Notices by Laura Ritchie (lauraritchie@mastodon.social), page 8

Here’s the link to our jazz gig! Https://kulakswwoodshed.com and choose the guitar pick that says webcast starting in 2 minutes

Hello darkness, my old friend.

(it is like 2 am here)

I've come to talk with you again.

(oh jet lag, please not now)

Because a vision softly creeping

(well the people in the next room are definitely on something because they are not creeping at all)

Left it's seeds while I was sleeping

(maybe dozing, I did get 4 hours sleep, and those were not seeds, but fully mature saplings at least)

wishing for the sounds... of silence.

#thisday #jetlag #smallstories

@Downes thank you! When music makes sense to listeners it feels like doing something right 😊

Low Angeles here we come!

Travelling with a very cool colleague and two epic students. Here’s to the adventures ahead.
#thisday

@RussSharek absolutely awwwwesome.

@Food hopefully this is metaphorical.

Take care of yourself. You do a lot of good, and death isn't a good idea.

I posted the first piece (Debussy Sonata) from my concert last weekend. The HD camera did work after all. I am amazed at the difference a decent camera makes to the built in stuff on the laptop I had to use for the livestream.

https://wp.me/p4Ng5z-1fz

makes me want to bring back HiFi and vinyl, and bin the mp3 :)

#music #cello #paino

woke up at 3:40.

too much to do. my mind decided sleep was not the most important.

in 24 hours though, when I'm on that plane, I can guarantee some heavy duty sleeping will take place.

Zoom goes the time.

in 48 hours I'll be winging it to Los Angeles. All the emotions now. excitement, dread, and everything in between. There is so very much to do. so much.

and out there we've got this gig (it's free and being streamed (with good quality) and I'll share) more on that in the next few days.

In the meantime, so much to do.

Making a difference: It's in the giving, and the gift can be small.

https://wp.me/p4Ng5z-1fr
a short, positive #blogpost

@Downes here's the first piece - I did push the right button on the fancy camera! https://archive.org/details/DebussySonataFeb92019 (I couldn't believe how bad the sound was on the ordinary stream)

@jk then the children of said inventors played in the crates and packing boxes for hours and hours and invented most of the levels by building forts and demonstrating the gameplay.

I remember those boxes well.

@Downes you know what else the value is? (that's rhetorical as I'm typing what another value is to me)

The learning you demonstrate & the commitment to your own learning that you model. You are consistent, dedicated, & thorough. You read and read and read beyond the surface, and even if you don't agree completely with the angle people have taken, you still give things an outing and a voice. Yes, it is still your lens, but as it is your newsletter, it should be.

(some early morning positivity)

@Downes don't despair. There is 100000000% value in OLDaily. So many people are SO caught up in their own minutiae and specilaisation that it is so very hard to keep a broad view.

You give lots, and certainly have worth. Invitations are very cool. I hope to get as many as your few that you have now ;) I know I've got a lot to say, and it's all to do with the same stuff. Don't give up. Sometimes people take a long time to be ready to see what is right in front of them.

@paralithode you are inspiring

One of the students I'm taking to Los Angeles next month just emailed me with homework - HE GAVE ME HOMEWORK and set it for next Tuesday

I LOVE WHEN THE TABLES ACTUALLY TURN! *does happy dance* Some people call it co-learning. Whatever name you give it, this is real learning- when you learn to learn, teach, assess, appraise, reflect, ask, do, give, and share - all as part of a whole.

...time to get working on my homework! 👩🎓

@tim ah, not such a minority ;)

or maybe we are a rather minority group who just found one another here :)

@dadegroot @katebowles it has lasted 5 years so far over here.

@tim I never found a way- you could put audio with video and then compress the image like crazy so it can be posted?