February - oh, it's here

Last night I had company over - my brother's 50th birthday, celebrated in this family's low-key way.

After everyone had gone home and I had all the dishes left (kitchen's too small to share dishwashing), I left them there on the counter and had just the nicest, quietest practice. I started to get just a little frustrated at one of my exercises, then took a break, got my grounding again, slowed it down.

I worked a lot on the sinfonietta. In the first movement, Innocence, I have a line of melody that I like a lot. It's been running in my brain the last couple of days.

I think I will set my February goals finally, and have a small focused practice. I have student symphony in a couple of hours but that shouldn't preclude a little practice now.