The story behind Advent

Hello everyone. Don't we all love Christmas? Admit it, we do. And, really, even more than Christmas, don't we all love advent? The anticipation, the tension in the air, the calendars with the little doors...

Well, I do. I love it.

So, inspired by my brilliant writer friend Ros, here's what I'm going to do for you people, blog-readers: I'm going to give you an advent calendar. And advent calendar story. Every day, starting December first, (that's one week from today, ONE WEEK!) I'll give you another short installment. The story will culminate on December 24, with the end of advent (and start of Even More Fun).

Now. Don't go thinking I'm just going to chop some old story up and feed it to you in pieces. No way. I don't even know what I'm going to write about yet, actually; I'll make it up as I go along. And you can take part in the adventure!

Now isn't that festive?

Amadeus

My string quartet has an all-Mozart concert coming up as part of Bath's annual Mozart Festival. So, of course, we're practicing very hard.

Today we tried playing his Quartet in C major from upside-down sheet music. It was a promising Post-Modern attempt at a fresh angle on an old horse; however it didn't work out as all my 9-bar rests were, in fact, 6 bars, and our cellist started crying and convulsing with laughter.

Next rehearsal, we're going to try the more post-baroque angle of making it a race to the end of the piece, disqualification for missed notes.

Book friends, fondly.

Friday was a fine day.

Jeff and I had our book-launch/art opening at Latitude 53 Gallery and, despite much encroaching explicate nudity, what fun was had! Thanks to my so so many wonderful friends and family of every kind. It makes my heart and head fuzzy-in-a-good-way that you all came out to support us.

Oh, and if you didn't I still love you, probably, but you could maybe buy a copy of the book (available at the gallery and, interestingly, Leva, and, soon, your favorite independent bookshops 'round town) just to seal the deal.

It was great, Jeff was great, you are all great. Great.

Great.


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50% of The Cedar love Halloween.

You can never get enough.

The most tumultuous relationship I have, tumbling from want to need to obsession easily, even naturally, is the relationship I have with cereal.

Oh, cereal.

So fast! Instant gratification! So filling! All those carbs mixed with all that milky protein! So good. Just, so good.

I let so many important nutritional opportunities pass me by: slow-cooked stews, veggie lasagnas, five-green salads with home-made dressings, caught as I am in the wicked web of cereal.

I make plans, great plans for myself and my stomach, but then, well, I get hungry, really hungry, and cereal's right there for me, quick, easy, delicious.

One of these days I'll work up the courage to kick it out of my house, if not my life, at least for a week or so. But right now, I'm just so hungry....