Two Things On Tuesday
Oct 26th, 2009 by maat45
Two Things On Tuesday
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First thing is an apology for my absence. No excuses and reasons hardly seem logical but I am in the process...yet again...of quitting smoking and spending time at my desk has been an irritation. Only because the ritual of smoking is, for the most part, missing. I haven't quite quit yet although KW says she is very proud of what I've achieved so far. Me...I'm just grumpy! I don't want the smoke, the taste or the smell...just the ritual of, when I am concentrating, taking a cigarette out of the pack, lighting up and then resting it in the ashtray (to burn out). That I miss. So spending less time here in the office for the moment. Along with that, just taking a bit of break in some respects. Perhaps it's the change of season...I love this time of year and find it...find me...in a reflective mode. Not unusual...happens every year and when it does...like I've similarly said before "the lights are one but nobody's home". :-) The hayfield calls!!
Which then ties into the second thing on Tuesday. I've said before that with compromising the tv is usually on when I go to bed. Playing a meditative CD is better but the tv was fine until I went through all the sit-coms on at that late hour (several times!) and then found nothing sooo, now I have the wireless headphones.....the other night I ran up the tv Music Choice channels to find Soundscape. It's my favourite "quiet time" channel...new age stuff such as Steven Halpern, Enya, Kitaro. Soon as I switched to that channel I heard the most beautiful music. Well...I should qualify that...for me it is. I love classical music and have sometimes wondered where are the Mozarts, Chopins, Albinonis of today? Not that I don't appreciate today's music...I do and most of it but the sort of pieces that burrow inl and elevate the soul don't seem to come around often enough. For the most part, Enya does it for me. A number of years ago I bought a cassette the title of which I cannot recall...only remember that it was the 5th. Harmonic Scale...hummed. I still have it...can't find it. At any rate, I heard this music the other night and after a couple of minutes jumped out of bed to go see who and what. ( One of the petty annoyances of maturity is not being able to read the playlist on such channels from fifteen feet away...:roll: ) Got back into bed, loving the serenity, but afraid I'd forget by morning, up again and headed for the pc and good ol' Google...still wearing the headphones. Let me say here that if you have ever considered a set of wireless headphones...get 'em! I bought a set of Sennhauser and they are amazing. We have the transmitter and charger set up in the master bedroom (at one end of the house) and I can trail all over, continuing to listen (the other night that was about 72'). So I found the music. It is Liquid Mind (perfect description!) aka Chuck Wild. Once I found it, I sat there and sent the link to a dear friend and my sister. Not sure Sis will enjoy it as much...not really her genre of music. And I had the smarts to DVR the segment so...back to bed, tv off but could still listen. And I was off! Purists might argue that it's "only a synthesizer". I don't care...it's serene, meditative, emotive, elevating and yet healing. Of course not something I'd listen to while sweeping and mopping floors, taking out the garbage or doing a load of laundry! But for a quiet few moments, taking a time out...or for sleep...perfect. So I thought I'd share it with you today. Since Saturday night I have downloaded three of Liquid Minds albums to MP3 and I'm a happy camper! I wish I could post the video instead of just the link but for some reason I can't so hopefully you will check out the link.
And the web site you will find here:
http://www.realmusic.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=91&Itemid=149
As the header to this post says...."Have a Beautiful Tuesday", a wonderful week!
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You’re back and you are ok! Yeah! I am so happy that everything is ok. I love reading your posts, you are such a good writer. I loved the music too, just wonderful.
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AngelBaby
Ah…those are relaxing music choices! I especially like Enya. I made an MP3 compilation disc of her music that we just play as background music during the night a lot of times. Keeps us so relaxed that we don’t get bothered if the cats decide to play around the house when we sleep.
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Hey Nance. Wow I thought I was the only one who listened to or knew of Kitaro. The pups prefer Chubby Checker. I said they are cute, not particularly cultured.
Trying to quit smoking? I totally understand. Many people who try to quit don’t realize, as you do, that it’s more the break of the ritual than the actual smoking of the cigarette that is the biggest challenge to overcome.
Cordless earphones sound awesome! I must add them to my Christmas list!
Clicks! Happy Tuesday!
–Trina
I quit smoking in 1999 and I’ve wanted a cigarette ever since LOL It’s hard, but you can do it! Being grumpy and not really wanting to do anything is a normal reaction to changes in our daily lives, but the outcome is better with change than to have never tried. Good Luck!
I want some cordless headphones! They sound really nice.
All the Best!
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Wolf
Where oh where are you? You can be grumpy if you want, I will still love you. Please come and join us for top sites tuesday.
Love and Blessings,
AngelBaby