yfritz's Journal, 19 Aug 23

There is so much to your post left unsaid and I would love for you to elaborate. Stopped listening to music. Tragic. I hope you can recover your joy. You deserve it. This world needs that side of you. 

I made this video as part of the BikePed team at a state agency. Maybe you can find some motivation in it. https://youtu.be/4O_IHRPbX_g 

yfritz, I'm so sorry for your troubles. May you find Peace and Love and Joy in your life. 

Buddy Max thank you for the kind message. Not much joy in my life at this moment, so like a submarine I dive deep and stay quiet for awhile. Eventually I’ll surface! I do miss bicycling, your bicycle posts are very uplifting and I enjoyed reading them 🚴‍♂️ 

PS buddy I watched your YouTube video! It was very nice, now I remember the joy of bicycling. I enjoy the Civil War battleground trails. Never been to Colorado, how wonderful it must be to ride along those mountains. Yes I certainly found huge motivation🤣 thank you buddy🚴‍♂️ 

Gabriel, what about pasta??🥲🍝 

Shir hello! I’m okay, I got a new job to tune up my nursing skills, and when I get this experience under my belt, I’ll regain my freedom to travel and be happy. How about you? You had a health scare this year. Are you doing ok now? 

Oh, sweetheart! I know you must be feeling low to give up your music 😒 I hope you can regain your joy. You always do so much to uplift us here, as I'm sure you do in real life ❤️ 

Glad to hear from you again! Your bread looks lovely! I used to make a lot of baked goods..not much anymore..I miss it... 

Yfritz FWIW I also don't listen to music enough, despite taking my practicing seriously... I generally only listen to something when I can give it my full attention, whether that's emotionally or analytically. So, perfectionism breeding procrastination, I guess. Get on that bike! 

Sherrye I’ll do better. I’m planning to go to the Outer Banks this month. I got a lemon yellow bikini. How about you? Any new swimsuits this year?👙 

Diana let’s bake. I baked savory pasties, sausage rolls, steak & ale pie too, all British🇬🇧 

John you totally get me🤣❤️ Full attention is absolutely required for music! When I say “listening,” what I mean is that I listen to every single note, and between notes, I study the full score if it’s classical, and I even forget to eat or sleep🤣 Yeah I did turn on Spotify this year but it wasn’t true listening. It just played. Last time when I went through this stupor, it was the Lindsay Quartet that re-ignited my love for Beethoven’s SQs. The Lindsays got such bad reviews but I didn’t care. Have you read Thomas Mann’s Magic Mountain? It was phonograph records that put an end to his spiritual lethargy. I’m looking forward to my next reawakening, I know it will happen, it always does. And thank you for telling me to “get on that bike.” It was very much needed, I respond very well to authoritative leadership🤣 

I am so glad i saw your post. I got intrigued and started reading your journal. I was so mesmerized by the beautiful, poetic, authentic writing i read for the past 2 hours. You should publish your work. Your writing is so fabulous. I am now following you just so i can continue to read your journal posts. I felt like i was reading a really wonderful book. I read 37 pages but now i must go to bed. Thank you for the gift you gave me. You are right tho. You MUST stop smoking. I think you are a very special human 

Coming over for bread & music shortly 😅 

Bike riding is relaxing 🚴🚴🚴🏼‍♂️ 

My friend I didn’t realize things were that dark for you. I am always here if you need support! 🤗 

I’m glad you’re making bread though! Looks wonderful 😋 

I really hope the work related pain gets better friend ❤️ I would love to see some pics of bike adventures once you're feeling up to it. I love that you're making bread! I got into it during the pandemic. it's relaxing and makes the whole house smell good.  

sending you 💙💙💙