"Whatever" Happened.Recalling Everything This Week; Position It for Rating as "Was Good."

Do what is worth writing about. And/or write what is worth doing. Let us call it either way you win. I myself reached a milestone; for the guitar building manuscript I can add my latest months worth of progress and pride with building a violin to "in the white" status. (no varnish yet and playable.) I am walking the talk. With writing I completed four songs for alternative/avant garde. I played a tune jamming with international flavor asing in several languages including Yiddish one evening this week. I could not have pulled it off without my sidekick, TJ, keyboardist/bus. assistant One more rule; nobody does anything alone. Also I ranked first in jazz in my area(city) with ReverbNation, a place where my writer R.E. has most of her musicians involved in. Maybe it is time to take inventory, and list what is worth doing?

Big news; got a new cartridge and rearranged some things, prefiled, digitalized some work. Big news; got a new president. Be the head and not the tail. Take what you want, and leave the rest. I connected with another writer this week in the area, who writes safely say, spirituality. We will call him Henry for now.

Keeping an open mind and knowing how to let yourself be a beginner again opens the doors to exploring new areas, topics, fields where before we would not dream. Like advocacy there is a gift in recovery from a loss to the success of growth. Sometimes we grow in old, comfortable ways. Fast and slow. So be it, and as well we grow in new areas and progress with new/old skills with various amounts of closure to old and unresolved issues. We reach terra firma and terra incognito to completed projects and new well-earned self-esteem, seeing the value within/without. And we feel the well-groundedness.

I recall a list I have memorized. I like to work this list of eleven areas which have helped in my recovery ... and most of all to the point where I could share it with others for their benefit. It is a win/win game. Nobody goes alone!Like in scool there are two major areas. One is your choice of study whether portfolio bound or otherwise. And secondly, where one is more likely to find a "group" (groups) with healthy, similar goals and interests. The deceased J. Ferrito, M.M. (Yale) my compositon tutor said, "I like to teach my students to teach themselves." L. P. the famous tenor said he never wanted to stop being a student, to never stop learning. It is indeed a wonderfu world. (The list? Music, art, writing, computer, craft (guitar/violin making and repair), reading, spirituality, health, relationships, business (my own, helping others to create theirs), work, money (budgeting and other healthy behaviours with it.), maintenace of car and home.) So there it is.