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Day 122: A delightful day at Donn Zver's in Troy today enjoying some comfort food with friends. Cinnamon salmon -- what a treat! Sharing one piece of birthday cake three ways seems just about right.

No practicing done today. Tomorrow will be very busy: get up VERY early, work on the online course, pick up an appetizer, go to St. Leo's, prep and play, go out for brunch at the Fish & Chip place with the family. Wonder who will be there?

Go to Jim's to trim the tree (put the appetizer together), enjoy some of Jim's famous Oven Stew for dinner, visit with friends and relatives I haven't seen for a while, work on the course some more (just more frantically), post a poem on the blog, work on the course some more...

Maybe I can come up with some kind of computer poem tomorrow.

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Day 115: Oh, well. Tomorrow is another day.

Hey, old friend! Thanks for the poem!

: )

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Day 113: Well, this is getting ridiculous. I am just not getting any practicing done. And tonight I am really tired from choir practice, so now is probably not the best time to fret about it. Tomorrow is another day.

Yesterday the retirement celebration went very well with "What A Wonderful World" being especially well received. After I played the Toccata a small boy peered around the organ console at me -- I think he was just checking to see if I was really a witch!

I really am one, but that's another story!

I expected no one at choir tonight but to my surprise they were all there! They can sing in parts, so that is good to know for future planning. We started some new music for Advent and Christmas and this Sunday they are going to sing something on their own, sort of.

It is a good start and I am pleased.

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Day 111: No practicing, but a lot of playing. "What a Wonderful World" and the Toccata in d minor both sound good. They are ready to play at the 11:00 Mass. Have a happy retirement, Janice and Dave.

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Day 107: Got home from choir practice last night still wearing my organ shoes and wondering where my music was -- I had left it behind at St. Leo's. So: no practicing today.

This Sunday being Hallowe'en I want to play THE Toccata in d minor as a postlude, but I think termites ate my score -- am still looking for it.

I also want to play "What a Wonderful World" because it is the choir director's favourite song (he is retiring and Sunday is his last day). You'd think that would be an easy piece of sheet music to buy but nooooooooooo...

He might have to settle for one of those musical cards with a chip that plays the song when you open the card. I would just have to white-out "have a happy birthday" and change it to "have a happy retirement" instead. I saw the card at the mall today.

I had gone to get my watch fixed and guess what -- a Yogen-Fruz was there instead. What could I do? I had one. It was delicious!

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Day 101: No practicing today.

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Day 90: No practicing today, either. Not a good trend.

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Day 89: No practicing yesterday.

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Day 88: No practicing yesterday.

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Day 79: No practicing today, either. But encouraging news from UWO re the Studio 18 organ -- it will be undergoing significant repairs. And: only 3 more radiation sessions for me. :-)

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Day 78: No practicing today.