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I've found a new series to read.  This book is what l would call cosy crime. An enjoyable read with a good narrator. Julia Chapman is the pen name for Julia Stagg. She is an English author who lived in France for many years. The series l have started with is The Dales Detective Series and this book is the first one. I think these books are very popular in England and are set in the Yorkshire Dales. A local boy comes back to his hometown running away from something that happened in London. He rents premises from an old school friend whose many businesses are failing. One of them, a dating agency runs speed dating nights and the men who attend these are being found dead. It's a light read, but, an enjoyable read. Let me know if you have read this series.

I was so wrong about classical music. So much choice, so much wonderful music. Love, love, love classical music now.  

I've done it again.  Twice this year l have forgotten to buy tickets. Am l loosing the plot?

I rarely read actual books.  Audiobooks is what l read these days, and enjoy reading this way. So it's unusual for me to buy a book and read it, but, that's what l did. Which do you prefer, books or audiobooks?

Talking about German composer Richard Wagner  He's not my favourite.  What do you think of his music?

I'm listening to a lot of music lately.  One thing l've noticed is that all the orchestras have right handed violinists.  Watching all this music has had me musing about learning a musical instrument. I love the violin but l would play it left handed. Have any of you seen an orchestra with left handed violinists? The typical orchestra formation is like a horse shoe. Violins are on the left and then we move to the flutes and woodwind instruments with the cellos and double bass on the right. Have you ever seen  this formation reversed? Cellos on the left and violins on the right? Are all children who want to learn the violin right handed? I tried to learn the ukulele. Even though the ukulele was strung for left handed play all the books, sheet music was for a right handed player. I couldn't play it right handed. So, if you play the violin can you let me know if you are right handed.