January 2010
Minor scales on the piano
While I am grateful to have imparted some sunshine on this blog with my previous posts, I think I will take a moment now to do some venting. I have an admission to make: graduate school is difficult. Now, I know what you’re thinking: “Of course graduate school is hard. What did you expect? It’s no easy breezy carousel ride at the park in springtime.” True enough, and yet I...
Who the hell are you?
Hi hi! *waves* The name’s Crystal and I’m a writer in training. I say “in training” because I haven’t written anything in ages. My creativity has been a bit skint lately - BUT! with every day that passes and I stumble across things that inspire me, I feel it coming back bit by bit; so, who knows. Maybe this will be my week for writing or doing anything fun and...
“Mockingbirds are the true artists of the bird kingdom. Which is to say, although...”
– Robbins, Tom, Skinny Legs and All (New York: Bantam Books, 1990), p. 6