Now
This is what is going on now in my life. (Updated 2024-04-29)
Current Projects
- Learning Anthem (for 4 cellos) by Andrea Casarrubios.
- Adding to this website that you are now reading
- And I also have a rather long and busy project at work
Things Completed
- 2023 Dec 26: Produced Grove Annual Report
- 2023 Nov 4: Learned Cavatina by J. Raff
- 2023 Oct: Made a paver patio out back of the house under the overhang.
- 2023 Sept 9: Added to the website
- 2022 Nov 6: Learned the Prologue of Debussy Cello Sonata in D Minor on the cello
- (hear/see Sol Gabetta play it)
- Performed (although mine is certainly not as good as Sol Gabetta's performance)
My Systems
These systems are similar to habits; they are the big things I work toward regularly. I prefer systems instead of goals.
- Thinking on my major interest topics
- Encouraging the people I am connected to
- Playing cello: on pitch, lack of tension, effortless big tone, learning new music
- Consuming less sugar than my taste suggests
- Movement and exploring outside: walking, hiking, biking, kayaking
- And the regular things of life •••
The (of course) on-going work
- Getting enough sleep (even though I'm a night owl)
- Maintaining the house and home
- Working for Philips
What I think about
These are the things that always fascinate me.
- Spirituality (immaterial aspects of life from which come value and meaning)
- Teleology (the purpose of things)
- Cosmology (the origin of things)
- Cello: my voice, beautiful melodies, delightful harmonies
- Automated control systems by computer software
(The source of the idea for the now page.)