tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post8983188234345942958..comments2024-03-11T19:40:23.089+00:00Comments on Views from the bike shed: Tied hands - and the value of timeThe bike shedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05195882998271591934noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-70065763762669722252013-08-10T18:00:40.107+01:002013-08-10T18:00:40.107+01:00Oh you admirable man! Enjoy making music. It is ne...Oh you admirable man! Enjoy making music. It is never too late. Nae pockets (or saxophones) in a shroud. Do what makes you smile - and eventually it'll make the neighbours and family smile too.<br /><br />You've given me a shake. I want to go horse-riding. I think I just will!sansserifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16445280597626572292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-18414596582779424792013-07-04T22:09:14.792+01:002013-07-04T22:09:14.792+01:00Good to see you back!
Just do it and It's only...Good to see you back!<br />Just do it and It's only money are two of my mottoes. Life is short. Cait O'Connorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04569760764766505179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-15731893266411205552013-07-04T19:58:52.890+01:002013-07-04T19:58:52.890+01:00Seize the day. Wasting time is a crime.Seize the day. Wasting time is a crime.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02133900289384226725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-24540378428935769662013-07-04T10:01:10.087+01:002013-07-04T10:01:10.087+01:00"For if a good life is a one richly lived, th..."For if a good life is a one richly lived, there's time enough to do much more - time to focus on what's possible, rather than what's not or might have been."<br /><br />Yes! I'm borrowing that, to post it on my Facebook status. (With credit, of course.)Susannah Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11923063322849781223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-31217622982324630002013-07-04T09:57:00.224+01:002013-07-04T09:57:00.224+01:00Good to see you back, Mark, but wow, what a reason...Good to see you back, Mark, but wow, what a reason for your absence! Our daughter started to learn the sax in her late 30s and loves it enormously and now plays very well (to my untutored ears). She started more gently than you on an alto sax, before graduating to the tenor, so I know what you've been going through. :-) <br /><br />I so agree about the value of time versus money and about not refusing challenges just because we're getting older. That's why I fulfilled a long-held ambition and went into full-time parish ministry in my mid-50s and have never regretted it!Perpetuahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01214396019726161983noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-32015340131303536422013-07-04T07:54:35.278+01:002013-07-04T07:54:35.278+01:00Hi Mark, I had been wondering where you'd gone...Hi Mark, I had been wondering where you'd gone. Nice to know you've been using the time well :)Mark In Mayennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14987723233401368368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-21355907400617689922013-07-04T02:13:02.270+01:002013-07-04T02:13:02.270+01:00I am glad to find you again...and then I find you ...I am glad to find you again...and then I find you had abandoned us for a musical instrument/ <br /><br />And so you should. Being able to do something because you want to and you can is precious and the whole piece makes me think back to wasted opportunities because I put work first.<br />Opportunities that I only really see now...then I was too busy, being careful with money, whatever it was that obscured my vision.<br /><br />I did enjoy your rubber band solution to keeping control of the keys.Helen Devriesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-40502513140049606512013-07-04T01:48:22.416+01:002013-07-04T01:48:22.416+01:00You have been missed. This was a joy to read and t...You have been missed. This was a joy to read and to contemplate, stirring the senses. There is that dxxm button accordion I never did learn to play. It sits waiting for the dog to howl.Gardeningbrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10709940044197929905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-31744700433052343292013-07-03T22:53:51.768+01:002013-07-03T22:53:51.768+01:00Very wise words and thought provoking.
There is a...Very wise words and thought provoking.<br /><br />There is a cafe here in town called Blue Note,a quick Google reveals there is also a jazz club in NY by the same name and the definition of a blue note according to Wiki "In jazz and blues, a blue note (also "worried" note[1]) is a note sung or played at a slightly lower pitch than that of the major scale for expressive purposes. Typically the alteration is a semitone or less, but this varies among performers and genres."<br /><br />It's true, you learn something new every day :-DKathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04003521059890699861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876862148358784705.post-29646329162088283312013-07-03T22:07:59.078+01:002013-07-03T22:07:59.078+01:00I am so happy to see you here again. I had begun t...I am so happy to see you here again. I had begun to wonder what was keeping you away. You're right about the value of time and I've found myself saying "oh, what the hell," much more than I did in my younger days. It is too bad that we somehow have the idea that we should not do something we would like for lack of time or money when the interest is clearly there and not fleeting.<br /><br />Best of luck with your continued writing.ehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11376645220662546020noreply@blogger.com