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  • From Elizabeth on hey mr tambourin man

    Exciting times!!!

    • From jupiterj on hey mr tambourin man

      True that!

  • From Cindy Cosway on musical sunday, chevron deference, and the sound of walcott's voice

    The disagreements are civil? Who knew this was possible! Just kidding. So much love. I definitely vote non-partison (almost exclusively).

    • From jupiterj on musical sunday, chevron deference, and the sound of walcott's voice

      I haven’t seen myself as a member of a political party for my entire life. But I do vote. Hope you are well! love from Uncle Steve

  • From Sarah on thinking about recitals and this Sunday

    I love you!

    I’m happy to design flyers and stuff for your recitals if it will be helpful. X x

    • From jupiterj on thinking about recitals and this Sunday

      Excellent. I will let you know what I need on it soon and you can mess around with it. I promised my boss I would have posters ready a week from tomorrow.

  • From Cindy Cosway on missed greek

    Thanks for the “shout out” to Cassidy! She is really immersing herself in Australia. I will not be surprised if she returns there.

    • From jupiterj on missed greek

      I love following her adventures on Facebooger. Great kid!

  • From Mark on less thinking, more being

    I read your blog daily but would guess that my number isn’t showing up since, more often than not, I just read the email that I get from an RSS feed that I have for your site.

    Just sayin…

    • From jupiterj on less thinking, more being

      I forgot that you told me this. Thanks for reading!

  • From Cindy Cosway on man on the stairs

    While I’m normally a helpful person, I do find I have a short fuse for those that disrupt others, while they are in their own world/illness/whatever. It’s an odd sensation for me. I want to help & typically do things for others on a regular basis. However, when it comes to folks that are overly abrasive in a place that they probably shouldn’t be, I turn quite cold, and instantly. I’ve struggled internally the past decade with the issue of what to do with our mentally ill/unstable folks. Many homeless/drunk/drugged folks have underlying issues- and the resources for them & their issues are way too few. It’s difficult that there isn’t a better answer readily available.

  • From Rhonda Edgington on martini time blog two days in a row

    Did I miss your opening concert on the organ? I thought it was later in the month… I’m sorry if so! I kept meaning to look somewhere and check the date, because I didn’t have it written down anywhere. It would have been tricky for me anyway, I had a practice hike for the AT with the group from church I’m going with in a week (did I mention this? nutty little mid-life try at something completely different…) Anyway, next time, you should tell the local AGO folks about this. Email Paul or I, and we will send something out. People besides me are interested too, and this organization is pretty much pointless (in my opinion), if at the least we aren’t aware of what’s going on locally and supporting each other. I’d have been there, if I’d have known and could have made it work! Glad you felt like it went well.

  • From jupiterj on martini time blog two days in a row

    You’re right. I should have done an AGO mailing. It would help me if Paul didn’t do blind emails on those things. Don’t we all know each other’s email anyway via the directory? Anyway, this was totally my responsibility. I did send out a press release to the Sentinel (which they seemed to have ignored entirely) and post it on Facelessbook. I know that most of our members don’t connect to Facebook. Brian Carder was there so somehow he found out, probably from Facebook. Linda Fulton was there as well. It was good concert and I’m sorry you didn’t have the option to attend. I try not to pay too much attention to that sort of thing. I did miss you but figured I can’t always attend your recitals and the same has to be true for you. I’ll do better about this next time.

  • From Elizabeth on relaxing at mark's

    Thanks for sharing the recording. Even as a bootleg, pretty listenable. It sounded like a fun program. Love you!

    • From jupiterj on relaxing at mark's

      I love you, too! My teacher, Ray Ferguson, used to say he preferred not to be recorded. He liked the idea that his music just kept floating away into the ether.

      For my part, I figured out that recording is itself an art and not one that interests me that much. If people want to record me, fine, as long as I don’t have to listen to it.

      It has crossed my mind to hire Jonathon Fegel to help me with recording sometime (at church). Mark says we should serious consider permanently installing a good recording set up.

      We just purchased a new sound system. I know it’s set up to eventually house video taping the service. But I don’t know much about the system other than it’s working very well right now and is very unobtrusive. Both Jen and I were speaking into microphones at the recital.

      It was fun doing that recital and also doing the commentary.

  • From Cindy Cosway on jupe gets his brains back and continues to love the experience of sound

    I love hearing the joy in your text about the Pasi Organ! An instrument to be loved & appreciated the way it should. Delightful.

    • From jupiterj on jupe gets his brains back and continues to love the experience of sound

      As usual, thank you for reading my silly blog. Hope you and fam are well! love from Uncle Steve

  • From David on 42

    Happy 42 guys! Wishing you many more.
    David j

    • From jupiterj on 42

      Thank you!

  • From Mark on 42

    Happy Anniversary!

    • From jupiterj on 42

      Thank you!

  • From Elizabeth on 42

    Happy anniversary! I love you!

    • From jupiterj on 42

      Thank you! I love you, too!

  • From Cindy Cosway on 42

    Congrats!! Y’all are fortunate to have each other. A great pair of people. 🙂

    • From jupiterj on 42

      Thank you!

  • From Matthew Locke on 42

    Happy Anniversary! Great photos <3

    • From jupiterj on 42

      Thank you!

  • From Cindy Cosway on lining up music for today's rehearsal

    Have fun with the California branch of the fam!

    • From jupiterj on lining up music for today's rehearsal

      Thanks and thanks for reading my blog!

  • From David on vacation begins in earnest

    I have a subscription to the New Yorker magazine that runs out in 2018. There are multiple back issues lying around you are welcome to read or take if you like. First united Methodist is where the kids went to pre school. It’s right over by Riverside Community College and the Presbyterian church we got married in (not to far from where we lived in Riverside and currently about 15 miles away) so you should be able to get some time in on the organ if you choose. See you tonight.
    David J

  • From Cindy Cosway on books in the mail

    I had to switch from single vision glasses to progressive lenses late last year. There are 3 tiers to look out of depending on close reading, arm’s length or distance. It was certainly an adjustment. But I do find that after 6 months or so, I am tilting my head less & simply moving my eyes to the part of the lens I need for the task at hand. I hope you adjust to yours quickly!

    • From jupiterj on books in the mail

      I admit that I have been taking my glasses off for reading and computer work. But they do help with anything more than a few feet away, so driving is definitely improved.

  • From Mark on on to grayling

    Talk with Leigh about glasses when we get up to Grayling. I think she has about three different ones. One for reading, one for playing piano and one for everything else. I could be wrong about that. Of course, she also has cataracts which makes everything less than optimal. I’m hoping she will take care of that before we lose our health insurance…

  • From Cindy Cosway on two more days of vacation for jupe

    #TicksSuck . (stupid pun moment) Our dog was bitten by a tick that transmitted a bacterial infection to him that has rendered him completely blind. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehrlichiosis_(canine). We take him for a follow up visit to the Animal Eye Institute on Friday, but our expectations are low. I’ll probably post something on Friday when we know more. Poor old dog. The ticks are really high in numbers right now & carry a variety of nasty diseases. I love living in the woods, but I’m not a fan of ALL of God’s creatures.

    • From jupiterj on two more days of vacation for jupe

      Sorry to hear about your dog. My brother’s dog was diagnosed with Lime’s disease but has not presented symptoms. They vaccinate her annually and give her meds that kill any ticks that bite her. What a mess with the ticks, eh? We are finding one or two a day. Eileen kills them with cellophane tape by putting them on the tape, folding it, and suffocating them.