Notices by Laura Ritchie (lauraritchie@mastodon.social), page 9

@Gargron me too a bit,

but it certainly doesn't make me want to leave.

@marcjones thank you! :)

@jk reminds me of James Thurber's work

out gig is going to be here http://kulakswoodshed.com/calendar/ on Sunday Feb 17 and it gets live streamed! EEEEEEEEK! (go open practice ;) )
Challenge? yes.
Nervous? very.
Are we still going to do it? yes.
and why not?

reminds me of a blogpost I wrote about 'yes' and meeting someone I admire very much, called Howard, 2 years ago: https://www.lauraritchie.com/2017/09/29/meeting-mother-yes/

@fgraver for me, punishment is not healthy. Yes, look to see what the root is and hopefully find a path to improve. Isn't it wonderful that one path to improve memory is the practiced verbal recall - Imagine that, storytelling as dedicated practice. :)

(I do feel your frustration though, and yes, it happens to me too - huge chunks of not-memory) ...let's keep telling/writing those stories.

@fgraver memory is odd indeed.

I wonder though, how much more or less similar this experience is to a small (young person)? Think for a minute of asking a 6 year old to recall something back a few weeks, or asking a 16 year old (who does have the cognitive mapping to remember) to recall something 6 years ago. How much more do we have to remember?

Just like in a concert, give yourself credit for all the important things you do remember.

1/2

Planning the trip to LA with my students. Yesterday we agreed on booking a venue so we could do a gig (YAY!) and for our school visits, we're bringing some violins and also... Boomwhackers!! https://www.guitarcenter.com/Boomwhackers/Complete-Upper-Lower-Octave-Sets-Boomwhackers-Tuned-Percussion-Tubes.gc epic fun !

@dogtrax wow. !

@Gargron Happy birthday! 🍰

I've eaten my entire lunch while on hold on a telephone call. The lunch is good. The waiting is Monday.

#thisday

Hey UK people! Eclipse moon! Eclipse moon! Clear skies- we can see it! (If you’re awake) #moon

@grantpotter looking at this picture... @sleslie have we met? did you play at Irwin's leaving do last October? just wondering...

@Downes @sleslie I was curious there !

@jk CELLOS??!? WHERE ARE THE CELLOS IN THE FUTURE!?!?!?

( I think it might be a conspiracy theory)

on the plane I watched 'Won't you be my neighbor' (Mr. Rogers) and I wept and wept and wept. (sometimes I do that -with moving things, with beauty & laughter- weeping is not confined to sadness for me. It happens with anything that touches my soul)

I want to be like him.

@katebowles @fgraver the second +

There is something about the desert and travel and together. We will walk and explore, and even in the smallest taste, it is wonderful to be in this place. -and we almost found a tree.

@katebowles @fgraver 1/2 You can skip this one (the more bleak)

We are in a combination of a peaceful heaven and the Fire Swamp (Princess Bride). Visiting someone who lives alone, a hoarder, damaged, who has cocoon life around her, and when people from the past appear, so do the ways of the past. I tamed that Swamp years ago. Came out, moved on. Now my children see what I escaped and left behind. I wonder if our being here will give any healing. I hope beyond hope it does.

@katebowles maybe you'll follow in others' footsteps and design something.

Whatever you choose, it is bound to be an exciting journey.

@fgraver

@katebowles @Gargron indeed not all people. X