Today’s highlights:
- My sister woke me up at 3:00 am to tell me that mama bird was inside the house.
- I prepared Three Songs for Maarten:
- If ye love me by Thomas Tallis
- Finlandia by Jean Sibelius
- Steal Away by Michael Tippett
- I went to Food Lion for my father and Harris-Teeter for my mother.
- I worked in my mother’s little private garden.
- I went for a walk:
- Brahms: 16 Waltzes for Piano Four Hands, Op 39 (#2-16)
- Brahms: Souvenir de la Russie, Op 151
- Brahms: Variation for 4 Hands on a Theme by Schumann, Op 23
- Brahms: Variations on a Theme by Haydn, Op 56a (arr for two pianos)
- I went to Scott Ainslie’s live on-line concert (virtually with Andy and my father).
Today’s ice cream: Ben & Jerry’s New York Super Fudge Chunk
Today’s beer: Weeping Willow Wit from Mother Earth Brewing in Kinston and Trail Guide IPA from Big Boss Brewing Company in Raleigh.
Today’s pet peeve: People who don’t follow the one-way arrows at the grocery store.
Word of the day: Regurgitate
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