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Life According to Piano

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Progress

Friendship, tea, mountains, trains — biography of a song #1

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Friendship, tea, mountains, trains — biography of a song #1

Wherein a mug becomes music.

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Where I’ve dreamed up the music

I’ve made up music many places. Here are some of them.

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And now for something unexpected

A down-on-her-luck governess encounters a roguish but slightly bitter Colonel of the British Army.

Fortunately both of their lives will improve through their meeting.

Probably.

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Hunewill and the Magic Piano

When the instrument itself can make magic.

The song with no middle (or, some pieces are just like that)

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The song with no middle (or, some pieces are just like that)

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I don’t know what it is…

Just one of the places where the music was made.

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Where have I been?

Was gone; am back; can compose music again.

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Stalking the wild piano piece

Creating music with the help of a very spirited donkey.

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Hot off the press

My piano duet arrangement of one of my favorite Christmas carols, in print!

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A blessed life

So many blessings to appreciate!

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Forgotten customs: we sang

Who sings on the doorstep now?

A bit more sound on the topic of silence

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A bit more sound on the topic of silence

More sound about silence.

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Music as a doorway to silence

The sound of stillness within the storm.

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My 3 Hands

How I happened to have 3 hands playing the piano. All

by myself.

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Marching band rules!

Marching, walking, we move forward some way or another!

The birth of the CD “a handfull of quietness”

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The birth of the CD “a handfull of quietness”

How the music began.

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Creating a handfull of quietness

How a title track willed itself into existence.

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Look out!

Uh-oh, here come the ramblings!

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