Wednesday 01/01/2025
Started the day by creating a new sheet in my file of crossword puzzle solving times, and updating the graphs to reflect 2024’s averages. I keep these numbers because I can, and because I expect that if I experience cognitive decline I might get an early indication here. But there’s no clear signal as yet. For example here are the average solving times for Friday puzzles, the most challenging that I normally finish. (Saturday is much harder, full of puns and riddles, and I fail to finish Saturday about 1 in 8 times.)
I don’t know what went wrong in 2015. But there is no clear trend here, no sign of a fading brain. Then I did the laundry, so starting the year with clean undies.
Yesterday I went to YouTube hoping to find one or two tutorials on playing “Annie’s Song” on guitar. My first search produced thirteen hits, and I was scrolling through them, more appeared. I’ve watched several and am pretty discouraged. I could probably learn to play the accompaniment but no way could I play it while also singing it. I would rather be able to focus on singing it technically well (breath control) and with feeling, so I am going to have to karaoke the accompaniment. I had spent a lot of time getting the John Denver audio, stripping the voice, changing the key — but I don’t like the result. It would be hard to sing along with for a couple of reasons. So I will seek other comp tracks.
Wanting to get out, and also wanting to start the car daily until I can get that battery checked out, I drove down to the baylands for a short walk.
Ate supper, as yesterday, with other 6th floor people in our dining room. However I had forgotten to get my sack supper during the 8am-10am time. No problem, I can make a sandwich, so I made one. People brought cookies, several kinds. Gorge.
Codgerville 