What's been going on....

I'm still on hiatus, getting used to moving equally through all the peaks, valleys, and plateaus in my life.  I'm studying classical piano with this great pianist who just graduated from VCU and I'm running 2-4 miles almost every single day.  Running not only gets me in good physical shape but it helps me deal head-on with the self-defeatist that resides inside me.  It seems that a lot of low morale is going all around like the flu, and it's like you either deal with adversity by sticking your head in the sand or you "swing with it" (like Bruce Lee would say.)  

Bruce Lee's quote about "swinging with it" had me thinking about what swing actually means in Jazz music.  We have so many folks arguing about swinging is this or that; it's this triplet thing or it's a pendulum or whatever.  Some say that swing can't be taught.  The best way for me to put into words what I think of "swing" is that it's about pacing yourself in your immediate environment. 

That's it for now.  Peace