I got up today and turned on the radio (KPFA) and there was an interview with Bobby Seale. I knew he was one of the founders of the Panthers but wow, what a guy. He was scientifically trained, worked on rockets, and was a real powerhouse all around. IS, rather, IS, as he's going strong at 89 years old and sounded on the radio like a guy half his age.
I did a ton of stuff around here last night and ended up too tired to practice so I'd gone right to bed.
Today I did more things, packed things and took them to the post office, got groceries, the usual routine. I got back here and cleaned the place and Ken came by at his usual time, and I got my pay check but can't deposit it until Friday because it's dated for Friday.
After Ken left (I'd been yawning while he rambled on about science-y stuff and had made myself a coffee and drank that and that helped) I did ... a ton more stuff, tried to find things that needed to be sent out that are simply not here so I canceled those orders, and found a bunch of stuff to throw out front for the scavengers and after a good long while had 20 things rounded up to list - tomorrow.
My Hall flute was supposed to have been delivered to Ken's house but of course it's not there yet, and I won't get it until next week. This is how it goes here, even expedited shipping takes a week or two. Things took a lot longer than that when I was a kid in Hawaii so I dunno, you just live with it.
The advantage of buying one directly from Hall is that I could get a design I like, plus I ordered a nifty cleaning rod for it and a book of Christmas carols. I've already downloaded the Hall flute beginner book which has some Christmas carols in it.
Plus, the flute being the standard 6-hole keyless system, same as a pennywhistle, I should be able to play any music written for the pennywhistle and there's a ton of that. The thing is that I really want to get out there and hit those Christmas carols because it will be fun, perhaps rather lucrative, and I'll be out there plying my trade; busking.
One of the things that keeps standing out to me, reading Reddit, is that the people on r/homeless tend to have pretty much no skills at all. That's an awful situation to be in. It's 100% better to have at least an idea of something you can do that people feel good about paying you for.
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