Notices by dogtrax (dogtrax@mastodon.social), page 19

We had another bass player try out for the band last night. This is the ... ummm ... fifth bass player in about six months we've had come in. He could play, but it just wasn't the right fit. Funny how the intangibles surface quickly. It's not just Music. It's also the Mesh. discussions afterwards indicated we were all on the same page. Good bass player. Not for us. So, back to looking for someone to anchor our rock and roll band, as we continue to expand our repertoire of songs. #smallstories

“What better way than mixtapes to respond? The stories you can tell by putting the right songs in the right sequence for the right person.”

-- from Uproot (Travels in 21st Century Music and Digital Culture) by Jace Clayton (aka DJ Rupture), page 141

#smallquotes
#MusicCollab

@tellio Dang. Glad to hear you are the mend. Sorry to hear it has been rough, particularly given your farming season at hand. Your daydream of lilies had me in the moment.

@wentale The art of the remix ... #MusicCollab

The other day, I stumbled upon a class picture from when I was in the very same grade as I now teach. Sixth grade. I remember the 11-year-old me from then because I so clearly remember my teacher from that year -- Mr. Dudak. He did not seem to often follow school rules, was always cheering us as individuals, and found the means to celebrate our classroom in unorthodox ways. I remember the sense of adventure more than anything else. I hope I have a bit of Mr. D in me. #smallstories

@Algot I found Terry’s key, so the day continues ...

@tellio
Like sand

@Pabo Social spaces disappear slowly, and then suddenly, don't they?

@rebeccamidd Good luck with the job search

@rebeccamidd It's insane, the idea of arming teachers, on so many levels that I can't even begin to list the ways things could go terribly wrong. It's yet another lever the NRA is pulling on Trump. (NRA has been advocating arming teachers since Sandy Hook. Some schools in Ohio have already done so.)

You know the paper you need is here. Somewhere. You look at the pile of documents over there. The pile in the middle drawer. The pile by the phone. The one near the computer. Where did all these stacks of paper come from, you wonder? You know. They came from you, and now in a burst of frustration over a paper-not-found, you start to organize. Until you find the paper you couldn't find. The stacks get left behind, for another time. And so, the day begins, in metaphor. #smallstories

@y6nH @masu

Alchemy is also a theme of an open learning experience some of us are doing right now. @wentale I love when projects connect unexpectedly like that #MusicCollab

@andrawatkins Brazilian sounds trendy, so you can think of yourself as one of those cool kids on the block (hey, you already were!). Glad to hear of the remission.

I'm in a room classroom educators learning about tech. I'm a participant, although normally, I facilitate these kinds of tech sessions. My writing project colleague, Tom, is the facilitator today. I'm paying attention to the ways we are all helping each other to learn. The range of experience is pretty significant. What some us consider a slight shift in thinking, others see as a widening gap they can barely see across. All of us take steps forward, with support of each other. #smallstories

“... I try to see as much as possible -- in microscopic detail. I have an exercise that helps me with this, using old family photographs. I’ll blow an image up as much as I can, and work through it pixel by pixel.”

-- from Pixel by Pixel, a passage by Amy Tan in Light, in the Dark (Writers on Creativity, Inspiration and the Artistic Process), page 35

#smallquotes with #smallstories philosophy, right?

Your tea,
steeps;
I sleep.
Movement
in the room,
a slow
release
of the day,
returning.

#smallpoems