Tag: Lazy Sunday

Lazy Sunday CDV: Music Lessons

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Now that yours portly is essentially semi-retired (although maintaining our household is a full-time job in its own right), I have more time to work on music for my private music students. It’s really broadened my students’ repertoires with some fun pieces, and it gives us some recital-style work to do outside of the usual method books (although we still work from those, too).

Ergo, I’ve been writing more about lessons and such, so I thought I’d share some recent posts that relate to the teaching of music lessons:

Happy Sunday!

—TPP

The titular “Will” loved his waltz!

Lazy Sunday CDIV: Witch

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I’m fairly convinced that Lindsay Clancy is a witch who sacrificed her children to Satan. Can I prove that? Absolutely not. Does it make sense? Probably more than post-partum psychosis. I believe that post-partum psychosis is real, but the devil had his hand in the infanticide of those children one way or another.

Regardless, I decided to link to my two recent posts on Clancy and her recent trial. More uplifting content to come.

Happy Sunday!

—TPP

Lazy Sunday CDIII: Bird Feeder Follies

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Our bird feeder has been a source of much amusement and joy. It’s also yielded some fun YouTube content!

This Sunday, here’s a look back at some recent posts featuring our fine-feathered friends (and Nugget and a lizard):

Happy Sunday!

—TPP

Lazy Sunday CDII: Chapel Stuff

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It’s been a Chapel-filled week here on the blog, so I’m dashing off this quick Lazy Sunday before dashing off to play bass at church:

Happy Sunday!

—TPP

Lazy Sunday CDI: Koi Dance on Other Blogs

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Koi Dance is out now on all streaming platforms and at https://tjcookmusic.bandcamp.com. It’s 90% off (!) with promo code koipond. That promo code is also good for everything on the site, so my full discography is under $10.

A couple of my blogger buddies very kind wrote little blurbs about Koi Dance, so I thought I’d share them today:

Legendary blogger Roman of Opium Tales has also graciously agreed to review the album, so stay tuned!

Happy Sunday!

—TPP

Lazy Sunday CD: 🐟Koi Dance🐟 Posts

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Koi Dance is out now on all streaming platforms and at https://tjcookmusic.bandcamp.com. It’s 90% off (!) with promo code koipond. That means it’s $1 for twelve tracks of great music (that promo code is also good for everything on the site).

As such, I’m featuring some posts related to Koi Dance (and the title track, “Koi Dance”):

Happy Sunday!

—TPP

Lazy Sunday CCCXCIX: Cruise Haiku

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On the last night of our cruise I jotted down some haiku in a very nice journal Dr. Wife purchased for me. I’ve featured what I would consider to be the most “cruise-related” haiku over the past couple of Mondays, although I have some more that will be featured in something or somewhere approximately “whenever.”

In the meantime, here are the two installments of Cruise Haiku in case you missed them:

Happy Sunday!

—TPP

Lazy Sunday CCCXCV: America 250

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Dr. Wife and I enjoyed a productive and delicious Independence Day yesterday. We both slept in fairly late, then she made us a delicious breakfast for lunch. We continued the Sisyphean task of unpacking, until Dr. Wife started getting stir-crazy, so we took some loads to Goodwill and grabbed a couple of ice cream cones at Chick-Fil-A. Dr. Wife made us an incredible dinner of hot dogs, corn on the cob, baked beans, and watermelon, and after our evening walk, she made strawberry shortcakes, which she presented with sparklers!

We didn’t get to see any fireworks—apparently, the big local fireworks displays happened a few days ago—but we heard plenty of them. The dogs don’t get riled up by them, which is a blessing. I imagine we’ll continue to hear fireworks for another evening or two as folks use up the last of their Fourth of July stash.

As such, here are some recent posts about Independence Day:

God Bless America!

—TPP

Lazy Sunday CCCXCIV: WordPress Posts

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Note: the following post contains affiliate links.  I receive a portion of any purchases made through these links, at no additional cost to you.  —TPP

Over the course of June I’ve written four posts about WordPress.com and its various features. It’s been a pretty intensive overview of a service I’ve used for years, and I’m pretty pleased with the outcome.

Now that the series is complete (for now?), here are the entries I penned over the course of June 2026:

What do you think of WordPress.com? If you were to start blogging (if you weren’t already), would you use it, or opt for one of its competitors? Would you use multiple platforms? If you already use WordPress.com, what made you pick it over competitors? Have you ever considered jumping ship to another platform? Do you cross-post across multiple platforms?

Let me know! I’m curious.

Happy Sunday!

—TPP

Lazy Sunday CCCXCIII: Saxamophone! Recordings

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Want to play sax like me? Check out my updated guide on getting started with a budget sax!

Yours portly has been noodling away on his alto saxophone and putting together some experimental recordings, which I’ll eventually compile and release as Säx II: Noodling. These aren’t great masterworks, but I’ve enjoyed putting them together, especially taking a more DIY and improvisational approach to composing and creating music.

Of course, in case you missed it a few Sundays back, here’s what I’m referencing in the the title for today’s post:

With that silliness out of the way, here’s three posts about recent sax recordings:

  • “New Music Tuesday XIV: ‘Sumatran Snake Charmer’” – I really love this piece; it’s my favorite of the three I’ve done so far. The scuttling of Nugget’s feet and the chirping of birds bleeding into the drum part really lends it that mystical, Far Eastern quality (along with the slithery sax part).
  • “New Music Tuesday XV: ‘Groovable’” – This piece is fun and upbeat—and uses a mixing bowl for the drums!
  • “New Music Tuesday XVI: ‘Old Boy’” – Such a weird piece (and accompanying video); I really love how strange this one is, and it’s based off a “vocal stim” I sometimes chant/mutter/recite around the house, ha!

Happy Sunday—and Happy Listening!

—TPP