While passing by her school, MeiMei pointed out some trees where her classmates play "Family" (a version of playing house ( Read more... )

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Last night ek_man and I went shopping for a piano, and a Yamaha salesman comped us two tickets to see Janina Fialkowska (a Canadian pianist). He said as he was talking to us it just popped into his head that maybe we'd like to go (he couldn't make it). What a treat.

It was mostly Chopin, but she also played Variations on Twinkle Twinkle, which I'd ( Read more... )

Happy birthday to the King of Belgium's ice roads, sjonsvenson! Many happy returns.

Made Kurii's favorite supper tonight: Majadra Haystacks


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Many happy rotations!

It's a good day when . . .

. . . you pick up the phone and hear, "You're really, really going to like it here" when the person on the other end is in your new town, on your new street, looking up at your new house (that you've never seen), and felt he just had to call right away.

There's even a good Indian restaurant within walking distance.

I wanted to say happy birthday to my dear friend halophoenix of Millenium Winter fame.

Tech writer, intelligent leftist, and LJ/Plurk friend extraordinaire . . . here's to a happy year for one of my favorite people in the whole wide world.