My bandmates got it together for me to fly out on frequent flyer miles, making it possible for me to come out to Conflikt and play with We're Not Koi on Sunday afternoon.

( The con itself was a joy from beginning to end. )

I spent OVFF being happy, a bit tired from burning the candle too much, and surrounded by friends who made my internal happy meter keep breaking new records.

( For those who do want the full song and dance. )

On the way home from D, M, R, and M's, I had to stop fifteen separate times, in order to let a total of twenty-one deer cross the road.

I saw bucks with many-pronged antlers, does with fawns (one of which had three fawns with her), and pairs of doe and buck cross.

The last deer was actually in my driveway.  My pulling in scared it down the drive, ( Read more... )

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 As a local, and low on money, I commuted an hour back and forth to the con this weekend, which means I missed a lot of the late night stuff so I'd be safe to drive.

( notes on the con )

 The actual most frustrating thing about having hand surgery is that I cannot play my banjo, Burton, since my left hand is mummy-wrapped.  I am lonely for his happy sound.

 I've been wrestling with Finale software yesterday and today in order to get my music in a readable, playable format.  With my father's phone tech support help, (Now isn't that a first, with the elder supporting the younger in computer tech applications?) I was able to widen the spaces between staffs so that all the lyrics could fit.

Of course, ( Read more... )

 peteralway ventured south from Michigan in the hopes of getting together with filkers in the past two days.  While Peter's adventures were not all pleasant, he firmly put aside all of his own woes to immerse himself in music.

pondside, Heather, Peter and I played a bit last night, and this afternoon.  It was so lovely!  It was like a piece of a con, wrapped ( Read more... )

Went over to pondside  's to practice and gear up for Confluence next month.  Playing alone at my house, I felt as though I had made no progress in my skills.

Playing with J, I discovered that I was doing far better than I thought.  We also logged onto the Internet, and looked up a few alternate fingerings for tenor banjo chords than the mandolin chords I'd ( Read more... )

( Long song cut for length )