T he end is nigh! The autumn semester/term approaches. And while we still have almost two months of summer left according to the calendar, "Summer is over and gone," as the crickets sang in Charlotte's Web . At least for those of us who head back to the classroom in less than a month. In advance of a meeting with my program director late Monday morning, I spent about 40 minutes total during the weekend to jot down several ideas about planned workshops and related activities for the coming 2024-2025 academic year. At an opportune moment, I mentioned "I have a few ideas," and opened my leather portfolio. My director was highly receptive to almost everything I suggested, and we had a very productive planning session for just over 90 minutes. Just about everything I sketched out on Sunday aligns with his own ideas. It's nice when meetings go that well, and two related things occur to me in hindsight. One, it pays to exercise...
When I was a little girl I heard this music when my momma & daddy sat down to watch this show one night. I wanted so very much to play this on the piano so I told my piano teacher. Since I was (happily) being trained for & involved in classical competition, my piano teacher cringed but said he would see if maybe we would have time to get to it. After a month of being put off about it, I bought the music myself and learn it, and I can still enthusiastically play it today.
ReplyDeleteEvery once in a while I play this Youtube video as background music, it's 14 1/2 minutes, the Peter Gunn Soundtrack Suite (thanks for bringing back the memory!):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pSkH-p1EW1o