Hello out there……I hope that you don’t feel too taken for granted.  I know that you’ve been checking to see what I’ve written and even some of you have written me, personally, to see if I’m OK.  I’ve just been so busy that my blogging has taken a back seat.  I haven’t even kept up posting the events that I’ve been singing for.  Forgive me…….

The Gospel CD has arrived and is available on line.  itunes, Amazon, and the rest will be up and running soon.  The Children’s CD, “Positively Dr. Mary” is nearly finished and back from Disc Makers.  It’s very exciting and I can hardly keep up with all of the new songs that I’ve written and am learning………….

I’ve had to take a softer approach to my practicing, recently.  I have tendinitis in my left wrist from practicing “Un Dia en Noviembre”.  It is one of the most beautiful songs that I’ve ever learned in the classical venue.  It truly is innovative and moving.  I set a goal of playing it 100 times, once I learned it fairly smoothly, before I would really play it for anyone but family.  Well, I’ve played it about 70 times and it’s beginning to sound effortless, like I had meant it to sound.  The glitch is in the second half of the piece where there is a bar at the 7th fret while reaching to the 12 fret with the little finger(which note must ring throughout the measure)………….I have probably played this little passage 150 times, trying to master the sound that I hear in my head…….I know….You say….YOU are a doctor!  You know better!  Well, sometimes in the heat of a passionate moment, it’s difficult to stop yourself!!!! So, I’ve had to make it extra work to find my guitars……so that I’m not tempted to reach out and just play that passage…..JUST ONE MORE TIME!!  Hopefully, in a few days I’ll be healthy enough to play it again and in the meantime I’ll continue playing it in my head.   I hope that I can play it and do justice to the piece as it was written.

Well, I will get some rest, now.  Know that I’m thinking of you and that I hope that you’re enjoying my music.  The entire purpose, of course, is to share it with you.  I struggle, wondering why God gave me this passion…….where did he mean for me to run with it?……..Sometimes I feel very fulfilled just playing and writing in the privacy of my walls and the loving support of my children(my best and most cherished fans)……..But, ultimately I know that I was meant to share it with you…..Good Night……M

PS-I’ll try to write every day for a while……..Thank you for reading……XOX