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Wednesday, August 13, 2025

My hobbies

 My hobbies are great.  Having them all at once doesn't work, not because of time, but because of the way attentiveness is structured. 

*Language learning. That is a great hobby. I am learning some Chinese. You can't learn all the languages at once. I am most drawn to Chinese and Ancient Greek, right now. They are the great classical languages. I can read in most romance languages, like Italian, French, Catalan, Spanish, Portuguese. 

*Bird watching. I saw most of the birds that live near where I do, so I came to an impasse. I have to take a trip to see a lot of other birds that I wouldn't see around here.  

*Song-writing. Piano playing.  I learned to write songs.  I don't have to write 100 more songs.  I can improvise on the piano, but I don't improve in improv. 

*Choral Singing. I continue to do this. I am in a choir at my place of work. This is great because there are other people involved. 

*Running. I haven't done that in a while... 

*Reading. That's not really my hobby, but my profession. I have PhD in Comp Lit. Yet I don't tend to read novels. 

*Cooking. Yes, I'm into that recently, mostly because of another of my hobbies, eating.  

I don't see watching tv or listening to music as hobbies. That is just part of the texture of everyday life. 

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