Here's some music. The first two are way old (I wrote them over 6 years ago), but the others were written recently (they're listed in the order they were written).
Riding the Waterfall.mp3
All's Fair.mp3
Rabbit Fence.mp3
Do Not Go Gentle.mp3
A Song on the Wind.mp3
Many artists have a signature style they embed in their songs. My signature is that I can never make it through a recording without a mistake. Ever. Most are small, some are obvious. I wish I had infinite time to try until I get it perfect. Or, I suppose, if the songs had breaks in them, I could splice good pieces together. Unfortunately, there are rarely true breaks where I can splice. A better alternative, I guess, would just be for me to actually fix my technique problems. Oh well.
Reading The Gulag Archipelago has been an eye opener. What I really appreciate is that the author isn't just laboring through the gruesome details of this horrifying example of 'man's dominating man to his injury,' but he reveals the thinking of both the oppressors and victims in a sensitive and thought-provoking way.
Russian class is great. I just need to do a better job of preparing ahead of time for meetings and service. I'm still pretty chicken about talking at doors.
I just picked up a USB mixer for recording. Hopefully I'll get a bunch of stuff recorded and uploaded to the web before I forget it. Initially, it will be mostly piano music, but hopefully I'll get the hang of mixing cooler stuff.
Oh, and my heart is fine. The problem was apparently some other infection, which seems to have cured itself.