posted by grannyfiddler at 3:46 PM
Tuesday, October 11, 2005
About Me
- Name: grannyfiddler
- Location: waynorth, Alberta, Canada
Money isn't everything, but it IS SOMETHING. Self-sufficient livng in the bush yielded marginal success. Tried to make it on creative brilliance, but not much lit up. Learned some skills-house painter, rough (read "uses chainsaw")carpenter, etc. Took a 2 year business course at the local college-finance and accounting. And found myself. Numbers are reliable. They always give the same answer-never change their minds, wear out, break, leave or go out of style. If something doesn't add up there's an answer if you patiently look. There is order in the universe! No longer an itinerant fiddler/artist, I'm an accountant with a creative side. Started in a city, moved to a bush cabin, the Yukon, apartment in the city, farm, and back to the city. Through it all yearning for a big yard with trees for the kids to climb, garden, and studio. Bought a run-down, old frame church in a small town, complete with maple trees and raised the last 2 of 4 kids there. The realtor who sold it to me felt guilty selling it to a single mom;he helped renovate. Still one of my best friends. Of course,never finished it while the kids were here - it's nearly complete.
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4 Comments:
I get to be the first!
Good morning, I see you got your picture up. This strikes me as the perfect place to document your many doings. Shall I place you on my links list or do you want to build up a bit more first?
time is not my friend. She's very stingy with her gifts, whereas i am spread far beyond her reach or ken.
still recovering from the moose. cried most of the weekend, but managed to get through work on monday without biting anyone. no word yet from the insurance mongers... hell, the adjustor hasn't even called to find out where the truck is!? not a happy girl.
this blog thing is fun, but i'll have to get set up online at home, as it's too time consuming to do at work.
time is not my friend. She's very stingy with her gifts, whereas i am spread far beyond her reach or ken.
still recovering from the moose. cried most of the weekend, but managed to get through work on monday without biting anyone. no word yet from the insurance mongers... hell, the adjustor hasn't even called to find out where the truck is!? not a happy girl.
this blog thing is fun, but i'll have to get set up online at home, as it's too time consuming to do at work.
eleutheros - i think i meant eclectic fiddle... i have pretty mixed tastes - but i do fancy one of those newfangled plug-in gadgets too... one of the spacey, abstract looking ones. Sadly, they're not anywhere near my price range, even without all the extra paraphernalia required to make them produce any sound.
And one of those could never replace my very sweet 200 year old acoustic fiddle.
Granny's greatest hits... has a ring to it. More likely to be a collection of vocal lullabies for the grandbabies, though.
a joke for you
Q: what's the difference between a violin teacher and a pizza?
A: the pizza can feed a family of 4.
and that's why i'm now in accounting.
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