Sorry I don’t have much in the way of pics but I should have. I’ve been doing a lot of odds and ends performing: symphonies, special receptions, weddings as usual, and will today and tomorrow perform 10 hours of solo violin for a special Valentines event in Livermore. Sounds like a lot of time, 5 hrs each day, and it kind of is! But I’m fortunate to be a very hardy performer. I exercise regularily and start the morning with several yoga exercises as well. I really think they are the secret but all of the exercise one does adds up.

So I thought of a picture! Here’s my little Jackie, probably 8 or so years old now as we found her roaming in the middle of a street many years ago and never claimed later. But she’s a super wonderful dog and sporting a sweater donated by a violinist friend who’s little dog named Daisy didn’t care to wear. Lucky Jackie! If I put a sweater on her though I’d better put one on her sister Bonnie or there’s trouble in our house.

Jackie, one of my two Jack Russells

Jackie, one of my two Jack Russells