Oh Maladay!

No blog for a while, largely due to illness...

Mum went to hospital following a severe nosebleed and is now thankfully home recovering, although at 83 she has been badly shaken and was very frightened by the whole experience - something I had not previously experienced.  She has always been strong and courageous when ever illness has struck - no matter how severe or mild.  I guess as you grow you begin to see your parents as people who have the same fears and hopes and dreams, making them more like you than a 'parent'.  Thankfully she should mend over the coming weeks as her drugs settle down.

Her beloved cat, Oliver, however will not fare so well as he has cat lukemia and has lost his appetite.  Now on a course of drugs to stimulate his appetite and one lot to hopefully revive his bone marrow we are praying that he will hang on without suffering for a while longer.  I have anger to deal with as I know that this disease is preventable by annual vaccination - so don't understand why he hasn't had these.... but that is my bad and there is little I can do about it now.

I too have the dreadful cold which has wiped me out for a good few days and has left a me with a smokers cough (even though I don't and never have smoked!).

Consequently I have been working on my Steve Reich style composition about the Chilean Miners - it's called Fenix 2 and although a work in progress has it's premiere in class on Thursday.  Strange times.

Because of the illness cooking has gone out of the window with me consuming large quantities of comfort providing pizza.... it is now time for healthy fish and veg.

Music to listen to at the moment is the Beethoven String Quartets Op.18 - amazing and startling stuff - it's Beethoven as you don't know him and is superb......

Enjoy.  x