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Back in the saddle
I know what you're thinking. Hopefully that means I'm back in the saddle with regular updates. And while I certainly hope that's true I'm not quite going to be promising it yet. The last 7 days we had Amy's mom visiting so things were a little busy and finding time for blogging was not at the top of my list. Even so the blog saddle is not the one I'm declaring myself back into just yet. Nope, rather I'm talking about the one musical instrument I've ever been able to do more than annoy people with. My parents shipped my old coronet out to me and I just picked it up from the post office. It's in pretty rough shape - this was my learner horn and not the good horn I later upgraded to (and then sold when I quit playing) but it still plays so that's enough for me to try and relearn. Like I said, it's hard a hard life. The connection between the bell and the valves is broken so I had duct taped the bell and entry tube together to keep it from [...]