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@Steve-Miller Where are you going in Spain?

Pay to play…

The Akebono cherry trees are blooming on the Portland waterfront.

And the teacup magnolias are riotously beautiful.

I feel like if we wait a moment, the government will find a way to approve of those routers, FOR A FEE. Which would of course be passed on by the company to the consumer.

@AndyD I wish I’d had a week! It feels like Paris, which I love, so culturally significant. So many museums (I love art museums), and so much public art. And everything is so much older than where I live; the Europeans didn’t start colonizing here on the west coast of the US until the 1800s.

The friend I flew over with decided to extend her trip because her husband was going to be away when we were returning. She went to Granada and Seville. Her pictures from Seville make me want to visit there, too.

I speak a little French, no Spanish, but things were pretty easy to figure out with a Latin language in common.

We visited Barcelona in 2018, and I liked it. But I loved Madrid.

Finally had a moment to write up my trip. It’s on my blog, because it’s searchable if I want to easily access it again later.

Get yourself some churros and chocolate, and café con leche, and give it a read!

Three days in Madrid

4 Days in Alicante, Spain

A piano at the Royal Palace in Madrid, early 19th century. It has five pedals for registers such as bassoon, drum, or bells. Or so says my translation app!

How wonderful! Enjoy your day!

Congratulations, Dwain! I think I’m going to reacquaint myself with Dan and Greg by re-reading Plausible Deception, and then swing into Sinner’s Prayer.

I like the Loop earplugs; I use the Experience 2 for concerts/live music. They also have some for sleeping. They stay in, and if you get a magnetic lanyard (theirs or aftermarket), they also stay around your neck when you want to take them out for a while.

I used to use Etymotics, but I lost those in Nashville and had to change to something less easy to lose!

I guess that means that they made the flamingo tongues?

Oooh, if they have the same starting pitch/notes, we could form an ocarina band!

These are so cool. Does the sound change after firing, or stay the same? Can you tell what it will sound like while you’re shaping them? How do you get the notes you want?

Sorry to hear it.

Any new medications lately, or changes in medication?

Hoping they find the cause, and that it’s easily treated. Good luck!

Sending positive vibes for both of you!

@steve-miller Apparently Ethan Gontar makes those “Irish” videos with AI. Which is disappointing to me. I’d rather have humans make art/music.

It’s great to have good options! I don’t…

@bernard Looks great, and I can taste it in my imagination! I haven’t had that in decades…

Looking forward to seeing him sing it on tour. I’ll go look for an Irish version, too; thanks for the heads up!

In the same vein, Soldier of Fortune co-written by Mary Gauthier and Eliza Gilkyson.

I like Gilkyson’s a bit better, here it is on FB but I can’t find one on YouTube: FB link

@deweylou Great feature; thank you for representing Christianity in a meaningful way.

I hadn’t heard of the Seven Mountains Mandate before. Sorry to say they appear to be making headway on those seven mountains.