Events

The first bit of news I got on social media this morning was that David Walter, one of my high school music teachers died last week at the age of 89. He was without doubt the most influential teacher in my life. I last saw him at my other high school music teacher's retirement party a few years ago. Between him and Judy Moe, I learned more music performance technique and theory in high school than most music majors learn before their first year of graduate school. I am glad I got to see him recently. He...

My headline yesterday was overly-optimistic. My car has in fact three more boxes in it, two for my new place and one for storage, plus a ginormous cooler that a friend sent to me with her kids and loaded with hard-to-find beers. That was years ago, however, and I have not found a subsequent need for such a large and heavily-armored cooler, so into storage it goes. Also, since I still own the place and it's cheaper to charge the car there than at my new place, I'm leaving it there for a few hours.

That's right: I have one load to take to storage and one load to take home, and then I will be completely moved in. Only one task remains: mounting my TV on the wall. That should happen Monday.

I'm down to the last five boxes in my new place and the last six at my old place. One of the boxes at my old place is full of cardboard that can't be reused next time I move, so I just have to get that to the recycling tip.