Where have I been? And some Music Recs

The tale of where I have been the past couple of weeks is quickly told. Trying to keep my job and find a more stable one. Giving feedback to my Beloved on his resume, which is way so much better than mine. Wee Hobgoblinn has gone almost a week without major mishap. Dr. Wolfe is working with him on harnessing all his creativity and impulsiveness and putting it to work for him. The book she assigned him to read is known more by its variant title "Hunter in a Farmer's World," but it's the same book my Beloved brought with him last visit thinking it might be helpful, as it had shed some light on his younger self and given him some new coping strategies years ago. I'll post more on it if anybody's interested-- it's a fascinating re-framing of ADHD, not as a defect or disorder, but as an evolutionary adaptation that can serve a certain type of society very well indeed.

I've also been rehearsing with the October Festival, a pick-up chorus that pulls up its socks every year and attempts some major work on about 6 rehearsals in a month. This year we did the Vaughn Williams Dona Nobis Pacem and a couple of newly composed shorter works by local composers. One was by my friend Richard Arnest (whose flute concerto 'Liquescence' won the 2004 EPICmusic competition.) Besides that work, most of his stuff is not yet recorded. Here's a link to play that piece. Well worth a listen. Or buy the mp3 here.

The other composer, Rick Sowash, I just discovered through this venture. I was impressed with the piece he wrote for chorus and brass, and he has a website and a number of CDs which can be sampled here. I bought a copy of "Sanctuary at 3 am" and it is exquisite. Go out and take a listen, snag some of the free downloads available and throw some cash at him if you feel so inclined. Tell him one of his pals in the October Festival sent you. He doesn't know my name, real or otherwise, but I'm sure he will be happy I sent you his way.

Anyway, concert was over today by 5 without train wrecks, snacks were consumed afterward at the reception, and we are home, have hiked, and I'm just listening to my new cd and awaiting my Beloved's return online. I believe he is out running errands in his timezone.

And I have the next chapter of ILP in the hands of betas, but I'm not sure if they'll have time or the inclination to get to it for a bit. But I am starting to carve out a little writing time now that life is starting to settle back down and we have some plans in place to move towards where we all want to be. So hopefully I should have something post-able before the next visit by my Beloved.

Thanks to everyone for kind wishes and all that. Also, I have not forgotten my two box recipients. Just taking longer than I'd thought to get time to do it.