Emily Gray of Montreal

YouTube video by GrayWinds Walking In The Air (Flute, Clarinet, and Piano)

My latest music arrangement. For flute, clarinet, and piano. Sheet music available in the video description.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=0RQF...

I'm working on some music arrangements.

NY area trans actors, this is your shot!

I'm reading "The Cheese Cure" by Michael Finnerty. I know him from when he used to host the morning radio show in Montreal. It's a book about how he switched careers and became a cheesemonger in London. I'm really enjoying it.

I'm so sick of seeing Gen-AI enthusiastically promoted everywhere I turn. I'm so, so sick of it.

Oh, this is why.
www.stm.info/en/press/pre...

Update: It appears the page has now been taken down.

I'm reading a novel where an incompetent and dangerous leader is impeached. He's then removed from his position.

If only impeachment worked that way in the real world. I'm thinking in particular of a certain person who was impeached twice, but stayed in power, and is now in power again.

Watch out. There's a Facebook page called "The Bow Speaks," which purports to honour the violinist Itzhak Perlman. But, looking at that page, there are a lot of fake AI images and also at least a few fake stories about him.
I don't trust that page.

En français svp:
www.stm.info/fr/presse/co...

Oh, okay, this is why the STM has had shorter buses on its routes that usually use the articulated (longer) buses.
www.stm.info/en/press/pre...

Bum (gum)

In Jamaica.

Why is the 470 STM route running smaller busses today instead of their usual articulated busses? There's a lot of overcrowding.

If you see a Facebook ad today with a supposedly free download from learnacrylic.com . It's a scam. The PDF "guide" you'll get is AI-generated (obvious, has nonsense text and tutorials.)
It's not free. There's a "processing fee" that makes you pay for receiving the pdf.
Do not be scammed by this..

(I took this picture with my phone today.)

The Ring, a public art piece by Claude Cormier, on a cloudy evening. It's a giant ring between buildings. More buildings, as well as Mount Royal, can be seen through the ring. Some of the scene is reflected in rain puddles on the ground.

I love The Ring in Montreal.

FYI for BC residents, if you want a COVID booster/flu shot, I was able to search in my emails for a previous "Book your next vaccine appointment" from a previous year and click on the link and it just let me schedule my covid vaccine.

My latest music arrangements. "Brother Down" by the Sam Roberts Band.
Version for one voice and piano/chords: www.sheetmusicdirect.com/en-US/se/ID_...
Version for two voices and piano/chords: www.sheetmusicdirect.com/en-US/se/ID_...

Happy birthday!

La campagne de vaccination automnale est lancée Le vaccin contre la grippe est offert gratuitement à tous, mais pas celui contre la COVID-19, pour l’instant.

Autumn vaccine campaign is launched in Quebec. I think you can now make appointments on Clic-Sante for vaccinations. Mention of the flu vaccine (free) and Covid vaccine (free for certain groups.)
www.ledevoir.com/actualites/s...

SEWÂTSIWIN: THEY ARE SACRED

I saw this film today. It's about neurodiversity through an Indigenous lens, and how Cree culture sees good things about autism. I really liked this film.

www.cinemadumusee.com/en/film/sew%...

YouTube video by GrayWinds Three Pieces For Saxophone Quartet

My latest music composition - three short, easy pieces for saxophone quartet (soprano, alto, tenor, baritone.) Sheet music available in the video description on YouTube.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsZX...

YouTube video by GrayWinds Halloween Etudes, 1: October Night

I made a playlist of my 12 Halloween Etudes for solo clarinet. Each video features a complete sound file of the piece, an excerpt from the sheet music, and a description of the music. Links to the complete sheet music in the description for each video.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=z462...

Jane Goodall, renowned chimpanzee researcher and animal advocate, dies at 91 "Dr. Goodall's discoveries as an ethologist revolutionized science, and she was a tireless advocate for the protection and restoration of our natural world," the Jane Goodall Institute said in a Wedne...

RIP Jane Goodall. I enjoyed reading her books about her studies of chimpanzees.
www.nbcnews.com/news/obituar...

En français svp:

www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/scp/fr/perso...

Canada Post's page about the new requirements for sending packages from Canada to the US.

www.canadapost-postescanada.ca/cpc/en/perso...

Looking for an apartment in the Montreal area. Needs to be non-smoking and allow musicians and cats. And not too expensive.
I can't live in my current situation for much longer.

Reminder to fill out this CRA survey and say YES to automatic tax filing cra-arc-survey-sondage.ca/f/s.aspx?s=d...

I took Tylenol as needed throughout my pregnancy. I am a doctor. I order Tylenol for pregnant women regularly. Tylenol is safe in pregnancy. RFK Jr is ignoring a huge recent well-done study because he doesn't like the answer it gives. There is no causality between Tylenol and autism.