If you don't do TV and you're cooped up by nine straight weeks of rain and caught up with window repair and attic insulation tasks, what do you do?For Risa, right now, it's The Bean Trees (again), The Shipping News (again), practice dulcimer, eat fudge brownie, repeat. And repeat. And repeat.
There's a reason why the brownie isn't pictured, 'K? Sorry you got here late. But I can offer you some tea ...
The best kind of rain, of course, is a cozy rain. This is the kind the anonymous medieval poet makes me remember, the rain that falls on a day when you'd just as soon stay in bed a little longer, write letters or read a good book by the fire, take early tea with hot scones and jam and look out the streaked window with complacency. -- Susan Allen Toth, England For All Seasons
dulcimer. ohh.. i didn't realize you were *that* talented amazing risa. love the dulcimer.
ReplyDeleteI was between good dulcimers and we found this one in a toy catalog for $70. It's good enough that I stopped looking for anything "better."
ReplyDeletePlease don't assume too much about my musical abilities, though! ^_^ More tea?
Risa, even though you're not able to get out and do what you'd like in the garden (much rain here, too) , you've just provided me with some great reading ideas! How did I miss these? We get so caught up in our worlds, don't we. Thanks for sharing. p.s. the dulcimer looks great!
ReplyDeleteI love "Still Life with Dulcimer". (However, "Still Life with Dulcimer and Brownie" might have been better...)
ReplyDeleteC: They are really good books. Not as good, to me, as Jane A.'s Persuasion, but really really good reading.
ReplyDeleteE: Maybe just a plate of the brownies next time, y'think?
Does the feather have a dulcimer function?
ReplyDeleteK: pick. I like a medium plastic but chicken pinions are even better. We get ours from Mr. Chanticleer, a Buckeye rooster.
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