GRATITUDE - December 4, 2012

I AM GRATEFUL FOR A PERFECT DAY IN RETIREMENT.

5:55 am  - up and making coffee, packing lunches and making breakfast for Lise and Sarah.

6:45 am - take a quick nap and relax over coffee enjoying the changing leaf colors in our back yard

7:45 am - take Sarah to high school

8:30 am - meet personal trainer at the gym for one-hour power workout

 9:30 am - alternate steam room and hot tub for one hour

11:00 am - Drive to Crocker Art Museum and find perfect spot to park right in front of museum.

11:05 am - visit Crocker Art Museum Store and pick up free copy of my choice of art books for being a member ($45 value).

11:10 am - spend two hours on just the second floor galleries with no push to 'hurry up or we'll be late' anxiety

1:00 pm - Have late lunch at the Crocker Cafe - Soup/Foccacia bread with Fig Balsamic-Olive oil and a glass of Merlot

2:15 pm - arrive back home, plug in bass and work on Friday's studio recording of 'White Rabbit' and 'Don't Say You Love Me'

3:45 pm - leave to pick Sarah up from high school

4:25 pm - arrive back at home - make pasta and Parmesan Chicken for Sarah for quick dinner

5:00 pm - Take Sarah to ballet practice at Sacramento Ballet studios downtown Sacramento

6:00 pm - Stop at the grocery store on the way home for ingredients for Toll House chocolate-chip cookies.

6:45 pm - Fix and enjoy dinner with Lise and the cat

7:30 pm - Back to the Ballet studio to pick up Sarah

8:30 pm - More bass practice on 'Unchained Melody' and 'Message in a Bottle' for Friday recording.

9:30 pm - Do blog

10:00 pm - Watch 'Bones and' 'The Mentalist'

11:45 pm - Hot shower and off to bed waiting for another perfect day tomorrow.

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GRATITUDE - November 25, 2012

I AM GRATEFUL FOR TECHNOLOGY AND A BEAUTIFUL FALL SUNDAY.

Lise and I went back to the see the other part of the quite large Norman Rockwell exhibit at the Crocker Museum this morning and I just had to take more pics of the view from the 'rocking chair room'...antique oak and leather rockers in front of a big window wall overlooking a park...tried out a new ap on my Android - FX Camera - pretty cool...have no idea how I will use it, but a cool ap nonetheless.



If I wan't at the museum, I could have been practicing my bass licks.  Someone sent me this great electric bass video as inspiration...the downside is that it is a machine...tech engineering student made as a class project...perhaps if the winter rains kick in and I can't go out, I can focus on improving my bass skills...this might be a bit tough though.

Grateful to enjoy a beautiful day with no stress and no drama.

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GRATITUDE - November 23, 2012

I AM GRATEFUL FOR ACCESS TO A WORLD CLASS MUSEUM IN SACRAMENTO.

We are very fortunate to have a family membership pass to the Crocker Museum in Sacramento, Ca.  Originally the home of Edwin and Margaret Crocker, with one of the most extensive art collections in the West, Margaret donated the home and art collection to the City of Sacramento in the late 1800's..  A recent multi-million dollar modern addition has created a world-class museum destination for the region.

Lise and I are spending the afternoon enjoying a traveling exhibit of the Norman Rockwell collection.  The museum is about 3 miles from our house, so very cool. We are thankful for the proximity.

"The Crocker Art Museum, formerly the E. B. Crocker Art Gallery, is one of the leading arts institutions in California, and the longest continuously-operating art museum in the West. Located in Sacramento, California, the Museum hosts one of the state’s premier collections of Californian art. The collection contains works dating from the Gold Rush to the present day, a world-renowned collection of master drawings, European paintings, one of the largest and most comprehensive international ceramics collections in the U.S. and collections of Asian, African, and Oceanic art. In addition to its collections, the Crocker offers a variety of public programs."

 NORMAN ROCKWELL EXHIBITION

"This exhibition celebrates the full range of Norman Rockwell's artwork, including rarely circulated works from the collection of the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. Included in the presentation are original oil paintings of some of his most famous illustrations, drawings, war bond posters, and numerous covers that Rockwell created for the Saturday Evening Post over nearly five decades. In addition to the artworks on view, personal correspondence and archival photographs offer insight into the life of one of the country's most beloved illustrators."

I hope you are enjoying your day as much as we are.  Our intent is to enjoy a late lunch at the museum cafe...it won't be turkey.

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GRATITUDE - June 10, 2012

I AM GRATEFUL FOR KNOWING TALENTED FRIENDS.



Had the  pleasure of attending a sold-out Classical Concert Series concert in the performance hall at the Crocker Art Museum (longest continuous running museum in the West) today.  

The featured artist: Richard Andaya, cellist.  Truly amazing talent. Richard is a cellist in the San Francisco Symphony. His wife is a cellist in the Sacramento Symphony Orchestra and is Sarah's cello teacher.  Sarah babysits their youngest daughter.They are both wonderful examples of dedication to be the best at what you love.

06/10/12

Classical Concert: Richard Andaya, Cello Crocker Art Museum

Inspired by dedicated artists at the top of their game.


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Fritz Kreisler, the famous violinist, once said, “Narrow is the road that leads to a violinist. Hour after hour, day after day, and week after week, for years, I lived with my violin. There were so many things that I wanted to do that I had to leave undone; there were many places I wanted to go that I had to miss, if I was to master the violin. The road that I traveled was a narrow road and the way was hard.”

In fact, a woman once came up to Fritz Kreisler after one of his concerts and said to him, “I’d give my life to play as beautifully as you do.” To which Kreisler replied, “I did.”

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