I've completed the outline of all my chapters for the book, entering notes for each, then started on my prologue, which I'll post in a couple of days. Some mornings, I wake up with a number of items I need to remember to make notes on to add to my book - yesterday was one of those moments for me, remembering at least seven things I wanted to include. I worry about forgetting things, so I asked my husband to purchase a mini-recorder for me as a Christmas present to carry around and jot down notes when things come to my head. I'm so busy these days and it's difficult to grab a pen/paper to take notes when I can just whip out the recorder and speak to it on-demand.
To get my creative juices flowing, I have decided to study music again. No, I'm not going back to school. I merely want to learn a new musical instrument - time to refresh my ability to read music. Living in the Blue Ridge Mountains has certainly inspired my taste of music in the genres of country, bluegrass and blues. Are you ready? I'm taking fiddle lessons. Once Paul wiped his tears away from laughing so hard, he did say he would support me. I've always wanted to learn how to play the violin, but I'm a fan of country music having loved how Martie Maguire of the Dixie Chicks would perform on stage with her fiddle. So, I'm taking up the fiddle. The cool thing is my instructor is based in Tennessee and he travels every Wednesday (2-hour drive) to Hendersonville Tempo Music on Main St. to teach his classes. He is a renowned fiddler having performed for several years with Dolly Parton's band. I'm pretty excited about this - I'll keep you posted on my progress.
I'm hoping to encourage my kids that nothing is impossible and you can always learn something new no matter how old you are or where you are in your life.
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