Category Archives: Grand Ideas
The Best is STILL Yet to Come
I know everybody is the same, but I hate taking down the tree and the Christmas decorations. We have to dispose of the tree today and I spent what seemed like forever (15 minutes, omg!) taking the ornaments off and lovingly putting them away (wrapping a few in tissue paper, piling the rest haphazardly in [...]
Les Miserables Video
Here’s the video I helped with last week. Since the movie comes out today, I thought it was fitting that I share it. Photography and video by Sarah Crowder. Sarah asked if I was available to help her out—basically I was her gopher and held reflectors and stuff like that. It was easy and fun, [...]
Inspiration
I love when I can inspire people. Generally I {hope} I inspire my students to be better at the violin. I inspire my blog readers to run and eat more oatmeal. I inspire people to be funnier and taller…and today I finally successfully inspired Sarah Crowder to start a blog. (Of course if you take [...]
10 in 100
I had my own "retreat" this past week at Suzuki Institute, so I hadn’t worried much about the Virtual Summer Retreat. However, last night I was just relaxing and unwinding and I figured I’d better see what was going on! The most recent assignment: creating a list of self-improvement/work goals may come naturally to many [...]
If it isn’t posted on the internet, has it really happened?
I feel that’s the updated version of the old "If a tree falls in the forest and nobody hears it, does make a sound?" Today I am going facebook-free. I am NOT going internet-free. I am NOT quitting facebook, because I am determined to do something in moderation, plus facebook is too awesome for that. [...]
February recap!
I know there is one more day of February, but I wanted to go ahead and recap, since I am very busy tomorrow as well…I’ve been trying to keep up on my goals for the year. It’s all part of my project to become a better person, a happier person. February: What a crazy and [...]
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