Tuesday I spent about an hour at church practicing the special anthems for Sunday. While I could have done that at home, I like to work on the piano on which I will perform. Each instrument has a different feel, touch, sound, so for special occasions like this I spend extra time at the church. Plus this way I don't worry about interfering with Randy's phone calls.
After lunch I mended two pairs of socks, stitching up holes in the toes, then repaired a couple of pillow covers. While at the sewing machine I also put new straps on a tote bag I made years ago; the straps had worn away into mere fragments of fabric due to heavy use. The bag may go in the car for use at the grocery store, I'm not sure yet. It felt good to finish these chores which had been waiting for months, if not years! I did pick up the quilt blocks that need re-sewing, but laid them down again without working on them. And I worked some more on the hymn arrangement I want to play on May 29. It's fun to experiment or improvise with a hymn. Certain techniques are easy to add as I play, but this time I'm trying some new things and am actually notating the piece.
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