posted by grannyfiddler at 8:46 AM
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.
5 Comments:
Hi,
O-ooh, a celtic harp!
That'll sounds nice! And I have cd's of celtic music with the celtic harp, and have been to Ren-fair where they are played, and the music is so lovely.
Have fun!
Janice~
I have some cd's as well. Beautiful.
ah, that'll be lovely, my friend who is moving to Canada plays the harp.
I am sure you will soon be playing soft Celtic angelic music !! in the tradition of a grand grannyfidler!
Yes and maybe you will become smitten with this instrument of pasionate delight, a passion for solo Celtic harp music.
happy harping
best wishes
:o)
happy grannyharper... or grannyplunker at least, so far. got my first lesson; very different technique from the violin.
and brought home a lovely blonde harp, about 3 feet high, with 30 strings... just over 3 octaves. renting for now.
but there's this muscle near my left shoulderblade that has discovered that it doesn't like the harp much... i'm sure, given a chance, they'll learn to get along.
thanks for all the good thoughts and wishes. if i ever learn to play a tune on it, i'll try to post a sound bite for you.
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