http://www.dianehidy.com/tea More than just piano Tue, 16 Sep 2008 19:32:06 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en So sad about David Foster Wallace. He's been on my mind. A friend of mine, Charlene, somebody I like to think of as just like me. (This is silly - she's a tall blonde Mormon bombshell, recently divorced, loves living in Phoenix, and dating, dating, dating.) Anyway, she's got this gig ... http://www.dianehidy.com/tea/2008/09/15/a-supposedly-fun-thing-to-do-almost/ Mark the plumber and I have bonded. The night after it rained in the basement, he showed up with a brand new toilet. It was still pouring. He carried numerous heavy white boxes up the stairs and carefully unpacked them. He removed the old toilet and carried it out to the ... http://www.dianehidy.com/tea/2008/01/30/multiple-mr-rooters/ Everybody has a friend who’s in a book club. If you want to start one, you can buy a book that will tell you how. Some books even come with “book club” guides to tell you how to lead a discussion on that particular book. I think what makes book clubs ... http://www.dianehidy.com/tea/2008/01/28/better-than-a-book-club/ Meg came over last night for a quick cup of tea. She came to pick up her daughter, Molly, one of my piano students. She's also one of my daughter, Evie's, favorite playmates. The girls do not like their playdates to end. As a last ditch effort at getting Molly to stay ... http://www.dianehidy.com/tea/2008/01/24/raining-in-the-basement/ I taught a Master Class today for the Berkeley branch of the Music Teachers Association of California. I arrived early and got to sit in on their riveting business meeting. Just about what you'd expect from a group of piano teachers. I heard phrases like "the two errata in the ... http://www.dianehidy.com/tea/2008/01/21/berkeley-master-class/ Still dark. Still asleep. Looked for my slippers. Knew they were on the bedroom floor. Saw something. Thought it was the slippers. Tried to put them on. It was my daughter's portable CD player. http://www.dianehidy.com/tea/2008/01/17/not-my-slippers/ Yesterday my friend Meg came over. It had been a hard day. My 8 year old daughter’s hamster died. Evie found the hamster dead while I was watching football. Professional football. The NFL. Yup. Me. Concert pianist, writer of piano method books for children, recording artist, specialist in the music of Bach ... http://www.dianehidy.com/tea/2008/01/15/football-and-piano/