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.....savour many unintended and intended meanings ........ However in the case of this one, it is, I think pretty direct, with not too many deep laterals or obliques there is no sin in pruning coz the focus is in the growth to come ..... I am simply giving Stick some encouragement and support thru ...

was that a haiku? No, there are many rules to classical haiku and 17 syllables in three lines criterion is just too simplistic to characterise true haiku. In fact, haikus are strictly speaking pretty impossible in English. I mean, just looking at the 17 syllable thing for a moment - English is not ...

typos are a category of deep error
hiding under the skirt of fumbling fingers ......

fearfaoin wrote:Put all the whistles but one in a drawer.
Lock it. Give the key to a friend/family
.......

Ah! but which key dear Liza?
For I have many, dear Liza
which key?

Stick wrote:Sticks are never stuck - they only appear motionless ......

"appear" indeed!
for they are stirring the pot
and the spirals "still" them ..........

and therefore, *simple system 8 keyed D flute (with lower C# and C) is still a D flute. That is, the natural (one digit off for each successive note) fingering from low C would give you C Lydian rather than C Ionian. D major is the key for this flute because it is the only major scale scale you can ...

.......................... So bottom line - the two names - C flute and D flute - are quite accurate for these two flute types, in that these reflect well the keys that these are easiest to play in. On the C flute, 7 fingers down, closing the two open holes on the foot is the fundamental "easy...

there is no sin in pruning
coz the focus
is in the growth to come .....

Hmm...... Stick hasn't come back.
Maybe Stick is stuck.

D for dabbled ?

Bamboo is a grass......... Yes, of course its a grass. Just as a tomato is technically a fruit although functionally a vegetable for most, bamboo is technically grass but functinally a timber for most. The question could be hot socio-political issue http://www.downtoearth.org.in/content/bamboo-tree...

I had hitchhiked to get there. I was escaping the big smoke. The big smoke used to be pretty "heavy" around Christmas time in Australia. Red neck celebrations, soppy family reunions striated with secret strife, sport, sport and more sport and hot sandy beaches perfumed by strange primate u...

Then there is the passionfruit that we planted six months ago which is now loaded with over 60 fruits (yes, I like to count :) ). I gave the first ripe passionfruit to the first virgin with Mary, Miriam or Marian (or Indian: Mariam) or variants in her name somewhere. Some of you will know that the ...

thank you very much for your helpfulness...by the way I apologize for any mistake I've made, but I'm Italian so don't be too harsh please XD Hi there and welcome. Yes, I have two good Italian friends, one plays large bansuri at solo concert performance level and the other plays guitar and sings. Ge...

........ An entirely cylindrical flute won't play octaves in tune without .......... or placement of the stopper very close to the embouchure hole (and doing this requires that all the hole positions, sizes, and bore diameter be changed to compensate, so this isn't a very viable method. ..............