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Bonham Triplets
I’m still a beginning drummer. And after taking a several year break from learning, I’m picking it up again. Tonight I practiced Bonham Triplets for the first time. It was very awkward. Came out pretty rough. I practiced with a metronome and got up to about 100bpm. After that it started breaking down. I did…
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Drum Therapy
Man, I am crashing out here. Something happened to me today and I don’t exactly know what pushed me over the edge. But I can see that I am overwhelming myself with political news. I’m absorbing too much negative crap. The internet is like a giant funnel that sucks up every piece of rage bait…
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Chili Peppers are Perennials
Man, I am so pumped. I just learned that chili peppers can live all year long ( if they don’t freeze ). Growing hot peppers has become my absolute favorite thing about gardening. I never seem to know what to do with other vegetables when they ripen. It seems weird to me. Like, here’s a…
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Took a Picture of an Owl at Night
This here bad photo is my first ever capture of an owl. I was out walking my dog who(who!) scared it off unfortunately, so I didn’t get an better shots. I saw it fly over us earlier, and then was surprised to see it sitting on top of a soccer goal post as we were…
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Blog Posts Instead of Morning Pages?
I’m a big fan of Julia Cameron’s Artist’s Way method of writing for 20 minutes first thing in the morning. I love it so much I just crossed 1.5 million words. I do break the rule though and write on my computer instead pen and paper. Are there really rules in life when it’s for…
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On Quitting Coffee
I’m in the process of quitting coffee. Forever? Probably not. I love quitting coffee apparently. I’ve done it many times. Dozens perhaps. Coffee has me. An addiction. And I hate it. I hate that. I want it to go away forever. I do want to quit. But why? It just doesn’t feel right. I prefer…
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Flight Log 18: Storing the Battery
Took the drone out for a flight the other day just to make sure the lipo wasn’t stored at full capacity. I really didn’t have anything inspiring to take picture of. Just more farm fields. It’s like I’m surrounded by them. My interest in the drone is fading for now. This is common for me.…
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Father and Son Bonding Moment
My son loves video games. A little too much actually, and I have some parental guilt about it. Despite having been a gamer myself since the same age, which for me was the Atari 2600. I spent whole days and weeks back then battling dragons as a knight in the shape of a single square.…
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Personal Best Time to an Improv Recording
I might be getting faster. I pulled out my electric guitar and sat on my back porch to quietly strum without an amp. Too self conscious to let anyone hear me. And it was 9 in the morning. I strum a G as my first chord as I so often do. And then just whipped…
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Focus Focus Focus
Man I am really prone to distraction, especially when given infinite choices. Give me a room filled art supplies and I can’t do anything. But give me two colors and tell me I have to paint a mountain of another planet using just those two colors and suddenly everything is ok. I can make something…