Lunar March

It's 2021.03.01 on the lunar calendar today.

Good morning to all 

Did you have a good weekend? I was knocked out by the vaccine and my computer was also out of commission, being repaired. I'm feeling hopeful about a fully vaccinated future and excited to see friends in real life, some of whom I've only socialized with via Zoom. The Zoom friends have certainly been a silver lining.  

I've a couple fun cameos in friends' projects in the works but sadly, I've been neglecting my own projects. I need to commit to carving out time for them daily to make progress. Each week has been a blur, punctuated only by deadlines and I wonder where the time goes until I count the 3+ hours I spend watching American Idol on some weekdays ... 

Red Poppy Livestream

If you'd like to relive the "moving and inspiring" livestream from last weekend, you can watch my half-hour set at fifty minutes in on

Red Poppy's Facebook page

. I structured my performance around

Resonations

, a set of short stories I wrote for each string of the gayageum a decade ago. I enjoyed the other artists' music and this

crankie shadow box song

 by Ali Dineen made me swoon.

 Ballads by Baguette 🥖

Dinner by candlelight ... Stella by Starlight ... Ballads by Baguette. I'm singing "Goodnight My Someone" from The Music Man along with another a cappella ballad or two in a 5–10 minute livestream Saturdays at 8pm PT on Facebook. Join me for this new weekly routine to wind down for the night 😴

Currently listening to Chopin 🎧I heard that Chopin was sick most of his life and quarantined in Mallorca with tuberculosis, where he composed preludes including the Raindrop Prelude. An apropos piece for our times, don't you think?