Ecumenicon &c
Apr. 18th, 2006 09:59 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dcseainEcumenicon was a lovely time. I attended classes on curriculum development offered by several people, as well as classes in art offered by Hannah Shapero. The Norse Working with Jane Sibley was an amazing experience too.
We also had a couple of really interesting and productive input sessions during meal breaks which will help us put on better conferences in the future, and has given us the information we need to move toward becoming a full-fledged seminary. Thank you Isis Nefer for your valuable input!
The cats were glad to see me home. The dog was happy to see me too, but i'm not his primary caretaker, so he was not nearly as happy as the cats were.
We've fragrant ants in the house, for t'is Springtime here in DCland. Lots coming in near the fireplace on the 2nd floor. Happily, no food source nearby though, so here's hoping they'll leave. Though i like the piny smell they make when you crush them.
Suddenly yesterday the trees were all green. The understory will be filling out 'ere long therefore. English ivy is thriving again, as is Virginian creeper. We're still several weeks away from the poison ivy leaving, though their roots are reddening, so the irritating substances are flowing well already. And the dogwoods, both white ones and pink ones, are in glorious bloom, and the maples and pines are pollinating like there's no tomorrow.
I'm spending a lot of free time rehearsing the tango i'm playing in The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Tonight, i figured out which are the tricky bits. I really need to work out the fingering on the first tricky bit, and i need to just practice the other until the awkward, modified g-minor scale and octave glissando are second nature for me. I'm a bit nervous, as this is my first public performance in 15 years. I'm looking forward to it though, i've been wanting to seriously get back into the music.
We also had a couple of really interesting and productive input sessions during meal breaks which will help us put on better conferences in the future, and has given us the information we need to move toward becoming a full-fledged seminary. Thank you Isis Nefer for your valuable input!
The cats were glad to see me home. The dog was happy to see me too, but i'm not his primary caretaker, so he was not nearly as happy as the cats were.
We've fragrant ants in the house, for t'is Springtime here in DCland. Lots coming in near the fireplace on the 2nd floor. Happily, no food source nearby though, so here's hoping they'll leave. Though i like the piny smell they make when you crush them.
Suddenly yesterday the trees were all green. The understory will be filling out 'ere long therefore. English ivy is thriving again, as is Virginian creeper. We're still several weeks away from the poison ivy leaving, though their roots are reddening, so the irritating substances are flowing well already. And the dogwoods, both white ones and pink ones, are in glorious bloom, and the maples and pines are pollinating like there's no tomorrow.
I'm spending a lot of free time rehearsing the tango i'm playing in The Two Gentlemen of Verona. Tonight, i figured out which are the tricky bits. I really need to work out the fingering on the first tricky bit, and i need to just practice the other until the awkward, modified g-minor scale and octave glissando are second nature for me. I'm a bit nervous, as this is my first public performance in 15 years. I'm looking forward to it though, i've been wanting to seriously get back into the music.
