Happiest of birthdays to Jan, who is always right there with support and congratulations as I work through a project, and also serves to remind me that just maybe I’m not as wretched a cellist as I sometimes think I am. I wish you sunlight in dark days, calm and balance in times of stress, and love of all sorts for the rest of your life.
I’m glad you’re my friend. :)
Tech read done! Cover letter also done! And it’s all been sent in!
Great book. I hate being nitpicky, though, because I know how the author feels when they get the edits. Your book is good, except….
Now I’m going to walk away from the computer for a bit.
I like Sting.
I love John Dowland.
Sting singing John Dowland? Um. I’m not sold.
The lute playing is awesome so far, though. It’s just that Sting’s voice and style are so modern, and the Dowland is so, well, Tudor. I’m not sure it works. What I am sure of is that it’s going to introduce Dowland to a whole new set of people, which can only be a good thing. And he sounds like he’s very in love with the music and respects it, which I respect in turn, and kudos to him for recording a Dowland album at all.
Maybe it’s just that the album opens with “Can She Excuse My Wrongs?”, which is my very favourite Dowland song, and the pace of it along with his expression don’t quite fit. The slower tracks aren’t as jarring, possibly because he sounds less modern. And the spoken word bits are very good too.
Did I mention the excellent lute playing?
My liking for the whole thing is certainly improving as the album progresses.
Currently Listening: Songs From the Labyrinth, Sting
I keep reading “native Celtic deity” as “naive Celtic diety”.
And I want to stab every single comma. Stabbity stabbity stab. I am in an anti-comma mood today.
This has nothing to do with the MS itself; it’s a wonderful and very solid book. And I envy this author’s ability to write meditations. They’re incredible.
Twenty pages to go! Then a second read-through to make sure I didn’t miss anything and all my comments are in order, polish up the overview memo, and away it goes. Then I can return to ESTC.