First they slid off, only six turtle heads poking out of the water. Then they felt safe a very slowly started crawling back up, bright orange bellies revealing each new lodger and the climbed up
Bärbel Morton made a lovely request to post a single photo with no caption, only the message she’d forwarded. I did. But before I succeeded I kept failing and choosing a different favorite photo each time. These are those. May they add an abiding peace to your day.
A sharp-shinned hawk killed and ate a large ring-necked Eurasian dove this morning, then made the feed in our feeder dessert. First the head. Once devoured, the remainder.
I had to look up the difference between the sharp-shinned and Cooper’s hawks.
Other dives just returned to the feede two hoirs later
Btw, the slowly spinning globe is aligned with earth’s gravity, slowly spinning in concert with earth. It’s not tilted at the 23.44 degrees earth actually is in its elliptical plane. But it’s still cool and adds an unintentional motion element to this video clip.
💥Amazing Evening Celebrating Montana PBS. Honored to have been a small part. Thanks to everyone who contributed to putting on the show and those who came to support the outstanding talent in Bozeman, MT!
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Wonki Lee and Julie Gosswiller will premiere my Fantasy for Alto Saxophone, Op 183 “The Hero’s Journey” February 27, 2025 @ Reynolds Recital Hall. I subtitled the composition with that identification because I used Joseph Campbell’s monomyth as the form of the the piece.
The hero's journey is a common story structure where a hero embarks on an adventure, overcomes challenges, and returns home transformed.
Movie fans might recognize this myth frame due to George Lucas using it as the underpinning frame for the original Star Wars. It turned out to be a perfect template for guiding the dramatic episodic music in my fantasy, an extremely complex and technically difficult piece.
Wonki and Julie and I will be of Kevin Hale’s KGLT radio program 91.9 9 am-noon next Sunday morning talking about the piece and the concert.
