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I've been a guitar player for 8 years now and I've started to learn the piano recently, which led me to get more into music theory and score reading.

When I learned a song on the guitar, I used to learn it by ear or from a tab and not from an actual music score. I've been trying to change this habit lately to get to know my instrument better. Now when I learn a piece for the piano, I first dig into the score, learning the notes and chord progressions and how to play them on the piano. However as I get used to play the piece on the instrument I tend to use only my muscle memory and I don't think about what notes and chords I'm playing anymore.

My question is : would thinking about the notes and chords of a piece while I'm playing them make me a better musician ? Would it help me to learn music theory faster or to play the instrument better ? How do experienced musicians approach this kind of thing ?

Thank you for your answers !

tl;dr : would thinking about the notes and chords of a piece while I'm playing them make me a better musician ?

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    I don't see how distracting yourself with note names and chord types while performing will make you perform better, but knowing what is going in your practice will give you a better understanding of the music in general.
    – Legorhin
    Nov 11 '19 at 20:15
  • Shortest answer: It depends. Are you a concertmaster? Yes you need to think about theory in advance. Are you a bluesman? Definetely not. Nov 14 '19 at 12:11

This is a good question but I think a hard one to pin down a short answer for. There reason is that there are several things going on in a musician's mind and body during the learning process and performance.

First I would say that you want to use muscle memory. And, you do not want to be "thinking" about anything. When you get to that level performance is like an out of body experience. Thinking ruins this. So I'd say that if you are relying on muscle memory you are evolving to a better place.

At the end of the day music is about the pitches and rhythms. I think that a musician, after much training, will be able to hear what they want to play in their head and then play it. If this is what you mean by "thinking" about the notes then perhaps this is okay, it will be necessarily for improvisation. For me I don't consider a piece performance ready until (1) I can play it through w/o the sheet music, (2) I can improvise a little without getting lost (even on classical pieces), and (3) I can sit quietly and hear the piece in my head without forgetting any part of it.

I should say that I am a guitarist but I think some of these points apply to any instrument. I typically start with sheet music or by ear, if I know a song by ear then I can usually play it without much effort. I have used TAB but prefer sheet music. After enough time you get to the point where you can hear the music in your head as you read the sheet music (w/o touching the instrument). This is valuable as it helps speed up the learning process. Once you know what you expect to hear then figuring out the correct fingering is important. Even piano players have multiple options for shifting as the move across the key board. At some point you commit one to memory but as the song gets deeper into your subconscious you body will loosen up and you'll find that you can execute the piece with alternate fingering. Now you are not relying so much on muscle memory but on the connection between your inner ear and your hands.

As for music theory, it's great and I recommend all musicians learn as much as they can. But again, thinking ruins the process of performing. Some of the greatest musicians (and very educated ones) have said in interviews about this topic that they don't think of anything when improvising, they just play what they hear in their head. Knowing the structure of music helps again with figuring out the structure of a piece and the more you know the faster you pick up new pieces. But when it comes to playing you can't be held down by the thought process. It's more for analyzing what you see in a score or for making good decisions in your own compositions. Not useful in performing a song.

  • "thinking ruins this": makes me think when you play something perfectly and then you start to think about what you're doing and suddenly everything fails and you're off tempo trying to figure out where fingers go next :)
    – Thomas
    Nov 12 '19 at 13:18

The immediate job of playing THIS piece well ultimately comes down to muscle memory.

But learning the piece is a lot quicker when you recognise patterns. Same difference whether they're heard or read. And that's all 'theory' is really - codifying patterns that work.

Everything sounds fine. I just finished recording a fairly complex guitar piece and realised I was thinking about all kinds of everyday stuff while I was doing. I try to bring my mind more or less back to the job at hand, but not in a " concentration with effort" way. Relaxed mindfulness is great but if the mind briefyly pops off here and there it's OK. Kind of like in meditation.

The point of all the endless scales, chord patterns and general repetition of just about everything we do in pratice is to make things more or less automatic under performance conditions. You do not want to be trying to do musical maths while performing. Leave that for the practice room (as a stepping stone to actual music).

So the answer to your question is "probably not".

Yes, you become a better musician, if you are able to add the conceptual side of music into your thinking more closely. Having concepts and abstractions is essential for reasoning, and notation, notes and other theoretical tools can provide those. You need some kind of "objects" that have locations and names, for thinking about what things there are, where they are relative to each other, and how they interact with each other. And how things you do affect what you hear, and how both of them relate to the conceptual objects.

Location, composition, structure, behavior, ... What notes there are in a chord, where the notes are in notation and on your instrument, what happens if you change one of the notes, and what it would sound like if you did that. A lot of practice can help you build these concepts even without theory, but having e.g. names for the notes and their relationships can help a lot in reasoning and communication. How well do you think you might be able to calculate things, if you didn't know the names for numbers? When calculating in your head without tools, don't you think about numbers a lot?

The piano keyboard can provide an excellent locational map, because it's kind of a linear one-dimensional map of all pitches. Each pitch is only in one place, and they're spatially arranged in a logical way. The guitar is much more challenging in that regard, because every note or pitch is in many different locations at the same time. To make things worse, even the strings aren't placed at equal pitch distances - the G - B interval is four frets/semitones, when all the others are five!? Who thought that was a good idea!?! ;) (joking of course)

We can think that there are three dependent "axis": (1) what you hear, (2) what you do on the instrument, and (3) how this is written in notational concepts. All these things are interconnected.

Some people only need 1 and 2. They can operate their instrument and they know what it sounds like, so well that they can predict what any imagined actions would sound like before actually performing them... But they might not be able to read music, so they can only play by ear. Then again, someone else may only handle aspect 2: they are told what keys to press and strings to pluck, but it's mechanical and they cannot relate the actions with the sound or predict what sounds their actions might produce. Another person might be able to read music and obey the mechanical commands, so they would be operating in 2 and 3 only, but if they imagine sounds without having it in writing, they won't be able to perform it. In other words, they cannot play by ear. If you can handle all three, at least it won't make you a worse musician!

(A composer or arranger could be thinking purely in terms of notation and what it sounds like ... maybe in that case you could consider notation itself as the instrument.)

All answers you’ve got until now are great. In summary they are my learning concept even if they seem to be somehow contradictions.

Analyzing leads to understanding, concentration leads to meditation, muscle memory helps you play in the flow and and 150% of knowledge and improvisation helps you to take up the thread when you’re dropped out.

Learning patterns, chord progressions, triads and scales, motives and abstractions in form of a lead-sheet will support sight reading, recognition and memory.

would thinking about the notes and chords of a piece while I'm playing them make me a better musician ?

You will be a better musician, but not necessarily a better performer.

An extremely thought-provoking question!

Starting with the actual wording: what constitutes a 'better musician'? One who can play a piece perfectly with no mistakes? Not necessarily. For me a 'better musician' is one who will do that anyway, but also be capable of bringing that music to life, putting their own slant to it, and obviously understanding where it's going, and why. So being able to play a piece flawlessly is only a part of this, and in itself not indicative of a 'better musician'. That muscle memory is of paramount importance, yes, but being able to 'bark at print' really doesn't belie much as far as 'musician' is concerned.

There are various levels concerned in learning and performing, and that's where the theory etc. comes in. If one understands the 'geography' of a piece, it becomes not only easier to learn, but easier to remember and also becomes better to perform with understanding.

In the early stages of learning a piece, there's a lot of importance in knowing what the notes are, how long they last, and where they all fit together. That's the time for conciously knowing the names, etc. Not during a performance, though. That's at a completely different level, where perhaps muscle memory has been established, so quoting note names at that stage is unneccessary. Muscle memory is all very well, but during a performance, it still needs to be controlled.

That's where the 'better musician' comes in - controlling the music and how it's played at that moment. Changing the dynamics on the fly - obviously in a lot of styles of music the notes themselves are sacrosanct - so that's all that can be changed (that's why I prefer jazz...).

Referring back to tab for guitar - that's more restricting, as it tells where each note must be played: not allowing the player to have the control that being a guitarist affords. That's one big difference between guitar and piano - on the latter, there's little choice!

So - in the practice section of learning a piece, yes, get to know notes, chords and their interactions. In performance, a few of those facets may be useful to you - as landmarks, if you like - but at that point, you should be at a completely different (higher) level, and mentally be in a very different place.

Think about it - how many times when you read this answer did you actually think - oh yes, that's three consonants together in that word, for example?

You talk about what happens when you become familiar with the piece, but I know a professional pianist who is a good sight-reader, and she doesn't even work out the individual notes when she first sees them. She sees a chord, a harmony, a rhythm, not a collection of 120 dots on the page that need to be analysed and deciphered. I wish I could do that! But I think that should be your aspiration. After all, that's the way we read English text.

"Muscle memory." I hate the phrase. It is misused. Your muscles have no memory, it is your brain which controls them. When you play the piano, it is not the muscles in your hand playing, it is your brain. If we swapped brains, once our brains figured out the new measurements, our techniques would transfer, too. Like a teenager who trips over the floor or falls walking up stairs, it is because their tendons and bones grew and the brain needs to figure out the new measurements. The kid isn't clumsy, his brain is in a new body. That is why you never forget how to ride a bike despite not "practicing" for years, getting fat, getting skinny, growing or getting old. Your brain has hardwired how to balance and commands the ancillary muscles to make it so. The muscles are just the engine. If you stood on one leg and looked at your foot, ankle and calves, you will see (if you have low body fat) your brain using your muscles and tendons to maintain balance. Your muscles are not doing that, your brain is. Likewise, when you play the piano, it is not your finger nor hands but, your brain. This is where many teachers and students go wrong because they focus on brow beating the fingers into submission when really they should cultivate proper movement from the mind where movement originates.

When you first touch a piano, your brain hard wires or makes neural pathways on how to use the muscles and tendons to make a bone strike a key. That is so called muscle memory. So, you had better make that first movement correct and ergonomic because if there are any improper movements associated, those are hard wired, too. This is why some people have lifetime technique issues because it is already in the brain to be that way. Improper movement is very difficult to eradicate for other reasons I won't get into.

Never "memorize" a song by playing it mindlessly a hundred times. That is not memory at all. It is your ear, patterns and guesswork. If you don't maintain playing it, it will atrophy and you will forget it. It is not memory because if you get nervous or loose your place, it is gone and so is your performance. I've seen it a hundred times. It literally means you do not know what you are doing and are guessing.

So per your question what to think about. There are several skills which must come together and crosspollinate with one another. I advocate that you forget your letter training and instead think of notes in the scale as numbers. CEG is absolute but 135 can be anything. It can be FAC, GBD, BbDF . . . . Playing by numbers is also the secret to sight transposing, improvisation and "memorization." NONE of it is thoughtless or hocus pocus. It is all in the brain.

Then, train your ear to know what the numbers sound like. For instance, I just know that Blue Moon starts on the 5th. Mary had a Little Lamb on the 3rd. Joy To the World 8th. Happy Birthday on the 5th. Star Wars is 1 to 5. Once you train your brain and ear to know any degree of the scale, you will just know what the notes are and never have to memorize or see the music because your brain's ear will know how the song goes and your brain will just know what the notes are. Like spelling. You know the basic rules, how to sound out, the alphabet and if you heard the word cat, catacomb, catatonic . . . you will either just know how to spell it or your brain can figure it out based upon crosspollinated knowledge and calculations. You use your ear and knowledge of the alphabet to figure it out. You don't have memorized every word but you can figure them out.

When I memorize a classical piece, I will listen to it once to get it into my mind's ear, then play it to assess trouble spots, then go sit by the pool with the score and study the melody and its intervals. I'll study the chord progression, voicing's, key changes and counterpoints. Then after a few hours, without the score I will go play it. Then back to the pool to study problem parts. After doing this for a few days, the piece is mine. It isn't memorized but, combined with my ear, being able to read in my mind what my brain hears, knowing where every note is going and I admit, a dab or rote tossed in, I will never forget the song. I can also sit down with pen and paper and write it out because my ear can see the score.

Pop songs or standards are different. Since I "fake" those, all I need to do is hear the melody for my mind's ear to just know what the notes are. Pick any note on the keyboard and play Happy Birthday. That first note will by your 5th so you now know what key you are in. Then, don't guess, hear each note in your head and calculate what the notes are. It is amazing how when people "hunt and peck" that melody, how many miss the octave. You should never make a mistake playing a melody that simple if you know what you are doing. If you make a mistake, you are guessing.

There is nothing mystical about making music. You can close your eyes and let rote take over and just regurgitate patterns or, know what you are doing, craft a solo, build to a climax, develop a mood or a variation. That is why the greatest musicians seemingly don't make mistakes because they know what they are doing and are not guessing.

When I teach students this method, I start with just focusing on 135 and use Mary Had a Little Lamb. Sing it. It starts on the third. Don't guess, know. Even if it takes time. Do it away from the piano. You should get these numbers: 3212333 222 355 3212333322321. Now go to the piano and start on the third tone of ANY key. Don't guess, know. YOU will know if you are cheating. One hour away from the piano is worth more than five hours at it.

Congratulations. You are combining brain, ear and fingers to "memorize" music and you are on your way not to be a musician but, an artist.

Also, the issue of technique is also in the brain, not a Hanon exercise or hours of practice. You only need to hard wire proper movement unless you've already hardwired improper movement.

...thinking about the notes and chords...

You didn't say it explicitly, but I assume you mean naming the tones/pitches and chords.

There are two basic naming approaches: absolute and relative.

Absolute names are letter and accidental for tones, like: Ab or C#. For chords the names are letter and accidental for the root and a chord quality, like Ab dominant seventh or C# minor.

Relative names place tones and chords into a tonality, a key and then use special terms and symbols to indicate relationship and functions. These relationships and functions are at the heart of harmony theory, and the terminology is much more complex that mere absolute names. For example:

  • Ab dominant seventh is the dominant chord in the key Db major.
  • C# minor is the relative minor of E major.
  • in the key of Db major the tone Db is the first scale degree and is named the tonic, the tone a half step below the tonic is the seventh scale degree and is named the leading tone, in the key of Db the leading tone is C, etc. etc.

To the extent that music works with harmonic patterns, knowing the relative relationships is helpful.

Thinking about the notes when playing a piece...

If you practice harmonic patterns, or analyze the harmony of pieces you are working on, I can't imagine how you would not think about the relative relationships. But, gradually, as things become familiar you will probably stop thinking about it.

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Sunday’s Sermon Today: In Training (Romans 12:1-21)

I’ll admit it (like many of you don’t already know): I’m a comic book geek. I love the stories of the superheroes in print and in the theater. For the release of the second Avengers movie, Avengers: Age of Ultron, I re-watched the first one and both Captain America movies. He’s my favorite Avenger, because quite frankly, he’s the most normal.

Yes, Steve Rogers AKA Captain America has the Super Soldier serum coursing through his body. But he’s pretty much a regular dude. He can’t jump over buildings, or fly, and if bullets aren’t deflected by his American shield, he can be shot. The thing is, he has that serum that makes him stronger and faster, but he still has to train to make it active. In the first film, he goes through Basic training with the Army; in the second film, he laps the Mall in Washington while the Falcon runs with him.

Rogers has the potential inside of him, but he has to train to bring it to fruition. That’s a lot like us: we have the Holy Spirit inside of us, but if we’re not using it, if we’re not striving to be more like Jesus, we’ll never reach our potential.

Now, some of you are like Allen Iverson a few years ago, “practice, are we really talking about practice?” I thought we spent all of this time believing, having faith, you mean we have to do something?

The author of James said it pretty succinctly: “In the same way, faith by itself, if it is not accompanied by action, is dead.” It’s like swimming: you’re either pulling ahead or you’re drowning; you can’t be stuck in the middle. Yes, Jesus’ sacrifice saves you from sin, but if you’re not growing to be more like Jesus… you’re drowning.

Paul lays out some ways we train. First, he says we’re to offer ourselves as a sacrifice to God in the way we live (Romans 12:1-2). Some of you know from training for 5ks, half-marathons, ATV races, softball games – you have to sacrifice things if you want to get better. Eat less, eat right, get sleep, lift weights, save money. Whatever it is, you sacrifice something to get better.

Paul says to be more like Jesus, we need to figure out a few things about what it means to be like Jesus in the first place! He stresses humility (12:3), team building and gift identification (12:4-8), and finally, love.

Now, most of us have a friend, parent, spouse, or child who can pop our bubble when it’s getting too big, who can bring us back to earth, and remind us that we still wake up with bed head on most days. Humility seems to find us! But team building takes some work, and so does gift identification. Have you ever taken a spiritual gifts survey? Have you ever considered how you might be someone God wants to use for the kingdom of God? If you’ve never taken one of those surveys, see me afterward, and we’ll chat. You have gifts and God wants to use them.

But the second half of Romans 12 is all about the love. Not fake love, not puppy love, not “like.” But love.

Paul says love should be sincere. That we should recognize real love and hold onto it, as family, as friends, as children of God (12:9). He says we should be devoted – compelled by our feelings of love – to each other, to the point where others receive more honor than we do (12:11).

Do we love like that? Do we hold the elders (not the ordained, but the older people!) as so special that we seek them out for advice, and remind them of how much they are valued? Do we encourage the children and those in the midst of a struggle? Do we seek to bear each others burdens? Paul says that’s what real love does.

“Be joyful in hope, patient in affliction, faithful in prayer” (12:12).

That alone could preach – or drive us insane. I am not patient – I do not like to wait. My impatience can rob me of my joy and my hope, and rather than driving me deeper into prayer, impatience urges me to speed things up and take care of them on my own, rather than staying faithful… in prayer.

It’s like the Yoda quote I love: ““Fear is the path to the dark side. Fear leads to anger. Anger leads to hate. Hate leads to suffering.” When we fail to be patient, we lose hope and lack faithfulness. But if we’re patient, even in the midst of the struggle, God provides a way out of it.

But, wow, Paul is not done meddling. “Share with the Lord’s people who are in need. Practice hospitality” (12:13). Do you know anyone in need? I imagine you do – even if it would be easier to ignore it. I know a young couple who is homeless and looking for a job. I know a single mother of an infant who is looking for a car. I know people who are not sure how they’re going to find the energy to make it through the next week. And they all go to our church.

Paul didn’t need to tell his audience to go save the world. He wanted them to train by going and saving their brothers and sisters in church. Paul is urging us to train to be more like Jesus by loving the people we already know, let alone the Republican/Democrat, rich/poor, black/white/Hispanic, Muslim/Jew/Baptist/ISIS individual we see about on television and grumble about.

You thought all of that was personal, poke-you-in-the-chest kind of butting in? You haven’t seen anything yet! Paul wants to talk about ridiculous love. Crazy, spectacular, train for the kingdom of God kind of love. Stuff that is so ridiculous, it almost has to get under your skin and bother you if you’d let it.r

Paul says…

Bless the people who persecute you. Not just don’t be mean back but wish them well.

Don’t think you’re better than you are, and be friends with people no one else will be friends with.

Be careful to do what is right in the eyes of everyone. If possible, live at peace with everyone.

If you have an enemy who is hungry, feed him, thirsty, give him a drink.

Do not be overcome by evil, but overcome evil with good.

That last one kind of sums it up, doesn’t it? Don’t let evil overcome you, but overcome it with good. Can we actually do that?

You can forgive your spouse, ex-boyfriend/girlfriend, child, parent for the harm they have caused you? Can you pray that God would love them so much that their lives would be blessed and successful?

Can you think of that person in your life who no one wants to talk to because they are so annoying/rude/mean/standoffish/unapproachable/uncool/fill-in-the-blank? Can you imagine a world where tomorrow you would walk up to them and intentionally bless them by being present?

We hear a lot about how Christians should be offended by this and that. We know there’s truth, and that the world can’t see the truth we see. So, we’re encouraged by the talking heads on conservative television (and some pastors) to “fight back”. And Paul shows up and says, “as much as you can control it, be at peace with everyone.”

Paul argued for the risen Christ, he died for him, too. But he didn’t fight people, he didn’t aim to hurt them. He trained to be the speaker and teacher he was so that he could tell even the people who would condemn him to death: “you are loved.” That’s radical training, my friends.

Back when I was swimming and running competitively, we swam and ran longer than the lengths of our competition. It wouldn’t do any good to just do the minimum of the race, because then our bodies wouldn’t have fine-tuned to the speed, distance, and stamina we needed. We had to exceed the expectations, to reach farther, so that our training would prepare us for the race. So that the competition itself would feel easier.

In our training, our membership vows as United Methodists, we promised to participate by our prayers, our presence, our gifts, our service, and our witness. That’s the bare minimum. Are we training for the event, for running the race of a faithful race, in a way that brings glory to God and prepares us for the kingdom?

Or are we chalking it up to “practice” and ignoring the instructions?

The race is upon us, and pulled spiritual muscles, and Holy Spirit-dehydrated souls will let us down in the long run. We need to prepare for the long haul, and trust that our training will be sufficient.

About Jacob Sahms

I'm searching for hope in the midst of the storms, raising a family, pastoring a church, writing on faith and film, rooting for the Red Sox, and sleeping occasionally. Find me at,, and the brand new
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Why make your own winning slip and stop copying/comparing from others

Why make your own winning slip and stop copying/comparing from others

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Over the internet there are many websites that offer you the slip of the day or recommend a series of tips. Some make it for free while others ask for money. In this article we will show you why you need to be careful with the first category and why avoid the second.

Pay attention to the websites, even if they are free

Most websites post their slip history for each day or week, or at least they leave the slips for the users to see how profitable they have been. The problem is when the website loses. In order to look good, they are used to edit the slips and statistics to show that they were right. Even if a user tries to say something, the site’s administrator will never allow these sorts of comments, just to convince people that they are trustworthy. Why would a website do such a thing if the service is free of charge? A bettor sees the impressing balance sheet and and he will further recommend the website, he will continue betting like this, at least until he realizes that the results are not as good as they initially looked like.

Never buy tips from a paid picks/tips websites

If you look over some forums or simply search over the internet, you will see that none of the paid pick website is recommended. Most who have tried these services were disappointed at the end. Unlike a free website, here you can’t tell whether the statistics are good only after you buy a tip, so you can’t see them before. For this reason, there are more websites that offer paid tips than free ones.

Even if you pay for a tip, this doesn’t necessarily mean that it is better than a free one. Many websites brag with a staff of professional bettors, but the truth is that you can’t actually see how good they are or how focused they are when offering you a tip. And even if the website is a serious one and has a staff like this, they can’t guarantee a constant profit, each month. There is no bettor that doesn’t lose at some point or catch a series if bad results and thus a month without a profit. So there is the possibility of paying for such a “serious” service and at then end of the month you might find yourself only losing money.

Normally, this sort of a service costs between 30-150 Euro every month, depending on the website you buy from. Just think over the sums you need to bet on in order to recover this monthly subscription. And the question remains, what do you do if your tipster has a bad month? We repeat ourselves, if there was such a website to constantly offer winning tips, you would have easily heard about it because many would have praised it.

Don’t buy tips over Facebook or from people that claim to know fixed matches

This is a phenomenon which has expanded lately. Initially they posted edited photos showing that they had won huge amounts of money from some matches. In time people became aware and started to see through these fake slips. But the pranksters evolved and became even more believable. Thus you can find on their Facebook page videos as they enter the bookmaker and place the slip and videos as they cash in the money. Even if they look real at first, we can guarantee these are also pranks. Probably the slip is duplicated to look like a real one and the bookmakers is an improvised place that looks like a real bookmaker. In some cases the proof seems plausible and the pranksters smart enough to seem as they know about a fixed match. This is why you need to pay attention.

Still, you need to ask yourself a question. If a person is capable of winning thousands of Euro with their own tips, why would they waste their time trying to sell them to you for 100 Euro? It seems a lot of effort for nothing, right? Plus, they take some risks considering that they are practically involved in something illegal, since they have such a tip. Still, many naive bettors, spelled by the idea of getting rich fast, pay for this sort of tips. At the end, you don’t win anything and you also paid for the tip.

Conclusion, it is best to start analyzing the matches for yourself and the free websites offering reviews and tips should only be a source of inspiration (without copying those slips)

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For those of you that aren’t familiar with the Venom series, Venom is an alien symbiote with a morphing – liquid like form, requiring a human host to bond with to survive, commonly found in the Superman series

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Once more into the well, dear friends,

This weekend I told to someone caffeine was a recent vice. It was subsequently suggested my recent obsession with America’s Favorite Stimulant was less vice and more love at first sip.

What, doesn’t everyone plan their daily menu around each item’s relative stimulating effect?

History teachers would have you believe the pilgrims came to the new land for religious freedom, but could they be wrong? Is there margin for error in the historical consensus? Here’s my modest (and somewhat ridiculous) proposal: they came to the new land seeking something with a little more kick than tea. The Brits are famous for their drinking habits, aren’t they? Maybe the pilgrims were just tired of drinking the yard waste.

While I’m revising history, let us turn our attention to the Boston Tea Party. It has been said the Boston Tea Party was about taxes and choice, but maybe we’ve had the choice part just a little bit wrong all this time. Maybe they just didn’t want tea. We’ve been told our founding fathers were a savvy lot. I’ve also heard that, while they thought democracy was groovy, their trust in the unwashed masses to make good decisions was not terribly high. (How else do you explain the Electoral College?) Maybe they knew coffee was the superior caffeine delivery device, but they didn’t trust the public to make the right choice. Maybe, just maybe, the Boston Tea Party was a clandestine effort to manufacture a little more market for coffee. With Boston’s supply of tea flavoring the already polluted harbor (and making it worse), the people would have to look elsewhere for their fix; nudging them all in the right direction, so that we all might be as enlightened as our Founding Fathers.

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Dandelion Frittata (Omelet)

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It seems that I make one major mistake every food delivery.  I either misjudge the quantity and get enough shredded cheddar cheese to top a couple of hundred tacos or I have enough limes to keep me in margaritas for the entire summer.  Unfortunately, this means I have to use it up before it goes bad in as many creative ways as possible.  My past post on sweet potatoes being a case in point.

A recent order from Baldors.com contained local, peak season dandelions.  Nothing could have made me happier.  If you go into the archives you will find 2 recipes for dandelions that I have loved since I was a child.   During the summer months, dandelions were often cooking in my mother’s kitchen, and this became a summertime ritual for me as well.  I was excited for them to arrive  it doesn’t take much these days), and was shocked to see a crate of dandelions delivered to my back door.  I was happy, but also overwhelmed.   It truly was enough for the next few months, but I knew they’d go bad relatively quickly.

And so it began……the endless washing and trimming and chopping and cooking and draining and bagging and delivering to anyone who would take them.  Then the creative juices had to flow a bit as how many sautéed dandelions could we eat?  I made dandelion pesto and pasta e fagioli with dandelions.  Vegetable soup loaded with dandelion greens was just delicious, as was the dandelion omelet I made for breakfast.  The possibilities were endless, but I was running out of steam.   Very few were wasted, however.  I now have a freezer full of dandelion pesto (use 2/3 dandelion leaves and 1/3 basil…even can add mint…check archives for pesto recipe).   This will sustain my love for dandelions all during the winter months.

But I think I most enjoyed it simply boiled, sautéed with garlic and oil and some freshly grated parmesan cheese.  Especially because I then make an omelet with the leftovers the next day.  There is not a better way to start the day!

I hope you’ll give these nutrient packed bitter greens a chance.  As I mentioned, please check the archives as well.

RECIPE:  serves 2 to 3

5 or 6  eggs

2 cups of  dandelions, sautéed in garlic and oil ( you can find the full recipe in the archives)

1/4 cup grated parmigiana reggiano cheese

2 TBSP olive oil for the pan

salt and pepper to taste

  1.  Beat the eggs with a whisk or fork.  Add salt and pepper to taste.
  2. Add the grated cheese to the beaten eggs.
  3. Warm the sautéed dandelions in a sauce pan.
  4. Add the egg mixture and cook over medium low heat until the side start to pull away and the bottom hardens.
  5. I then put the pan under the broiler until firm on top, but you can also flip it over and cook until slightly firm all the way through.dandelion crate 1dandelion cratedandelions pre-cutdandelions dryingdandelion omelet ready to godandelion pan cookeddandelion omelet plated**

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  1. I LOVE this post, starting with the vision of the crateful of delivered dandelion greens at the back door. I have always been curious about these (exotic in my cooking culture) greens. Now I have many options from which to choose to satisfy my curiosity along with recipes and encouragement to use my creativity. Thanks for widening my culinary horizons in this time of otherwise limited horizons. Brava!

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The gift of the first time…there is still time.

We must become the change we want to see.” ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Ok, so perhaps that title is a little risqué, but for those of you who may think ‘mynewfavoriteday’ has gone into the gutter, it hasn’t, ok maybe sometimes, but not today. I often see this quote in people’s email signatures and think what a powerful statement it is in its simplicity.  So easy to interpret and yet so massive that to really think about it gives you pause about hmmm….where would I even start?  So how does this tie into the first time?  Well, first let’s just be clear, I am not talking about “that” first time as that would be so TMI…but I am talking about first times in general and how they make you feel on the inside.  I have been thinking about this a lot because as I mentioned yesterday, there has been quite a bit of first times happening recently in the Pruitt household.  Let me caveat the forthcoming list over the past week with the fact that these firsts may not blow your mind, but that’s precisely the point:) It was the first time:

  • Q rode in the front portion of a shopping cart at Home Depot or anywhere for that matter
  • Q took real steps to mommy on my birthday
  • E was eating her bottle and looked at my face and reached up to touch my face, it didn’t last long but it happened
  • KSP and I spontaneously went for a night out and danced together for the first time in 18 months
  • E started sitting with one leg slightly bent  and not pin straight
  •  E laughed with a real laugh at daddy, something resembling a chuckle
  • Q did the more sign and said “ma”
  • We watched our new house, that KSP and I bought together, start to come together
  • I confidently figured out how to collapse one of the mini’s strollers that has been eluding me for the past year (ironically this is a truly proud accomplishment)
  • I made some additional steps toward my dream through speaking as a parent advocate at the Mobile Health Expo in NYC, tweaked one of my blog posts so that it could be posted on the Habitat for Humanity of Greater Los Angeles site and wrote 10 more pages for my book (now at 40 pages!)
 And the piece de resistance, it was the first time Q saw the trailer for the new Winnie-the-Pooh movie as I was taking him out of living room to go down the hall for bed and the magic of just how it can feel when you see or do something for the first time suddenly presented itself to me in a new way.  Don’t get me wrong for the things I listed above, I felt that burst of light and joy, and the butterflies in my stomach, and the lightening bolt of gratitude as I felt the steps forward that we were taking even in the most subtle ways, but with the Pooh, I watched as the wonder in Q’s eyes filled his face, and he smiled, giggled and made the cutest sighing sound.  He was in love with Pooh.  It was the look of pure curiosity, joy and wonderment.  Because of this lens of being present and knowing what we were experiencing when we were experiencing I stopped in my tracks to let this happen. I looked at KSP as he sat with E on the couch and we had one of our silent conversations where we both took in the moment and the preciousness of this moment at this time in Q’s life.Like for so many of us, things in life are happening at light speed and we continue to get caught in the routine and hustle and bustle of life, but the feeling of accomplishment and wonderment doesn’t have to go away just because we are busy and don’t have time to take a shower or let alone stop to go “wait is this something new I am experiencing?”.  Part of being able to do this is if you don’t have kids, (which granted, gives you more firsts as you experience things through them) is to get in touch with what YOU like to do!  I realize this can become a foreign concept as we get more busy with work, school, relationships, carpooling, grocery shopping etc.  But I can use myself as example as I remember very well the moment I decided to hit submit when I did my first public blog post.  My hands were shaking and my stomach was in knots but I was excited.  I love writing and I felt like I had something that might be able to help others but I was scared to fail, scared that people wouldn’t care, scared that I might look silly or narcissistic, but then I realized, none of that mattered because hitting submit would make me happy and move me toward something I have always loved to do, write.  ‘Mynewfavoriteday’ launched me into this space. Wanting to help others and merging that with something I loved became my ‘first time’.  I have other friends who have started charitable initiatives, businesses based on their passions, hobbies based on their desire to learn, classes to learn something totally new, posting videos on YouTube demonstrating their skills, or singing in the car because they secretly want to sing in a band (oh wait maybe that’s me:), ok so that’s not new as previous posts and those of you who have seen me driving can attest), but you get the idea.  It can be something small.  Even making researching something you are interested in, making new friendships or donating your time or resources to someone can give you this sense.  The feeling is really a matter of mindset and I hope that today you can be the change you want to see in yourself, in the world and those around you so that it can be ‘yournewfavoriteday’.

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  1. We have many firsts happening in our home in different attributes and family members in the Ormond house. This week Roan had a HUGE first. He asked me for something specific and brought in three commands stringing a sentence together based on a want of his wants. It was simply amazing.

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Home Finance Earn A Passive Income By Following These Suggestions

Earn A Passive Income By Following These Suggestions

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Nowadays, only a few people depend solely on formal income to earn their livelihood. The increase in passive income in the digital world has opened new opportunities for millennials to invest their time and resources in more ways than before. Today, even if you do not have a formal, 9-5 job at an establishment, you have more ways to earn a handsome income.

While digitization is the main cause of passive income expansion, improved thinking and open-mindedness have also revolutionized the job world. As a result, enthusiastic young people are always looking for ways to expand their income base. Scroll on to know how you may also join the bandwagon.

Rent it out

If you have a spacious property with more rooms than you need, keep some for your requirements and rent out the rest. People coming from other cities for work are always looking for affordable places to stay. You can make the most of this trend and earn a good income by renting out some rooms. However, go through the renter’s laws in your state and locality before making the final decision.

Use your car

If you own a car, there are so many ways you can use it to earn passive income. Start an airport shuttle business, or rent your car to run errands for your neighbors. Do one thing. Go through this amazing blog about some effective ways you can earn money with your car to get some innovative ideas. You will have a constant income from your vehicle. If nothing else, you can start a carpooling business that will not take much of your time or extra investment.

Create online courses

In the lockdown, both students and professionals turned to online courses to upskill and increase their employability. Although the lockdown has been lifted, the demand for online courses is still high. This is the best time to develop a course and sell it out. You can start a simple beginner’s course or a more advanced one based on your credibility and preferences. It will help you generate a handsome side income.

Affiliate marketing

We all shop online, be it clothes or groceries, we make the most of digital shopping trends. It is expected that the eCommerce industry will make up about 22% of the global retail industry by the next two years. Why not use this trend to your financial advantage? All you have to do is promote a product you have bought on social media and earn a commission from each sale. You can either approach a company directly to be its affiliate or you can join a commission platform. Both ways you will earn a good passive income.

Develop an app

The only investment you will need is paying the developer to get the app ready. Everything else will be easy-peasy. It is needless to say how much these tech-savvy people love apps. And if you can give them some value in life with your app, they will surely pay for the services you provide on it. Do you have the talent to create your app? Do not limit yourself to building your app. Extend your app-development services to other business owners too. Do you see what we are trying to say here?

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WESLACO — In honor of Child Passenger Safety Week, the Texas Department of Public Safety in conjunction with Driscoll Health Plan hosted an information session and inspection event here for parents in the area to learn how to properly install car seats.

“The focus [of the event] is really for the parent to install the car seat and us as car passenger safety technicians, we just make sure that the car seat is installed correctly. And if it’s not we educate them right there and then and we help them,” said Delia Garza, community outreach representative for Driscoll Health Plan.

The partnership between Driscoll Health Plan and DPS began last year when it hosted its first event in Edinburg.

Driscoll also hosted virtual sessions throughout the week for parents who wanted to learn how to pick the right car seat for their child and properly install them. Car seats are decided based on a child’s weight and height.

“As parents sometimes we think we’re installing the car seat correctly,” Garza said. “Yes, there’s a manual and we try to read over the manual, but when it comes to events like this we actually make sure that they are installed correctly.”

About 20 people attended the Saturday event to get their car seats inspected by DPS and become educated on topics ranging from passenger safety, vehicle safety, flu vaccines, distracted driving, WIC and local lactation centers.

“We have a lot of caregivers, maybe they have children, maybe they live in multi-generational families,” Sylvia Gomez Flynt, registered nurse for DHR Health, said at Saturday’s event. “We’re trying to catch them in this instance and be able to give them information about all kinds of resources that are available to them.”

Flynt said four out of five car seats are installed wrong.

When participants drove onto the site they first had to pass a COVID-19 screening before parking at one of the six tents to have their vehicle’s car seat inspected by DPS.

Each session varied in time depending on the amount of children per vehicle. Some sessions took anywhere from 40 minutes to an hour. Parents were strongly encouraged to bring their children to the event to make it easier for DPS to measure the child for the proper seat.

Rodney Elizondo, traffic safety specialist with TxDOT, along with DPS trooper Lopez, give instructions to Alvaro Mazariegos and his son Diego during the child safety seat event Saturday at the Weslaco driver’s license office. (Delcia Lopez | [email protected])

Amanda Ramirez, a mother from Santa Rosa, coincidentally saw the tents for the event and decided to get her 5-year-old son’s car seat inspected.

“I want to make sure that it is the right car seat for my son for his protection … because if something happens I don’t want it to be my fault and lose my child,” Ramirez said.

She said she has taken classes before on how to install a car seat for her son, but since then has bought a new one and wants to ensure she did it correctly.

The Texas Department of Transportation donated car seats at the event for any parents who may not have one or may be using a car seat that is too old or has a recall.

“Before that child leaves this event we make sure that that seat is properly secured and properly installed,” DPS Sgt. Maria Montalvo said.

As a parent, Montalvo said she prioritizes child safety because she has seen the effects of children who get ejected from vehicles and cannot bear the thought of that happening to her own kids.

“We’ve seen plenty [of fatalities] already and we don’t want to see them (any more),” she said “I can’t even begin to imagine having to bury my child. I think that’s something that I wouldn’t be able to bear, and my advice to parents would be to make sure that your child is properly secured and make every effort to make safety a priority.”

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Southport Market work now underway

Southport Market is a step closer to being transformed into a leading food, drinks and events space, with work now underway. The market is scheduled to reopen in Spring 2021.

The £1.4m scheme, which is a key enabler and an early part of Sefton Council’s Covid-19 recovery plan for Southport, will see 10 new food units and a feature bar installed.  This will be supported by a flexible events space able to host high-quality markets along with other events.

External funding from The Liverpool City Region Combined Authority and Southport Town Deal acceleration fund has been secured making the scheme possible.

Once complete it is hoped the revitalised market will act as an enabler for Southport, and forms early plans of an ambitious regeneration programme for the town following the Town Deal Board bid for £50 million from the Government’s Town Deal.

Medlock have been appointed to undertake the works, on behalf of Sefton Council, which are scheduled to take 12 weeks to complete, and have committed to a number of social value measures such as using local supply chains and sub-contractors. A number of extra measures will be put in place to ensure the site is Covid safe and meets all of the requirements with regards to construction sites.

Cllr Marion Atkinson, Sefton Council’s Labour Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Skills, said: “We know just how much of an important asset Southport Market is to the town, which is why this project is such a cornerstone of the Southport Town Deal.

“But we’ve also managed to secure additional external funding to completely transform the building, which shows real commitment from Sefton Council.

“I’m thrilled that a number of new food and drink traders have already signed up to be a part of the new Southport Market, demonstrating a real confidence in the scheme. This will see a number of new local businesses established, creating substantial new job opportunities in the hospitality industry which, as we know, has been hit so hard over the last 12 months.

“The new flexible events space will also create many opportunities for individuals or local businesses to trade again demonstrating that Sefton is not only business friendly but open for business.”

The project will act as a catalyst for the regeneration of Southport and surrounding area and will provide a vital boost to the local economy and continued regeneration of Southport’s market quarter and King Street.  The market will also include units for fresh produce stalls, creating a true market feel to the building.

Chris Addy, Project Director Medlock FRB Ltd said: “We are excited to be working alongside Warrington architecture and interior design specialist @DV8 to transform the historic Southport Market for Sefton Council.  We will be delivering a full remodelling and fit-out.

“We’ll be refurbishing the existing market to create a new food hall and plenty of extra space, rejuvenating this beautiful social hub. While there’s a range of exciting new features to add, we’ll be retaining some existing features.

“We’re excited to be working on such a huge project for Sefton Council and eager to get the market up and running for a great start to the summer.”

Enabling works already completed mean Blackhurst Butchers, who have been trading in the market for over 20 years, will move to a brand new, self-contained unit at the front of the market, and will continue to trade throughout the works.


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Naughty Nurse

So I mentioned a sexy girlfriend…this is not forgotten but unfortunately for both of us work and life commitments have prevented us from meeting. She has a full on job as a nurse (I am hoping she has a uniform!) and my work/life commitments have been crazy…too much work and not enough play has left me feeling more than a tad frustrated!

Can’t wait to take her to bed soon and share some lovely girly moments! I love the taste of another woman, deliciously musky..feeling her cum hard on my fingers mmmm…..;-)

Can’t wait to wine, dine and lick her pussy! Love to make a woman feel special! 😉

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My Current COVID Strategy

Intimacy is more important than ever during these extraordinary times, and l will be taking practical, common sense steps to minimise risk and help us to stay safe and well.

These measures will be:

~ Wearing a mask and socially distancing in all public places.

~ Visiting London for one week to see friends, followed by two weeks of self isolation at home to minimise risk.

~ Safe Sex and limited visitors (as always!).

~ Entertaining from a Private Apartment (with only me doing the cleaning and housekeeping!) and regularly opening windows to improve ventilation.

~ Incall appointments only.

~ l will not be using public transport at any time – all my journeys will be undertaken by private car.

~ No Foreign Travel. Any holidays will be taken within the UK, to areas which are not under lockdown, and to be followed by a two week self isolating period at home before any further visits to London.

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Lerwick Today

To Lerwick for another long dentist appointment.  Needs must for one poor member of my family but I am a willing taxi driver.

To make up for the dental agonies, this was our lunchtime view.  We were parked on Victoria Pier over looking Bressay slip, the little harbour surrounded by the Lodberries where Jimmy Perez of the TV series “Shetland” lived.

The other way looking northerly is Albert Dock – the blue boat is the Bressay ro-ro (roll on, roll off) ferry which nips across Bressay Sound many times every day carrying cars and passengers.

The green vessel is “The Swan”.  Launched in Shetland in 1900 The Fifie Swan LK 243  was considered as “one of the finest fishing boats afloat in the North of Scotland”.  Fully restored and working as a charter, sail training or weekend sailing boat.  The Swan is magnificent and very special.

Now looking towards the northerly approach to Bressay Sound.

Lunch finished, all evidence destroyed, we went walked up Commercial Street.  I popped into the Tourist Office to see if they needed more leaflets. It was nice to see Fivla in pride of place.  She really stands out.

On the desk are the official Visit Scotland postcards – please do say if you want me to get some and send them to you.  Happy to do it.  No bother at all.

And then the magnificent teatowel.  Again, happy to purchase and post – I cant remember how much they were but I can easily find out.

So I am pleased we are increasing our presence on the Street.  The girls’ fame lives on.  I just hope no one is too disappointed that Fivla is not a glowing white these days and Vitamin is a bit greyer around her face.  Old age catches up with us all.

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    1. Frances Post author

      Tea towels are £6.40 plus postage. Let me know if you want me to buy and post to you. xx

      1. Chris Neef

        Yes, I would like 6 tea towels. My address is:

        Chris Neef
        6024 Redondo Sierra Vista NE
        Rio Rancho, New Mexico. 87144. USA

        Let me know how to send payment. Thanks so much!

    1. Frances Post author

      Postcards are 50p for one or £1.00 for three. Let me know if you want me to purchase on your behalf. Newt and Lambie may have unusual signatures…….

  1. Kerry

    Hi Frances,
    Funnily enough we have just finished rewatching series 4 of Shetland (to make up for not being up there yet). AND I have had that postcard of your ponies pinned up by our phone for years, never thinking for I minute I would meet them or their owner.

    Your PoS displays look great and hope all goes well with all your ventures this summer

  2. Sharyne Picone

    Hello Frances, I also would like to purchase 4 tea towels however I am in Australia. Could you be kind enough to let me know how much inclusive of postage, thankyou. Kind regards Sharyne

    1. Frances Post author

      Teatowels are £6.40 each. Next time I am in Lerwick, if you want, I will buy them, package them up and send them to you. Hope this is ok. Let me know your address. You can pay me back once posted if that is ok. Fx

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Yakyo - Japanese Sushi Set for Two

Regular price $39.95

Give the gift of good luck with the Yakyo sushi set for two.  The good luck brought by dragonflies is renowned throughout the Far East, and these charming versions are flying through the deep blue-gray of a summer evening.  Imagine them drifting on soft summer breezes as they dance over the water, flitting from plant to plant, briefly alighting on our traditional square sushi plates and round soy sauce dishes.

Each bronze dragonfly is etched into the ceramic for added texture.  A layered glaze of blue, green and tan gives dimension to the evening sky shade of the dishes.  You’ll feel favored with luck yourself every time you eat off of this Japanese sushi set.

Material: Porcelain
Dishwasher Safe
Packaging: Gift Box
Made in Japan

Sushi Plate  8-5/8 (L) X 5 (W) inches
Soy Sauce Dish  2-3/8 (D)
Chopsticks  9 (L)