BUSKERS

a bit annoyed with myself today
been showing up at the page every morning this week
a couple of times at 4am
to write my 'morning pages'
thirty minutes of stream-of-consciousness prose
the idea being to nurture the creative process
and make it an essential part of the day
rather than something i try and fit in if i have time
so five times out of five i have managed it since munday
but this morning is a complete failure
i switch the alarm off
return to the nice warm sack
and finally show my face at 11:30
sheepishly go and make a big pot of coffee
and sit and sulk at the breakfast table over brunch
while hannah e has her maths lesson with her teacher...
but things look up this arvo
the three of us go to see a musical duo called the 'classic buskers'
an accordian player and a flute player
both multi-instrumentalists
who play well-known classical pieces in a comical style
and manage to get a tuneful sound
out of all manner of weird and wonderful instruments
flutes, recorders, whistles and pipes
hannah really likes it
though she gets a bit sleepy halfway through
and dozes on my lap
they play a bit of vaughn williams
fantasia on greensleeves
a lovely haunting piece
afterwards i chat to one of 'em
a friendly fella called michael
who impresses me and the audience
by having learnt enough korean
to introduce all the pieces