Good to see you, Ron! I've missed hearing from you. The "heavier than thou" shadowbox is a 42' x 48" plywood shadow box I built to mount on the wall so that Ruth could frame a collection of photographs of trips we've made together (and some earlier ones, before I knew her.) Ruth and I both love to travel, and she particularly enjoys decorating the house with photographs. The shadowbox shows them off nicely. If the shadowbox had been holier than thou, it wouldn't have weighed so much, and it would have been easier to mount on the wall. It was a real bear, trying to find the studs, hold it up in place, with Ruth's help, and then sink screws through the shadowbox to hit the studs. It took a lot of head scratching to figure out how I was going to do it, but miraculously, it went up perfectly. After a few muttered curses under my breath.
Ruth's spent the whole evening putting the photographs up, and I've been contributing by reducing several of them so that they'd all fit within the box. We make a good team. She gets the ideas, and I scratch my head a lot, trying to figure out how to do them. It is my pleasure to do things for her, because she enjoys them so much, and she has always been extremely supportive of my music.

Sometimes one and one makes eleven.

So, what are those theories, Ron?

(You'd find it fascinating, I think, seeing my trio become a quintet. I'm finding myself scratching my head a lot, working out harmonies, there..)

No wonder my hair is thinning on top.

Jerry