Week 3: Dust off my cameras
This week I decided to take my cameras out of storage and put them to work. The visit to Galactica last week was so inspiring, we decided to go back to Aras de Los Olmos to photograph the stars and th...
Mercado de La Imprenta
Mercado de La Imprenta, a hidden gem in Valencia. Tucked away in an alleyway, out of the tourist path, frequented only by the locals, this place is really pretty and ideal for a cold beer or artisanal...
Week 2: Our galaxy
Vacations, finally! Enjoying the alternating weeks of heat waves and cold fronts. R.I.P. Ozzy! 🤘🖤 A few days ago we went to Mercado de la Imprenta in Valencia. Such a beautiful building! I posted some...
Week 1: The Start
Instead of spamming people's feeds with short updates on movies and dinners, I'll collect everything into a weekly post. I still get my little corner on the internet to yell at the void, while keeping my own timeline clean.
Back from Andalusia
A month ago I went to Andalusia. It was amazing, I visited castles, went to two fancy restaurants, took a million photos telling myself I would make an online gallery, maybe even print and frame a few... and I still haven't downloaded, edited or even looked at the images. It's a struggle! 📷🗺
One blog to rule them all
I’ve been blogging on and off since the early 2000’s. I’ve blogged about linux, going to university, movies, programming, photography, moving to Rio de Janeiro, moving to Sweden, moving to Spain, gard...
Sunset at Ciutat de les Arts i Cièncias
This weekend we went to the xmas market at Ciutat de les Arts i Cièncias. I've been there many times before, but I hadn't seen it during sunset and blue hour. The colors, the reflections, the shapes,...
Allemande, Schein
An allemande is a type of dance very common in baroque suites. As I keep working through Grade 1 repertoire, I'm starting to encounter more and more of those dances: allemandes, rigaudons, and many, m...
Piano: "T. Rex goes for a Stroll" by Christine Donkin
For the past two years I have really struggled to keep up with my piano studies. I'm a bit disappointed in myself that after 2.5 years I'm still only a grade 1 student, but it is what it is. Just need...
Piano: "Taking Turns" by Christine Donkin
Discovering Christine Donkin earlier this year was a game changer for me. I love studying classical music and I love playing recognizable pop/rock tunes, but what I didn't know is that I truly LOVE fa...
Piano: "The Tired Turtle Express" by Christine Donkin
The Tired Turtle Express is an early elementary piece from the book "Comics & Card Tricks: 12 elementary piano solos", by Christine Donkin. I had so much fun practicing this one: first time I encounte...
Reinagle Op. 1 No. 11
Yet another of Reinagle's charming 18th century miniatures! This one was also present in my edition of Essential Piano Repertoire (prep grade). I really liked the dynamics and tempo indications in Sne...
Reinagle Op. 1 No. 6
I have been working through Reinagle's "24 Short and Easy Pieces" in order, since they seem to be mostly arranged by difficulty. All the pieces in Op. 1 are early elementary level, ranging for prepara...
Jumping in the Mud: 10 early elementary piano solos
"Jumping in the Mud" is the title of the first book in Christine Donkin's Piano Pieces Vol I: Elementary (there are three piano books in this volume). This is an early elementary (preparatory grade) s...
