Stupid Motivational Tricks / Bemsha Swing

 Constraints limit freedom but generate invention. So, for example, if I had to translate a poem into English without using the letter e, I ...

 My piano playing is at a plateau.  When I thought about why this was so, the answer was clear: I practice the same way every time, so I am ...

There was a jazz club where you could visit the past. I went in and noticed it was Monk playing in the corner. I went there to see what he w...

 I went to two funerals on my trip to California. We buried my sister on Friday. She had chosen her funeral program (the music) while she wa...

 My daughter works at a Traders Joes in MD.  I talked to her today on the phone and asked her to recommend some prepared food from there. (I...

 Fritz, my SO's father, will have a memorial service on the same day as my sister.  On Friday. I can't attend both. I will be going ...