So I was working away on my Collections Management assignment, doing some research and reading about crowd sourcing in libraries when I got totally distracted and inspired. I follow Amanda Palmer on twitter. For weeks and weeks I had been watching her tweets and retweets her kick-starter project roll by. Sure I’d taken notice but […]

So I was working away on my Collections Management assignment, doing some research and reading about crowd sourcing in libraries when I got totally distracted and inspired. I follow Amanda Palmer on twitter. For weeks and weeks I had been watching her tweets and retweets her kick-starter project roll by. Sure I’d taken notice but […]

So in the interests of getting my blogging mojo back I’ve decided to #blogjune. This means I have to post something every day in June. Today being June 1, I thought I should start off on the right foot. Actually, yesterday being May 31 I actually thought I would be ultra organised and schedule a […]

There is a viola in the house. It’s been at least 12 years since I played a viola. And about five since I dragged out my violin for more than five minutes. I am extremely rusty. Extremely. My intonation makes me cringe. Still, let’s start at the very beginning. Well with some Bach anyway. I […]

There is a viola in the house. It’s been at least 12 years since I played a viola. And about five since I dragged out my violin for more than five minutes. I am extremely rusty. Extremely. My intonation makes me cringe. Still, let’s start at the very beginning. Well with some Bach anyway. I […]

Way back in February I requested that I work from home every Friday. Yes, wonderful, that’s fine Wendy. It’s now the end of Week 11 of the term and I am having my first Friday working from home. The term has been hectic to say the least and there always seemed to be something that […]

I didn’t expect to get home and start crying. It’s okay I’m not wracked with gasping sobs. I am just a bit teary and sad. Emotional, I believe it’s called. Tonight was probably one of my student’s last performances at the Eisteddfod. I started teaching her when she was a little girl of 8 and […]

It’s the day before the annual Bundaberg music eisteddfod. For the last ten years I have spent the day running about like a nitwit, organising things, getting keys to venues, writing lists, checking rosters, buying paper clips and pens, preparing information for adjudicators, reading the program a zillion times, making a list of what I […]

It’s ages since I posted any music to The Spiralling Shape but I’ve been inspired by a couple of things over the last few days. They both involve Yo Yo Ma – amazing cellist. Firstly, on Sunday night, I joined my parents for a viewing of an episode of the West Wing. They’re on a […]