Going to visit my brother and his wife in Keene. Sorry my wife can’t go with me. But I need to get out of town.

This morning I only managed to read some poetry by Adrienne Rich (have also been working my way through Sexton and Updike collected poems). I spent the rest of my extra morning time trying to learn the music for a waltz from Swan Lake for today’s Ballet class.

The instructor asked me Tuesday if I had this with me. Sheesh. She was annoyed that the anthology I regularly carry to her class only had the main theme from the ballet, not this waltz. I checked out a piano transcription of the entire ballet yesterday.

In church music, I was taught that it’s only polite to give a week’s notice of score prep for event the best musicians.

I have since noticed that many professionals pride themselves on not rehearsing before a gig.

And I have heard many performances that seem to indicate a lack of prep. On the other hand when one does a gig, one tries to do whatever is required.

Anyway, I have been up and practicing this scene.

I just hope she uses it.

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Frenzied Hours for U.S. on Fate of a China Insider – NYTimes.com

Some good background on this evolving story.

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Ted Nugent’s Remarks Reverberate Against Romney – NYTimes.com

Ted Nugent makes me crazy. Go Michigan.

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The Big Spill, Two Years Later – NYTimes.com

Interesting background on this incident. Much credible challenge in the online comments. Check out Dr. Richard Grippo from Arkansas State University. I googled him and he seems for real.

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And the Winner of the Pulitzer Isn’t – NYTimes.com

The nice thing about this is learning about books I don’t know about. It’s a shame the Pulitzer didn’t aware one posthumously to D. F. Wallace. I think he was an excellent writer.

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