vivdunstan

Delighted managed some accordion practice, too long after recent neuro illness flare. Light headed by end, but right hand (piano keyboard) working well. Practiced ABBA Thank You For The Music, Speechless from Disney Aladdin, and here my first go at Bella Ciao, adding improvised right hand harmonies. I *love* my accordion 🙂 Been playing it for nearly 50 years.

Delighted to finally manage a bit more accordion practice. Played current main tunes I'm working on (Speechless from Disney's live action Aladdin, My Fair Lady medley, and ABBA's Thank You For The Music). Plus first go at a French-style tune from a bandoneon composer.

Admittedly it was a very short accordion practice, and it's ages since I've managed any. But I'm just delighted to have managed anything at all. The bandoneon tune also sounds lovely on my box.

Finally finished Pixar’s Onward, a week after we watched the first half. A lovely film, that definitely appealed to RPG geeks like us two! I was also struck by how much the magical landscape looked like Skye. Not sure when we’ll get to watch another film, but one down.

I started reading the first Expanse scifi book last night. I’m enjoying it, but struggling with the writing style in half the book. The book is split completely into alternating chapters, switching between two POV characters. I’m guessing the two authors who wrote the book together took one character each. The chapters are not just different settings/characters, but dramatically different in writing style, which only easily fits with a different writer. I’m hugely disliking the writing in the Miller chapters, finding it frenetic, choppy and uncomfortable to read. It’s a sort of hyper speeded up writing I greatly dislike. I am fine with the Holden chapters. But pushing on. It may be the only Expanse book I read though. This is a new novel read at the same time as Wheel of Time book 3, which is fantasy, much slower, and totally different in feel. I like to always have multiple books on the go, so if I don’t feel like reading one, or maybe would benefit from a brief break from it, I can switch to another temporarily. I also like to have a variety of non fiction and short story books on the go at the same time too, so I have lots of things to choose from on a given night.