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So, I took my violin to the music store to have Gary take a look at my fine-tuners. He was out, so I went to Teen Challenge to kill some time until he came back.

As I was perusing the 49-cent rack outside, a short, very tubby dude with sparse grey beardage and sweaty strings of hair spilling out from his baseball cap came out with a woman in a wheelchair. He saw my violin case and asked what I played and who my teacher was. He was positively bursting with pride as he related to me the story of his life and how he was the youngest rock band member ever at the age of twelve and how he was going to take back the title as champion wrestler this week wrestling against his stepson whom he hasn't seen in 25 years. He was charming in the sense that he clearly lives to tell of his past glory. It was like a charactrr actor in a movie bar. Their names were Ralph and Marla.

When I finally managed to gracefully extricate myself from Ralph's self-absorbed babbling and bowing, I went into Teen Challenge and had a good laugh with the boy behind the counter about Ralph, who apparently had treated him to the same spiel.

I found a copy of a book I loved about Helen Keller as a chidl and then went backtothe music store and Gary got my problem solved. And as I left the store to go home Irwin and Debbie drove by and waved.

Yes, I love small towns.

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Project Patterns is progressing pokily, thanks to Molly constantly wanting glue, tape, scissors, and paper scraps. Qhat I am doing is putting my patterns in 9x12 manila envelopes, gluing the front/back of the original pattern envelope on the manila one, and writing company and number at the top. My goal is to have all my patterns a uniform size and therefore be able to store them more effectively (by pattern number). I barely made a dent today. Only did 25.

Got another dryerload of blueberries going; was going to do peaches but most of them were still hardish so I have left them out all day and will hope more are ready tomorrow morning.

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Because I always forget when I actually sit down to play and want to have a master list I can refer to and add to. Some will have to wait until I get beyond the key of D, but still.

Light of the World (Here I Am to Worship)
And Can It Be
No, John
Danny Boy

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Hmmm.

So, I've got this sudden urge to play the violin.

Not so sudden. It's something I've wanted to do for years but always figured it'd have to wait until I get to heaven and have eternity to learn because it would take that long, right?

I dunno though... now I feel like I want to just go ahead and go for it. HOWEVER... I am dismayed to discover that the standard mode of playing is fingering with left hand, bowing with right. My left hand is practically useless to me, though I can type with it. I've vetoed the idea of ever playing the piano because I can't control that hand very well, but I wonder if maybe not having to use both hands might make it easier for my brain and hand to work together. I *am* right handed... so it seems the standard way should technically be the right way for me.

Anyone have any experience or wisdom to share?

I'm not out to be Yehudi Menuhin or anything. Pretty much all I want to do is be able to play simple folk-type songs or hymns for church, and would be content if that's as good as I got.

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Not much has happened today besides my just being exhausted.

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