Busy is not the word!!! Wow, it is hard to believe it is already the 22nd of March!!! Where did it go? All I know is that it is SPRING and the sun is finally shining again in the pacific northwest! Might not be around for long as our really rainy season is about to begin but, at least for now, the cold has disappeared. The last month has been reasonably pleasant and I'll take it. While Vancouver does not get the recognition that Portland or the "other" city to the north, I love it's small town feel yet big city closeness. A great place to live is this!
On the running front, my goal of maintaining at least twenty miles a week has continued. Almost thought I'd miss last weeks but was able to get out and finish it. This week has also been tough as we finish moving the girls into their new home in Vancouver. What a happy time for everyone with the requisite soreness and tired feelings associated with moving. Not done yet but I'd say 75% of the way there. Time to close things out this week and start a new life in a new location. So happy for them. :-)
It has been a few years since I'd been heavily involved with my classical music. I used to devour everything I could listen to,read and watch. For over 30 years I have done so, maintaining connection with that world and it's splendor. Then life took some turns and i stepped back to leave it alone for a bit. To get back that freshness that was beginning to disappear and drift away after so many years of attention. Exceptions were made, of course, with Mahler and my favourites. They never are far from my ears and will remain so till the day I pass from this planet. But in general, I gave it a breather.
My stereo system had been having some issues. So yesterday I got my act together and fixed it, making my apartment bloom with the sounds that had been missing for a long time.Now to get all of my CD's cataloged eventually and make a new home for them. All 5000+ CD's of classical alone. Yep, twenty plus years of collecting them and I have an incredible library of music that will last till the day I die. How lucky I am indeed!!! Now...to find a decent program for doing that. In the meantime, I'm getting reacquainted with my old friends...Beethoven, Haydn,Liszt,Rachmaninov,Bruckner and dear Herr Mahler. The future looks to be very bright in this life I lead. With the beautiful ladies in my life ,Welsh, running and my music, life is grand indeed. I have no reason to be sad nor unhappy. With that I leave photos of some of my favourite composers.
Paul Creston Aaron Copland
Gustav Mahler Sergei Rachmaninov
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