three days!

I was touched by feedback to yesterday's entry about Urban Tapestry. Here are a few comments:

From Gray:

"It is heart warming to see that. After all the bands I have been through that have come and gone. Here's to you lot."

From David W:

"What Graham said. As I've said before, back in the early/mid 90s when I was just starting to get into fandom, you three, Rand-&-Adam, and Randy H. were filk, the doorway to a brand new, warm and rich world. May it continue to be much-fun for another 13, 26, 39, 42, etc. years to come ..."

From Judith:

"It's been a wonderfully productive partnership. Watching you all grow as the group grew has been fun!

I freely admit that I envy the collaboration you have. I'm still hunting for a filk partner who doesn't live and hour and a half away!"

I also got the following feedback from Paul K. about my Tiberius Rising blather:

":{)} All these years, and it never occurred to me that you wrote that, and Ookla had borrowed it. I heard your version years before I ever met Ookla, and when I did hear theirs on the CD, I guess I just subconsciously assumed that you'd copied their guitar riff. Well, probably more accurately, it was just "part of the song" for me, and I never considered that it hadn't always been."

Just wanted to clarify: When I wrote out my flute part for Tiberius Rising, the main musical motif was written by Ookla (e.g. the riff in the intro). The only bit that Rand borrowed - much to my delight - was a very short musical phrase in the bridge, and he did so with permission. I've updated that entry to clarify this. :-)

THREE DAYS until Allison, Jodi and I leave for Germany! I can't believe it. I can't wait. But I have to wait. And I have to pack. I've already did a pre-pack and discovered that not everything I want to take will fit, so am doing a heartless purge today. I've been playing my German language CDs in the background as I pack in the admittedly feeble hope that some of it will sink in.

And a complete aside: there was a WOODPECKER on my Squirrelbuster birdfeeder yesterday! Which, incidentally, has successfully foiled squirrels thus far. I've also had cardinals, chickadees, red-breasted nuthatches, a grackle (I might adjust the weight so that bigger birds can't access the seed; don't look horrified, I already have a platform feeder they can use), and lots of goldfinches on my niger feeder. I've hung both so I can watch the action while I'm eating at the dining room table. I love this house.

Another happy aside: Check out Amanda's ultrasound! Looks like a boy. :-)

And if you're at Word on the Street in Toronto tomorrow, don't forget to drop by the Kids' Tent to hear my sister read from "And You Can Come Too" from 1:40-2 pm, as well as see her do some public sketching. After her reading, she'll be hanging out at the Mable's Fables booth for half an hour. It's her birthday tomorrow!

Three days.

I'm giddy and incoherent and panic-stricken (about all the stuff I still need to do before we leave) so should stop now.

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