Summer update

It's been a busy summer.  Between dental work, physical therapy for a frozen shoulder, and taking two online courses, there doesn't seem to be that much time for music, art, and socializing.  We've been trying to go folk dancing once a week in Columbia. Getting hubby to walk at least 15 minutes every day is a pain.  At least he lost eight pounds since last summer.  Doctors would still like him to lose another ten pounds. 


Did get to see some art museums earlier this month as a friend from North Carolina came to visit -- so we went for an overnight trip to NYC to see the Neue and the Met.  Also went to DC for a day to see the Smithsonian Folklife Festival (China and Kenya) and dropped in at the National Gallery and Freer.  Took my friend to the Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore for something different and that polished off our week together.


Travel plans -- nothing abroad this year. Between grad school and medical bills, there isn't any spare money.  Been mostly visiting stamp shows -- New Jersey and DC last month and planning to go to Milwaukee in September.


Just pulled out the cello to practice.  Planning on going to a 3 day strings workshop the end of this month as it is nearby.  My first music camp -- should be interesting.
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Unfortunately, cut my pinkie the week before the strings workshop and had to cancel. Maybe next year I can go.

Summer Concert

Went to Westminster, MD this evening for a free concert offered by the Common Ground on the Hill
http://www.commongroundonthehill.org/index.html.  The Eastman String Band played at 9pm at the library downtown.    They played some of their original stuff plus "Shady Grove" and Emmy Lou Harris' "Roses in the Snow".  We stayed for an hour which was enough since the music was heavily amplified and a bit "modern" and bluegrassy for our taste.  Still it was a nice evening to be out, full moon, breezy and not too hot.