We’ve moved from violin practice which consisted of just managing to hold the violin correctly in “rest” and “play” positions, to actually making contact between bow and violin. No music yet, although she does know the string names (I call them notes in the video) and she likes to make up her own tune. It’s…
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sidewalk patrol
I have dwelled long enough on this endless winter. I have felt each fresh snowfall and ice storm in the very core of my being, and I have truly ached for the return of blue skies and a warm, clear sidewalk. I have not used this extra long, extra hard winter as an excuse. In…
afternoon reading
She’s been reading for awhile now. It comes in spits and spurts, small doses of the familiar words punctuated with the occasional pause, the repetitive effort to sound out a new word. She was getting very good at mastering the simple connecting words, the and’s, the where’s, the said’s. She was getting pretty good at…