No entries for the last while - I guess my excuse was practicing piano and cello fairly intensely. This weekend I went to a chamber music workshop at Cal State Hayward, put on by the Chamber Musicians of Northern California. I had heard about it a few months ago while doing some idle web [...] » Read more

Today and every day for the next month, I’ll be practicing cello and piano. Why the sudden piety? Because I signed up a couple weeks ago for a weekend music workshop next month organised by the Chamber Musicians of Northern California, and was told last week that they were happy to accept my application, [...] » Read more

It’s late, I’m finally alone, I’m sipping Coke and JD, and B.B. King (Mimi’s parting gift) is playing in the background. Suitable conditions to revisit the diary. My sister Mimi is at the moment on the plane back to Vancouver, having been here since the 5th. I think she had a good time, [...] » Read more