I used a bit of my morning to read and study again this morning. I’m hoping I can make a path to less stress this way. We’ll see.
Speaking of stress, it looks like I am seriously close to living to the age of sixty, since tomorrow is my sixtieth birthday.
I have mentioned before that my Uncle Richard died in his sleep at the age of 57 from heart troubles. I have a bad ticker as well. So when I past passed (thank you Sarah J for the correction) the age of 57 I felt like I was getting some extra time to live. Still do. Life is good.
With the assistance of the janitor I crawled around in the pipes of my organ yesterday.
John Muller, a Columbus organ builder I have been talking to, and I had a phone conversation regarding the current upgrade project of the organ at my church.
I told him I would send him more concrete info.
You can make some sense of this if you look at this pic:
The organ console (the keyboard) is on the left. New pipes to go to either side of the windows. Present pipes hidden behind wall upper right.
Here are few more pics of the pipes. I got dusty and dirty crawling around taking these crappy pictures, but all in a good cause.
So there you have it. That’s how I spent part of yesterday.
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Christopher Small, Cultural Musicologist, Is Dead at 84 – NYTimes.com
This guy sounds very interesting. I will check out his books.
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European Union Extends Copyright on Recordings – NYTimes.com
Once again everyone benefits but the creators. Sheesh.
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Really? The Claim: Fingers Wrinkle Because of Water Absorption – NYTimes.com
Wrinkled wet fingers serve a purpose. Better traction. Who knew?
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Attacking the Obesity Epidemic by First Figuring Out Its Cause – NYTimes.com
Distinguishing Cognitive Impairment From Normal Aging – NYTimes.com
A couple of recent Jane Brody articles. The second refers to a study about the connection between improved cognitive function and exercise. This is why I started treadmilling.
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