY!  

When I was about 4, I climbed up on the piano bench and began plunking on the 1950's upright that my parents had bought a few months earlier.  I quickly realized that the tone matched tones in songs I knew, and began picking out songs from Sesame Street and Sunday School.  My dad, delighted that I was showing some musical talent, told Mom that I ( Read more... )

When I quit working, I struggled with knowing what my "job" in life was.  It couldn't just be cleaning and managing the house could it?  I mean, that was my mom's job, but I felt since my parents had paid an obscene amount for my college education, I should be doing something with it shouldn't I?  Homeschooling C helped with that struggle, as I ( Read more... )

I've been very much in an 80's mood this evening.  I found some old piano sheet music (Glory of Love, At this Moment, The Search is OVer, Fame), and just had a blast relearning it.  As you might imagine, there are few piano versions of Back in Black, so I had to learn all the power ballads on piano in the 80's.  I'll have to teach them to C so she ( Read more... )

Today was a good day.  Why?  Because today was a "me" day, and "me" days rock.  I went to a garden faire (things are so much better when spelled in Old English, don't you think?) with my friend and neighbor Felicia, and we had a wonderful time.  As you all know, I am the Jack Kevorkian of plants, so I merely looked and admired.  Felicia bought a ( Read more... )

When you can play the piano, your friends tend to ask you to play for their weddings...or maybe that's just me. I've played for more weddings that I can remember (probably due to the alcohol), and at EVERYONE but one --the Disney-themed one -- I had to play Pachelbel's Canon in D. I can now play it in a coma ....actually everyone plays Canon in ( Read more... )

Today is a double!  First, I am happy that my Barnes and Noble package came.  I could be happier about that fact that it was left outside in the pouring rain, but the books seem to be OK.

Second I am happy about the best Christmas present I ever got.  It was in 2001, and it is a Kurzweil digital piano.  This thing ROCKS, and I have not "outgrown" ( Read more... )

 Piano has been a lifeline for me since early childhood.  I climbed up on the piano bench at age 4 or so and began picking out songs I had heard on TV or at church.  I began piano lessons at age six, and coninued to study until I was sixteen, when my teacher died of a brain tumor.  I played in some talent shows, accompanied singers, and played for ( Read more... )