This  morning I was in the mood for Chopin. I listened to an entire album by Gregory Sokolov on my Primephonic app as I did my morning routines. The album was recorded in 2012. The above video of an album by the same dude was uploaded in 2017 and the recording was done in 1990. I like the way he played these wonderful pieces on the recording on Primephonic.

Speaking of Chopin, I was reminded of this quote from pianist, René Urtreget, this morning.

“One night at club (Club st-Germain in Paris), after hours, everybody had left. It was about 3 a.m. We had a few drinks, and I went to the piano and played the Fantasie-Impromptu in C# minor by Chopin. When it was finished, Miles said, ‘René, i’d have my right arm cut off if I could that.’ He had tears in eyes.” from So What: The Life of Miles Davis by John Szwed, p. 156.

I seem to have had a major attitude adjustment about church work. This morning I felt very relaxed about the morning Eucharist. After church, my energy was much higher than usual. Eileen and I went for lunch at the Biscuit. We had to wait for 45 minutes to be seated.

After a lovely brunch, we went grocery shopping. After that, I helped Eileen flip our new dishwasher on its back so she could adjust its wheels.

Admittedly, I am tired now. But usually church is enough to kick my butt for the day.

Eileen attributes this to my impending retirement. She said after she had decided to retire from the library she experienced a similar thing.

Cool.