Yesterday I was able to rent a cello! Tomorrow I attend my first rehearsal of the Pacific Northwest Chamber Orchestra! I may end up being a second or third part cello player, but hopefully only until I get the callouses back on my left fingers and get acquainted with playing again.

It's been since 2001 that I have played, so parts of my brain are rusty about playing, while other bits have returned quickly. I can make a fairly decent sound but I play slowly still. I will need to adjust to reading music again. The only way to sound better is to keep practicing, so I shall be doing that regularly.

The orchestra has a concert in March and the music will be Scottish. I have no idea what to expect as far as the music goes! I've never done Scottish music before!

Last week I received a package from Wendy who sent me two figurines from Narnia available in McDonald's Happy Meals! It was a welcomed surprise because I had wanted to collect some of the figures but wasn't in the mood to be eating McDonald's cheeseburgers. A big Shrone "thank you" to Wendy for her thoughtfulness!

As you can see Mr. Tumnus is seducing little Lucy with his bifurcated flute! Let your imagination go into places you dare not let it roam, for we know that this faun is really symbolic of Pan, a horny goat god whose sexual prowess is irresistable despite his funky goat stench. Lord Krishna also seduced the Gopi by playing a flute...Is flute music that erotic, or is it that the flute is blatanly phallic?