down with trees

Sunday: Slept until 11. MB got me out of bed, some email, then downstairs with her for breakfast. Eggs. I took a shower while she completed the clean-up. Couldn't resist watching some of The Two Towers while drinking a little more coffee. Realized I was procrastinating. The sun came out, and I decided to allow myself to absorb some of it. So, a walk up to Highland, and around. Then down basement for afternoon practices and exercise. MB was playing guitar when I emerged. I folded and put away laundry. A spot more food with MB. Worked on Invention 1 for an hour or so, mapping out my notes, and then playing it with the sequencer. Down to South Boston for a GCNE meeting. Improvisation, Eye of the Needle, Askesis (a compositional challenge was thrown down: Ass of the Needle!) Played a loop of two sections for 10 minutes. Invention 1, making it (more or less) through the first page. Improvisation. Third Relation. Victor told us about an allergic reaction he had from eating a stripped beet. MB gave David the portable crib we had borrowed. Back home, MB and I took down the Christmas tree, listening to Aerial. What a large mess the tree left behind! Whose bright idea was it to bring a cut tree into the house? Vacuuming, finding a pen had gotten lodged in the hose. More snacks with MB. She off to bed. Computering, with two cats in the lap.