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2022 in Books
While I will always write these posts for myself, I figured no one was actually waiting on tenterhooks to see what I read last year, and that it would be no big deal if I didn’t get around to writing my 2022 reading recap for a while. Then I got a text from a friend… Continue reading
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2021 in Books
Somehow, without really meaning to, I read 102 new books in 2021. (As always, I only count books in English that are new to me, so re-reads don’t count, my stumbling through children’s books in other languages doesn’t count, and I only count books I’ve finished. I have a very generous “if you truly hate… Continue reading
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Teachers Hate Her! This Pianist’s One Weird Trick for Getting Back Into Practicing
(Okay, it’s not one weird trick so much as it’s a multi-part framework, but if you expect a clickbait title to be truthful, hello sweet summer child, maybe the internet is not the place for you.) So I spent most of 2020 feeling really crappy on the practicing front (and also, on all the fronts,… Continue reading