Big Blue

Presenting a new take on surfing into the "big blue sea". Today's Gratitude Item: Our second session of parent-teacher interviews went well. This means that a longer than usual week…

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Coffee Swirl

Surfing + Coffee Addiction = Coffee Swirl Just to be clear, I don't drink *that* much coffee and the only thing that I surf is the 'net. Today's Gratitude Item:…

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Surfer’s Paradise

Its been a while since my last Apo excursion. This one turned out quite well. Today's Gratitude Item: Muscle memory. That means being too tired to think does not mean…

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Sweet Violin

Dedicated to all of those violinists out there. Today's Gratitude Item: That the traffic was not as bad coming home as feared. Had faculty meetings after school which usually means…

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Piano Man

Calling him "keyboard guy" just didn't sound the same. Its called "artistic license". Today's Gratitude Item: Old exam solutions being online. Hopefully I'll be able to find a clear answer…

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Playing the Pinks

Not quite the same as playing the "blues" but far prettier in my opinion. Today's Gratitude Item: The batteries on my graphing calculator needed to be recharged. In my world…

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Fancy Filigree

Some guitars sound golden. This one aims to look the part as well. Today's Gratitude Item: Last month was my best month ever on Shutterstock and the kiwi dollar has…

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Piano Piece

Or should that be "Piano Peace"?? Today's Gratitude Item: Getting through my busiest day yet. The trick is not to stop moving! Happily the weather cooperated and after a stormy…

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Gold Runner

Dedicated to all those marathon runners out there. Today's Gratitude Item: My students appear to be coping reasonably well with the basic calculus we are doing. I'm keeping my fingers…

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Sounds Electric

If we saw music, would the sound of an electric guitar look like this? Today's Gratitude Item: A small mirror above where I dry my hair. Now the I can…

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