Rules for graces...

Well, now. It appears that this is my first post on this new blog of mine. Why a second blog, you might ask yourself, when I already have a LiveJournal. You see, LiveJournal posts have become (for me) both formulaic (memes, questionnaires, &c) and much rarer of late. To the extent that I'm never sure what to write. Some people (whom I won't name) just don't understand why I would want to post some of the stuff I want to post there - and even if they did, they probably wouldn't like it.

So, a new start - thus, a new blog host was needed. Hence the blogger account.

Firstly, I'd better explain the title. As a harpsichord player, I love music of the 17th and 18th Centuries. Purcell's Eight Suites were published in a volume entitled 'A Choice Collection of Lessons for the Harpsichord or Spinnett' - a great title for a blog (for a baroque not like me), especially considering the alternate musical meaning of the word 'Lesson' (it's the English term for what the French called a 'Suite'). So yeah.

The themes of the posts on this may assume themselves into a number of categories, chiefly:

• Composition, especially major works and performances thereof
• Anything to do with performance, especially Harpsichord recitals.
• My love life - trying to find a boyfriend (or girlfriend) - it's not easy, considering all most people want is a quick-fix, if you get my meaning.
• Religion - I'm a committed Christian (Anglican/Church of Ireland), and my faith permeates into a lot of my life.
• Philosophical rantings - discussions on life, the universe and everything. And toast, of course.
  

So yes, that's what to expect (the list isn't, of course, exhaustive, at five points - I'm a lot more interesting than to limit my whole life to five topics =P). But yeah, that's essentially the why and the wherefore of this blogging venture. A collection of lessons - those learnt by me, that is. Questioning, despairing, rejoicing - no topic too deep (or, indeed, too mundane).

Bis zum nächsten Mal!
~Tom