Moving, Milk, Music and More!

I am feeling much better mentally today than I have all week.  I guess that making progress in getting things done in preparation for the big move has helped lift my spirits.  We got the unit we wanted in the complex we wanted and everything is set for us to move in on Friday the 31st.  I made all the arrangements for the transfer of electric and cable/internet so there will be as little disruption in our access to the outside world as is possible.  The cable guy is coming out Friday afternoon, and I will probably pre-schedule a post for Friday morning before I take the computer down and pack it up Thursday evening before I go to work.  I have scheduled the truck pickup for Thursday evening so we can get started as soon as I get off on Friday morning.  So by Friday evening we should be up and running again if all goes as planned.  I have built some lee way into the schedule of events so that  we can be flexible if we hit a snag somewhere.  Now all I have to do is go through my stuff and get rid of the unnecessary stuff and pack it all up so that we just have to load on Friday morning.  Of course some things like the perishables can't be packed until Friday morning, but a great deal of the things we have can be packed beforehand.  In the meantime we have the rest of this week to get through and the Memorial Day holiday is this weekend with Monday being both Memorial Day and my official entry into senior citizenry as I celebrate my 62nd birthday.  

Speaking of birthdays, today is the 83rd birthday of Harvey Milk, one of my personal heroes.  It is a State holiday in California today and a day for all of us to pause and celebrate all that Harvey did in paving the way for the progress we are seeing so much of now.  I believe Harvey would be pleased at our progress, but would urge us to keep on pressing on towards the goal  of total equality.  He would probably be dismayed at some of the antics of the opponents of our freedom and equality, and I am sure he would be appalled at the violence still simmering so near the surface that any one of us could be touched by it at any time.  No matter how far we have come, the fight is not over, but we are winning more than we are losing, and our opponents know it as well as we do.  This is no time to become complacent but time to press onward and upward to victory.  These are exiting times in which we live, we just have to remember to pass on the Hope that Harvey gave to us on to the next generation.   Hope and Hard Work will clear the pathway so we may all walk free.  Happy Birthday, Harvey,  I hope you are smiling down on us as we continue the good fight for all of  us.  

Your Musical Moment for this Hump Day features music from several Italian baroque composers written for several instruments.  All the selections in the play list have been transposed from their original instrumentation and arrangements so that they may be performed by Solo Trumpet and Ensemble.  Included in the play list are Vivaldi Concerto in A minor RV356, Marcello Concerto in C minor, Albinoni Concerto in B flat major Op.7 No.3, Cimarosa Concerto in C minor (freely arr. by Arthur Benjamin), Vivaldi Concerto in G major RV310, Tartini Trumpet concerto in D major D53 (originally for Violin) and Albinoni Concerto after Sonata da Chiesa in D minor.  Today's performance is by the Scottish Ensemble and features Alison Balsom on Solo Trumpet from this CD. 

When I went to select photographs to share today, I was in a rather lascivious mood.  Therefore we have this collection of lively Lickable Lads that should make you all want to practice the fine art of tongue bathing on any one (or more!) of the gentlemen on display below the play list.  Thanks for spending part of your day here at Nichevo, see you again soon.  Until next time as always, Enjoy!