Tag Archives: Lockdown

Lockdown Day 21 – 16 April 2020 – Cabin Fever!

Posted on April 18, 2020 by PietMar

  Would lockdown have ended yesterday, so that today I could freely go out? Or would I today be standing at the security gate, impatient to get out like a prisoner in jail? The answer is of academic value only! … Continue reading →

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COVID 19 Lockdown Day 20 – 15 April 2020 – What About End April?

Posted on April 17, 2020 by PietMar

This morning I am listening to Ennio Morricone conduction his own composition from The Mission – Gabriel’s Oboe Tomorrow Lockdown would have ended. I try to keep a routine to my life. I do admin – surprisingly quite a bit … Continue reading →

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Lockdown Day 19 – 14 April 2020 – The Same Kind of Different As Me

Posted on April 16, 2020 by PietMar

My music this morning is Mendelsohn’s Violin Concerto.  I have an affinity for strings. Some morning we need to listen to Mozart’s Bassoon and Cello concerts, respectively, so I can show my interest goes beyond strings. Yesterday evening we watched … Continue reading →

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Lockdown Day 18 – 13 April 2020 – Brene Brown – Vulnerability

Posted on April 15, 2020 by PietMar

I decided too listen to Brene Brown at TED talking about  The Power of Vulnerability again. I suspect most of us currently feel vulnerable to an extend.  Perhaps some more than others, but I think we all share the feeling.  … Continue reading →

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Lockdown Day 17 – 12 April 2020

Posted on April 14, 2020 by PietMar

Roger Whittaker sings A New World “Everybody talks about a new world in the morning. A new world in the morning so they say. I, myself don’t talk about a new world in the morning. A new world in the … Continue reading →

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Lockdown Day 16 – 11 April 2020 – Capitalism

Posted on April 13, 2020 by PietMar

This morning I am listening to If I were a rich man Today is also my wife’s birthday.  I made her breakfast in bed after I did my journal.  It was a long journal, I am not going to share … Continue reading →

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Lockdown Day 14 9 April 2020

Posted on April 11, 2020 by PietMar

Hilary Hahn plays Bruch’s Violin Concert.  Another beautiful composition.  I realize the music in the journals can make a very special playlist! “The further you get away from yourself, the more challenging it is. Not to be in your comfort … Continue reading →

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Lockdown Day 13 8 April 2020

Posted on April 10, 2020 by PietMar

Today’s music has a long history in my life. My wife (then still my wife-to-be) gave me this LP for my birthday. That was a long time ago, when I was still beautiful, young, clever, cute and at university. Dvorak’s … Continue reading →

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Lockdown Dag 15 – 10 April 2020 – Good Friday

Posted on April 10, 2020 by PietMar

Music this morning I just climbed back in bed with my coffee and started listening to the Good Friday service, when the doorbell rang. For years, Jerry has come to my door at least once a week.  It began with … Continue reading →

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Lockdown Day 12 7 April 2020

Posted on April 8, 2020 by PietMar

Bruch’s Violin Concerto is one of my many favourites.  Hilary Hahn came to play it in my TV room. “Surrender to what is. Let go of what was. Have faith in what will be.” – Sonia Ricotte Typical of me, … Continue reading →

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