Glittering Muse

Trance Mix: Bird Songs, Clarinet, Rhythm, Late Night Mood

For what it’s worth, there are 15 tracks mixed here. 1 clarinetist improvising to repeated Robin calls, American Robin quarter speed, White Crowned Sparrow, Carolina Chickadee, Acorns dropping on my roof. Sooty Shearwater bird calls, Japanese Winter Wren, and Sage Thrasher at 64 and 128 slowed down speeds. Enjoy!

windchimes live, oct 2 2010 columbus ohio

Wind Chimes Live Music composed by Nature.

Cicada Flower Quilt

Pulsing Cicadas emboss Sunflowers Trapunto, over dusty tired ivies Helios’ Chariot chars burgundy Dahlias unraveling their light. Pastel Hibiscus wilt beyond bleached Rose. Stiff reefs of electric Globe Thistle lap by parched grasses. Geranium beams roast Baby’s Breath Foxglove, Echinacea While molten smoldering Petunias pierce through, over and over.

Hummingbird by Wilco

Hummingbird by Wilco (Jeff Tweedy songwriter)

his goal in life was to be an echo riding alone, town after town, toll after toll a fixed bayonet through the great southwest to forget her she appears in his dreams but in his car, and in his arms a dream could mean anything a cheap sunset on [...]

What I am learning about my ageing parents from my 20 year old cat

I haven’t posted here in a long, long time. Most of my attention is now devoted to writing for my professional clarinet blog, The Buzzing Reed. DavidHThomas.net

Sometimes I just want to write something non-clarinet or music oriented.

My parents are miraculously still alive. My mother is 88, and my father is 83.

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