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white string beans
What on earth do you do with green beans that are white? I can't imagine just boiling them and eating them like regular green beans, the white would put me off. Any ideas? -
guitar
More scale stuff today - same scale, just different ways to play with it.
Learned "Hey Jude" - I found it rather challenging, but thankfully not frustrating.
Also learned "Knock Knock Knockin' On Heaven's Door" - something a little less challenging.
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box day +
Box delivery resumed today. Earlier, though, I went to a little farm and got some fresh strawberries. Which led to buying a bunch of basil and some asparagus ( Read more... ) -
My first track workout
I did 200s today on the track. It was fantastic. I did 2 sets of 4. Next time, I'll do 2 sets of 5. It was definitely worth getting up at 4:30 for this. Not so sure about the not drinking coffee, though. I dunno why, but I have no problems drinking coffee with breakfast when I know I'm going to do weights, but I hate drinking coffee when I know I'm ( Read more... ) -
fingerpickin' and scalin'
Today I did a bit more with scales, mostly just learning new ways to practice the one I already know, to help me figure out those little musical ideas (Sam's words, not mine) that are in there. For example, 1 2 3 2 3 4 3 4 5 etc, if that makes sense to any of you. If not, just move along ( Read more... ) -
On a dark desert highway
Got in two neat songs today.
While I was warming up, I was kinda messing around with C to F and F to C and Sam looked up. "How are you feeling with the barre chords?" Not bad, not bad. I definitely feel more comfortable with them, although I'm by no means great at them. So he gave me a barre chord workout with Sittin' on the Dock of the Bay. This ( Read more... ) -
guitarin'
This Saturday, I learned some Beatles song with a lot of ni ni ni and dee n'dee dee l'n'dee stuff in it (I've Just Seen A Face), and also a different way to tune my guitar ( Read more... )