I'll make a trip to Goodwill this week; it's time to empty the basket that's occupying study space that would be better left unoccupied.

I went to Manitoulin Island last weekend to sing in a concert (Fauré Requiem and other formal repertoire), and came home exhausted. Yesterday was a dead loss; I went to the gym in the morning and spent the rest of the day sitting around and trying to stay awake. No editing was done, leaving twice as much to do today.

My hands are changing, and not in good ways. On Friday, I started to put on my wedding band, but it stuck fast above the first knuckle. It fit perfectly last week, but now, not at all. The middle finger of that hand has also developed swollen knuckles, and now both fingers are locked up when I wake in the morning.

That's my fretting hand. Not good news.