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Gardening, Window Cleaning, and Tyre-ing

Phew... we finally have a bit of time do some chores around the house... an unusual week, but we have this week and next where both of our work is a little less

Stacked

I had been experimenting with interactive figurines lately.Unfortunately,my last experiment-where I am attempting to make clay behave like paper failed. This one

Music and AI

Unsplash There is a bit of a buzz and consternation amongst creatives about the threat of AI on our jobs and industries, and for some parts of our sector... AI is

Catching up...

Aaaargh... the most annoying thing about gardens is the lack of a pause button when you get too busy to spend some time on general garden upkeep. Sure, we have now

End of Financial Year Non-Profit Reporting

Unsplash Aaaaahhh... the joys of the non-music side of running a music ensemble. Our group is set up as a incorporated non-profit which enjoys the benefits of a

Selling bows???

So, a while back I was searching around for a good general-purpose Baroque violin bow... and there was a colleague who had a couple of bows sent to him from a Brazilian

Decorating my dashboard

As a part of my experiments, I decided to decorate my planners with polymer clay. The idea came in when I saw figures made out of quilling papers used as dashboard

Big Box of Dead Tree Music!

Living in Australia, on the other side of the planet from Europe has certain challenges for my job... the primary problem is the lack of specialist period instrument

The little things that break

In seven days, the electricity companies will collude to bring down the usage rates of power. They see this as an absolute win for consumers. The rhetoric is excellent

Donor Season...

Unsplash It is June... and it is my most hated season in the arts organisation calender. So, with the end of financial year approaching all the big orgs are doing

New Hinges for the Harpsichord

The new harpsichord did have its first public outing a few weeks ago at our community playing weekend... and it held its own against much larger harpsichords! So,

Mosman Art Gallery: Sydney, AUSTRALIA

Starting to discover some of the smaller venues in Sydney... and this Art Gallery in Mosman in Sydney is one of the more common ones, with a regular concert series

Yay, Raffle Prizes arrived!

It is the adult version of Christmas... the days and weeks after a #silvergoldstackers raffle... waiting and checking the post to see if anything has come in. Annoying

Arts Grant Acquittal

Unsplash Sigh... what is more annoying than applying for grants? Well... I would say that doing the grant acquittal at the end after the event is right up there!

Fried Brain!!!

[Unsplash]( Oh wow... it has been a fortnight since my last post! I think that that is the longest that I've been away from Hive... and I had a good reason, and

Three male instincts and a trap for aspiring wives.

Miss 32 is fit, pretty; no wrinkles yet. Great dress sense. She has a doctorate and is well liked and respected in her field, regularly giving keynote addresses

Book review: To be Taught If Fortunate by Becky Chambers

Environment is like a vase. Histeris and entropy will come for it. Not only for the Earth and all the beauty we observe here, but for the local star, our sun,, the

Trying Versus Achieving???

Unsplash It is now approaching my most dreaded moment in the semester.... submitting grading and assessments for the students. I hate this part of the year... and

National Kaohsiung Center for the Arts-Weiwuying: TAIWAN

So... my first ever trip to Taiwan! And thankfully, the powers that be behaved themselves and no funny global superpower business happened whilst I was there...

Bed Bugs???

A reminder to check beds when you are travelling! Bah... the last night in one of the tour hotels before moving onto the next city... and I woke up with these bites