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#1 2010-03-15 18:27:06
- mayberryjl
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Compliments from the Neighbor
So I live next to this little old lady. She's really fun and we talk over the fence a lot. When I started practicing after I made my first flute she came over and knocked on the door and asked if everything was OK because there was a whole lot of weird noises she heard. I said yes and explained everything and she said "Well....good luck with that I guess."
Today after I had finished my practice I was just blowing with a blank mind and was about 10 minutes into a good meditation and there was a knock on the door. Was my neighbor again. She came by to ask if she was hearing me play or a recording. I said it was me and she said I had definatly improved. A good way to start my Monday.
Just thought I would share.
Growing feathers is easy. It's the flying that takes practice.
~JLM
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#2 2010-03-15 18:30:52
- Jim Thompson
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Re: Compliments from the Neighbor
Growth is a good vibe.
" Who do you trust , me or your own eyes?" - Groucho Marx
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#3 2010-03-15 18:54:43
- MikeL
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Re: Compliments from the Neighbor
That's fun. I knew an elderly woman, the property owner actually, who lived one floor below me in a 3
story apartment building. Although she had lived in the US for decades, and raised at least two children
that I knew of, as in "met", she didn't speak a word of English, or didn't let on if she did. I was always
curious to know what she made of my practice. Must have been very strange for her I'd guess. Probably not the
strangest thing if you've been a "landlord", as we call it here, for any length of time. Maybe good strange 
I hope so.
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#4 2010-03-16 09:31:07
- MikeL
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Re: Compliments from the Neighbor
Risking reviving the "jokes" thread, but I remember posting a "neighbor" related joke a while back.
Not my own creation, shakuhachi substituted for another instrument. I thought it was funny when I read the original.
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#5 2010-03-16 09:37:06
- purehappiness
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Re: Compliments from the Neighbor
Some of the best music comes when we don't try.
I was not conscious whether I was riding on the wind or the wind was riding on me.
Lieh-tzu
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#6 2010-03-16 12:24:53
- mayberryjl
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Re: Compliments from the Neighbor
indeed it does, but I still want to play Tamuke.......
Growing feathers is easy. It's the flying that takes practice.
~JLM
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