We are in renovation hell. The government started it, my wife watches too many reno programs. We could get back 1300 bucks. So the 'music' room needs the baseboards done, and a few finishing touches. I got a new door put in yesterday, and a fancy eco toilet with the button for #1 or #2. Wow.

So my L1 is in a basement room along with clutter. I hate clutter. There's boxes of games we will never play the kids left, old gear, spools of wire, a million pieces of lego waiting for a grandchild to be big enough to use, a mattress 6 horns and cases, a bone, a guitar my son got for Christmas and never used, my accordion, 2 computers, a printer an office desk and my keyboard and stand. And an old dresser stuffed with stuff the wife won't throw out.

I can get punched hard when I suggest the tv show hoarders come and look. The public rooms are almost perfect, except I hoard stuff from relatives, my grandmothers tables, stuff like that. So upstairs, in the room I love to sit in is the accoustic piano and the little bose radio/cd player that is my sound source along with the netbook.

John Conley
Musica est vita