I had a few days off and we took a trip to Eureka Springs. It was a really cute little town and we had a very nice trip. I will tell you all about it soon! But that requires a little more time, so I’m just doing a quick pop in to say hello.

Last Thursday I played in an orchestra with The Who! It was pretty fun. I’m a classical music nerd, so I don’t get overly excited about rock gigs, but even I knew some of their songs, and other people were very excited, so let me brag here

Not sure why that one has to be upside down, but it does.

If you know The Who, you’ll see them if you look closely. This was our sound check before the show.

People ask, how did you get that? The same way I get other work: I take jobs, I show up early, I do my best, I am grateful, and hopefully, I get another job. It’s a lot of skill, a lot of luck and timing, and trying to be someone that others think highly of!

Here’s a link to a story with pictures. You’ll see me behind the concertmaster (who was traveling with them).

Anyway, it was a fun job, even though it was mostly a lot of waiting around! We had a short rehearsal, a sound check, a looooong break, and then the concert was long and late. Sometimes we play Bach, sometimes we play Borodin, sometimes we play music by Pete Townshend.

This week is another busy week (how is this still happening, ha! I thought it was summer! lucky me!) with teaching (last really full week), a retirement community concert, church job, a couple band things (coffeehouse gig and final mixing session for our CD), and a couple of weddings. Plus a few random appointments (hair, for instance) and trying to sort out car insurance. I got a long weekend, but I won’t get anything more for awhile!

(too many exclamation points?)

Oh, and I have a new nephew! Luca. I’m going to visit him in mid-June. I wasn’t going to go out there (Phoenix) because things seemed busy for me and for them, but I realized I had another weekend that was free and I just made a decision to go. I’m glad! I’ll see him again in July, but babies change so much so quickly anyway.

No sign of Miles, though another potential black cat sighting, this time in a different direction but not terribly far from our house. We’ll go over there tonight to walk around again, and get our scent into the neighborhood again. Muriel spent the weekend at Louie’s mom’s house so the house here is still very quiet.

That’s all for now! I will tell you a blog post on Eureka Springs is coming, and I really loved the town, so go visit it.