Posted by Wendy Davis on June 6, 2014 and filed under blogjune•culture•days of the week•life•music
Friday has turned into what I call in my mind, “music day”. I have two adult music students who come for an hour lesson each. One is a retired primary school teacher who returned to piano lessons as an adult. I love lessons with her as we chat about all sorts of things, including piano […]
Posted by Wendy Davis on June 5, 2014 and filed under blogjune•days of the week•life•living in the regions•study
I’m moving ever closer to the pointy end of my LIS Masters and I have yet to do any of my work placement. Until this year it would have meant taking some of my precious month of annual leave and going somewhere in a block. This year it’s more difficult to take a block of […]
Posted by Wendy Davis on June 4, 2014 and filed under blogjune•life•music•Uncategorized
I was interviewing someone for my Musical Bundaberg project (which is pretty much in rest mode at the moment) and we were talking about playing in public. This person had been a fine pianist and studied music at UQ. That was some years ago and she confessed to no longer wanting to play in public […]
Posted by Wendy Davis on June 3, 2014 and filed under blogjune•life•music
For a number of years at Christmas I have been going to a lovely Christmas party where the hosts finish the evening asking everyone what they hope Santa will bring them. For a few years now my answer has been ” a grand piano and a room to put it in”. The most I ever […]
Posted by Wendy Davis on June 2, 2014 and filed under blogging•blogjune•life•living in the regions•Uncategorized
I’m coming to the conclusion that too much multi-tasking can be a bad thing. Let me try to explain. When I was working full-time I went all day….skipping from one thing to the next. It was unusual to go for 15 minutes on a single task uninterrupted by an “urgent” phone call, email or knock […]
Posted by Wendy Davis on May 31, 2014 and filed under blogjune•living in the regions•living in the regions; trivia blogging•trivia
In might be cold enough for boots and scarves and even winter hats south of here, but in the subtropics in Queensland it is still resolutely NOT WINTER. I had high hopes this morning when I woke up to a grey and drizzly day but still I’m in summer pjs, deciding what to wear today […]
Posted by Wendy Davis on and filed under blogjune•culture•music•Uncategorized
In preparation for #blogjune which starts tomorrow I thought I best do a little practice run at the old blog here. I have fallen in love with a piece of music I have never heard before and am now playing. It is the second movement of the violin concerto by Karl Goldmark. He was a […]