Summertime Living

I have never used the phrase "running errands" because I find that saying it is not only boring but unnecessary.  There is no need for me to tell you about it, particularly if it is just doing the weekly laundry or some other nonsense that is best left unsaid (but done) or that can be accomplished inside of five minutes with but a little effort.

You may not believe me, but there are many things in one's daily life that actually stand out and can be of infinite variety and interest should one just take the time to look.  So, it was with this positive attitude after popping off some packages of clean up clean out at the post office that I decided to make a significant detour out of my way.  In doing so, I was able to pick up today's new release Everything Beautiful Began After (which I have already read and written of before, but that was a review copy albeit signed by Simon Van Booy) and finally acquire the vinyl (digital remaster) of Glenn Gould's second and last version of his Goldberg Variations (which is rightfully called Clavier Ubung, being as its contemporary name is suspect as any reader of the music score will know- sorry, I know it is also missing the umlaut but I haven't the foggiest how to write it using this keyboard).  Of course, I have Gould's recordings on CD, actually twice over- once in a special set devoted to the Clavier Ubung- and the other as part of the Complete 80 CD set that was issued a few years back and holds pride of place in my music collection.

Et cetera et cetera, well, with all this and that, what I wanted to say is that despite having a grand old time walking around, the sun was clearly not my friend (as usual) and I do believe I almost suffered heat stroke (yet again).  As I was walking back to the studio, I overheard someone say that today was a good day for the beach.  What a thing to say!  It is no wonder that my favorite season is autumn.

summertime and the living isn't easy, or at least not the walking.