Got an apple on the tree. It's it's first summer... have Barbara to thank for that. Planting, watering (cross fertilizing??) Got some pictures someplace. Barbara was thinking I should harvest it end of September... though it had fallen to the ground on Saturday. I rushed out to get it as I saw it just before doing the 108. Was like a little offering.
Rearranged the music room. Soundboard near drum kit now... didn't have to shift the kit at all... the board just fit into the corner. Put the wall mounted brackets on the little AR speakers and ran the speaker cables outside the room in the ceiling and fed them through little drilled holes, looks neat on the inside now, and there's lots of room for other musicians now, even with Corey's drumkit still set up. Colin and Gilles stayed late one Thursday and we jammed a bit, Glens old bass Doug's borrowed practice amp and the acoustic guitar, it was quite a bit of fun.
Have been in touch with Ed for the first time since back from Japan... apparently they've had a hard time with the kitchen fire and ensuing repair work... Ed says he hasn't told anybody the story yet, though he says it makes their story about roof repair look like a walk in the park... poor guys...
Am also in touch with Ronnie, a guy that Gio hires for freelance work. Turns out he's an accomplished drummer, I'm looking into 1 lesson every 2 months, we've got to establish if he's interested to work with me. He may want to take only serious students... we'll see...
Gio was over Tuesday night and helped me get the fridge over to 295. I gave it good cleaning and stocked it for a few weeks of the GAS. Now I'll be able to keep some leftovers, instead of sendng them all away.
I don't generally play the lotto. Maybe once a year ro so. Typically when a co-worker gets a pool going or the likes... a few weeks back I got a hunch to play and easily found my numbers. Checked the ticket Sunday night while I was doing groceries, and I was almost surprised I had a billet non-gagnant. Funny.
Loren and I had a pretty nice weekend, including having Doreen over Friday night. Should have taken some pix of that meal. Loren did a white sauce, I sauteed scallops. We served it on pasta, it was very yum yum yummy!!
Finished reading Yoga and the Quest for the True Self, by Stephen Cope. Eeesh! He does shed some interesting light on subtle ways to consider yoga (not just asana). Though it was really hard reading for me, Cope is soooo heavy-handed. I've suspected that Kripalu is a magnet for kooks from heresay over the years. But this book seals the deal for me. Most of the book reads like an effort made by Cope, to once-an-for-all establish that he is a valid yoga teacher. I even get the impression that Cope himself feels that his 10 year plus stay at Kripalu was of little value and needed an opportunity to justify his stay there, perhaps even to keep himself from depression. It was very awkward reading.