(This is my now page. A now page is a place to summarize what you’re thinking about, doing, whatever. If social media posts are points on the curve, then the now page is the area under the curve.) Since I don’t use social media, this is all I’ve got.

Updated April 17, 2025 from my home in London, Ontario, Canada. It’s at the very beginning of spring. Winter and spring are still wrestling for control with occasional snow still.

Music

I’m preparing for the Chamber Music Conference in upstate NY in July. This wil be my third year playing at the conference. I’m committed to a pre-formed group playing the second Schumann Piano Trio in F major. I’m down for another work but I don’t know what that will be yet.

Social media and the news

The U.S. is slipping slowly into a dictatorship. It was bad enough with Trump 1.0; this is worse. The guardrails are down and he is going whatever he wants. The owners of the main social media platforms are amoral sycophants and I refuse to give them and of my attention or data. After quitting Facebook, I have no interest whatsoever in returning. I don’t miss it. Same (largely for the news) which I have blocked at the level of my Pi-hole server.

Sustainability

We started hot pepper seeds indoors on January 20, 2025. Some are enormous and it is still several weeks before they can go into the ground outside. But our process, if not the exact timing, looks really good. Last year I did not manage the heat and humidity well and we had a lot of damping-off. It was not a good season in that respect.

Travel

Nothing really. Avoiding the U.S. to the extent possible.