I’ve gotten a couple comments lately and figured I’d take a few minutes on this Monday morning to follow up.
As far as my students: I don’t know if they read this blog. Mostly, definitely no. Do I think of them as misfits, as in, don’t belong to society? Of course not. But I think of them as unique students, because when other teachers talk about their students, they act as if they tell their students what to do, the students do it, life moves on.(From things like, get a binder, get a music stand, to keep track of your practicing on this paper.) My students are more creative and move to the beat of their own drummer. So when they all did so well on the recital and actually played using big bows and full sounds and things that I’ve been trying to teach them, I was really moved! Do I wish they were more diligent, practicing regularly for hours a day? Sure! But maybe they are doing their best and I think they are great people no matter.
It’s possible that I’M the misfit teacher. I don’t like to nitpick my students about things that don’t matter and I like having a variety of things happening during the week.
Oh, and as far as Katie’s Pizza and Pasta. I LOVE their pasta when we go to the restaurant. We haven’t gotten curbside pickup there because it is about 20 minutes away and my experience is the farther you go, the worse the takeout is when you get home to eat it. But the frozen pasta was a bit greasy for our taste. That being said, on the second day (we ate half the dish, then oven reheated the second night) it was better! I think it dried it out just enough to be less oily, but not too dry. But that might simply be a personal preference. We’ve enjoyed the pizzas immensely, and only had one that was a little watery and probably we should have just baked it longer. I think it’s great that the restaurant has sort of reinvented itself during this time. Necessity is the mother of invention. And you can probably order from them if you like. May I recommend the morel mushroom pizza!
In any case, I’d better get going to teach. I have a few this morning, and a few later in the day. In between I am not playing a live concert today but am planning one next week and should back into practicing since I’ve taken a few days off after finishing a short video recording last Wednesday for a difference project.