Glad you thought so, Clive. It sounds as if you’re a pretty lucid dreamer—wow! Well, better to be able to play the piano flawlessly in your dreams than not at all. When I was a kid, I was often convinced I knew how to levitate for the same reason.

Lovely writing Dave. I notice how when you touch on music as a subject… as in the banjo series… so richly do you conjure the notion of it that I can hear the instruments underlying the words.

Thanks, Donna and Cynthia. Yeah, to some extent I think it might actually be good psychology to pick up an instrument with the attitude that you already know how to play it; the trick is to get better.

Oh, you too, eh? Actually I never say I can play blues harp — that stuff’s too hard. I mostly just noodle around with old string-band tunes.

Yes, of course. For one thing, the tongue must be planted firmly in the cheek.

Enjoy!