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Written by ink and yarn on 2025-01-08 at 01:45

Listening to Peter Paul and Mary tonight (for reasons) and thinking about how my primary reason for learning guitar was so that I could play folk songs with my dad.

I've got thinky-thoughts on the subject of why I haven't picked up the guitar lately, that I haven't yet properly thought through. But there sure are a lot of 'em going around in there.

[#]music #guitar #FolkMusic

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Written by mandy (she/her) on 2025-01-08 at 01:47

@emery And that's okay: enjoy your time with the guitar, memory, and imagination. ♥️

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Written by ink and yarn on 2025-01-08 at 02:05

@madgeface You're not wrong... but also, I want to feel like picking it up again :)

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Written by mandy (she/her) on 2025-01-08 at 02:48

@emery Gotacha - tmI know that feeling well (glances at new spindle)

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Written by ink and yarn on 2025-01-08 at 02:51

@madgeface Oooh, new spindle! how heavy is it, and what did you think of spinning first?

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Written by mandy (she/her) on 2025-01-08 at 12:27

@emery It's 1.1 ounces and the whorl looks a little like an umbrella. I took it for a test run on some blended roving and really love how light but balanced it is. It's Australian Red Gum with a Mahogany shaft and a beauty to look at and work with. Here's the not so great picture that induced me to buy it.

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Written by ink and yarn on 2025-01-08 at 12:51

@madgeface Oooh, pretty!

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Written by Chris Huck :freecad: :ubuntu: on 2025-01-08 at 02:52

@emery Just pick it up and play a Dm, and you’ll be hard-pressed to put it down. :)

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Written by ink and yarn on 2025-01-08 at 02:54

@chrishuck Dm, eh... next you'll be telling me to play an F and a G, won't you. And what's next, the G7? It's a folk song, there's gotta be a G7 in there somewhere.

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Written by Chris Huck :freecad: :ubuntu: on 2025-01-08 at 03:26

@emery You can never go wrong with a minor chord… except that songs in a minor key are often about things that went wrong… 🧐

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Written by ink and yarn on 2025-01-08 at 11:52

@chrishuck So many folk songs are about something that went wrong. Hmmm...

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Written by The Other Brook on 2025-01-08 at 03:49

@emery When you figure out why you haven’t been playing guitar, let me know why I haven’t read a book in a year. Though I know sometimes I just have to prioritize based on what my brain has time and space for.

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Written by ink and yarn on 2025-01-08 at 11:51

@theotherbrook Is it that you know your book-reading callouses have all softened and you won't be able to read for longer then a few paragraphs before having to put the book down again?

More seriously, the last time I couldn't read was when I was super stressed. I was in a situation where I had no control over anything, and somehow couldn't focus on a page of text at all.

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Written by The Other Brook on 2025-01-08 at 16:09

@emery Yeah, the amount of stress in my life is objectively adjectival. I also think my eyes might have wandered to places my current glasses don't care to go. I should do something about that.

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Written by ink and yarn on 2025-01-08 at 17:48

@theotherbrook I am currently sitting in a training session on a subject for which I don't need training (document formatting - seriously??) and doing anti-stress deep breathing exercises.

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