Life- Thanksgiving Weekend

Thurs- Thanksgiving at Linda's. Monopoly first time and best time so far for Levi. Bought it on Friday and have had 1+ loud and stormy games so far.

Packers, Wicked, Monopoly

Fri- Feztival of Trees ok. Never win anything, but that's OK. Grocery and other shopping. Dad's dinner was terrific. Dad and MK stayed a long time

Sat- Snowmageddon with no snow blower. Did well with removal. Naomi helped. Also tree decoration and Monopoly.

Sun- Dad's church, the MRI that wasn't, Levi playdate and more Monopoly madness.

Jazz/Instrumental Journal

Linus And Lucy ++

Cruel But Fair + (remove from playlist- repeats)

A Slight Smile (Hancock) (remove from playlist? Just kind of slow and plodding)

Kinka Mache- OK, kind of annoying that Kinka Mache is repeated over and over. May remove.

The Crossbar (Riley) +

What The World Needs Now (Artemis)- OK

Stable Mates (Hancock) + (may remove)

Listening Journal 11.25.25

 Listening Journal
11.25.25
2:45-3:20pm
Randomly:

Alone Again Or- cover of a '60s song from Calexico

Polly Come Home- Plant & Krauss- haven't listened to this much. OK. Kind of slow and plodding. Delete?

I Want To Hold Your Hand- Love Remix. 

Cantaloupe Island- Hancock. So awesome we got to see him this year.

No Questions Asked- Fleetwood Mac. Never heard this one. Not great. Delete?

Your Eyes Open- Keane. Man, I loved this album in 2005.

Seven Days- Sting classic. 

Jazz/Instrumental Notes

 Jazz notes
11.19.25
Petrichor- eh. Slow and draggy for me. Removing from playlist
323 Shuter- the opposite of Petrichor. Very fast tempo, but just Ok for me. Removing from playlist.
Bali- a favorite. ++
The More I See You- I think I picked this one out. +
Blue Pepper- classic. Feels like a fun swing.  ++
Silent Witness- ah, Skywalk. I always feel like I'm six when this comes on. Kind of repetitive but that's OK. +
Oya- really like a lot of the Fonseca album and love the vocals at the end of the song. Could cut from 3:30 on and use as partial song. ++

11.20.25
3:15-4:00
Maison Goree (Herbie)- love bassline, medium shuffle song. +
Blue Charlie Brown- Benoit- all time favorite of mine.   ++
Do Better- Deitch- upbeat, horn driven +
Cruel But Fair- Miller- somber, brooding. +
Sights Unseen-Artemis- already favorited +
Draw Me Nearer- Alexander- already favorited +
Proto-Cosmos- Williams- alrady favorited. Classic ++
My Groove Your Move- another classic ++
76- Lage- nice and lively

Harold Lopez-Nussa- Nueva Vista

 Picked this one up on Blue Note on sale.

Harold Lopez-Nussa

Nueva TImba

Bonito Y Sabroso- just didn't connect with. OK not great.

Gitanerias- liked better

A Lyle- good, surprised at the little cheesy touches in places

Cerca y Lejos- a little all over the place.

Nina Con Violin- liked

Alma Y Fuego- Really good

El Manisero- interlude

Guajira- OK

Why- good piano-led piece

Bajira Guerrero- OK

A New Day/Final- song to wind it up. Sounds like end credits while you walk out of the theater.

En Route

O'Hare International Airport

Face paler than it's ever been

I disappear through security

To wait for the flight I'd been anticipating for months

It wasn't supposed to be like this

I was to be seen off at the gate

Not sit idly staring at fellow passengers

But eight days earlier changed everything

The airports had just opened

My flight was to go on as scheduled

My first flight ever

Detroit, then Paris

Follow teacher's directions to Lisieux

My first flight

My first apartment

I remember looking at the wall

At the front of the plane

Eight hours, then seven

Until we arrived

My stomach twisting as the minutes dwindled

It was the start of a voyage

All my own

Images from Disney

Tower of Terror messed Levi up a bit for the rest of the rides. Levi didn't want anything with drops after ToT. We went on an Avatar ride that was kind of like "Flying Over America", but the pre-show was 10 minutes long and Levi was freaking out. A cast member named Pippin told him what exactly was going to happen and it calmed him down. I wouldn't say it used adrenaline to get him to ride, but it was a roller coaster before we even got on the ride.

We got soaked during the evening show at Hollywood. Fantasmic, I believe it was called. The water projection probably would have looked cooler higher up, and every time the water came on I braced myself. Naomi got her bubble wand there, which Sarah had replaced as we were leaving.

Naomi was pretty fearless in terms of rides. She didn't ask out of anything, but was excluded when we went on Avatar. This angered her brother and puzzles me now. She could go on Guardians but not an Avatar ride that she had no chance of falling from?