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[pensnest]

Are there any Lord Peter Wimsey fan sites that would have good information on the details of Wimsey's life? I think I need the fannish love and dedication to detail. The Wiki article is definitely not up to scratch.

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Our water heating was making a lot of noise last night, like having a stream trickling through the bedroom. As I was awake at three in the morning, I found it rather disturbing. Beast tracked down an air valve and things seemed to quieten down, but I woke up at early-gym-today time feeling like death, and after sitting with a trainer on one foot but unable to summon the will to do up the laces, I wimped out of my yoga class and went back to sleep. It helped.

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My mixed chorus had a very enjoyable day with a singing coach on Sunday. He went through a bunch of warm up exercises (including lying on the floor to relax) and somehow, without us necessarily believing it, we made the most incredible sound! And as usual with my lovely mixed chorus, the whole day was fun and funny and supportive.

And, on the subject of barbershop choruses, this is my women's chorus' performance from this year's LABBS convention. Enjoy. Feel the warmth!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RzEOFA2R3A&list=PLh34tOVCkOjPJOrN8oDOuYUKnfidOoxiH&index=23

Comments

[jacieleigh]

Your group sounds wonderful! Since you've given no hints as to which one is you, I feel the need to guess... The one in pink??? LOL. My first real guess is the woman with short hair who is 3rd from the left for the early part, with the white necklace.

Ugh! There's little more annoying from annoying noises and misbehaving mechanical things sounding off in the middle of the night when one is attempting to slumber. I'm glad Beast has some knowledge to calm thing down. I always tell myself, there's nothing wrong with taking a day off (from my daily walks). Sometimes your body needs a rest.

[pensnest]

I'm in a big very deep orange dress with a few flowers hand sewn on. Brown shoulder length hair with a fringe. White/orange/black shawl draped over shoulders. Front row to begin with!

I think the gurgling sounds are worse in the middle of the night because your mind is free to make up all kinds of ridiculous scenarios about what it happening! Beast is comfortingly competent.

[jacieleigh]

OMG! The one with the large flowers on the skirt? You may not believe it, but that was my second pick! LOL. For some reason, I pictured you with shorter hair, but I thought the lady on the right end with the shawl was very cool. You look fantastic. I was hoping I'd guess you within the first dozen choices. I should've given my top 3 choices! LOL

Nighttime rumblings are most disturbing because it's often so hard to get back to sleep, and yes, your sleepy mind can run rampant.

[pensnest]

I do usually have shorter hair! I thought my longer wig was appropriate for this set. ;-)

[turps]

I think staying home and sleeping was the best decision.

I have to agree, the group does sound wonderful, and you all look amazing in the colour matching outfits. I liked playing spot Pen, too.

[pensnest]

The effect of the colours in person is *extremely* vibrant—inevitably they are a bit dulled on video. It makes for a very striking tableau! Most of the choruses will be in matching outfits, probably with quite a bit of black, because it is practical, so we were definitely different!

[watervole]

Don't know of one. I like Wimsey - I've just based a character in a game on him. Happy to beta read if it helps, though can't guarantee to catch everything. But at least I've read several of the books recently.

[pensnest]

Thank you - I may take you up on that when I have something to beta.

[watervole]

Lovely singing! What a shame there's a really annoying crackling noise in the background....

[pensnest]

It's such a shame when the recording doesn't quite measure up. Ah well.

[antisoppist]

Have you read The Wimsey Papers? Letters from family members in WW2, written by Sayers and published in the Spectator?
I was going to offer to email you them but Faded Page has them here:
https://www.fadedpage.com/showbook.php?pid=20160306

It's semi-canonical, not fannish but it is more Wimseys.

[pensnest]

That looks fascinating, thank you very much for the link!

[manna]

The Dorothy L Sayers Society has the third edition of the Lord Peter Wimsey Companion available free online if you register with them.

https://lpwc.sayers.org.uk/SignUp

The physical print 2nd edition was 773 pages, so if that doesn't fulfil your Wimsey needs I don't know what will!

[pensnest]

Ooh, also a very useful link. Thank you!

[dine]

moar sleep is always a good thing - hope yours helped

you guys sound fantastic!

[pensnest]

It was a good and necessary thing to get more sleep. After a calm day where my hip didn't hurt, it was just impossible to get comfortable in bed, which leads to great grumpiness as well as tiredness.

Glad you like the singing! We got our best score yet, and some members of the audience joined in with the arm-waving, so we were pleased with ourselves.

[pensnest]

I feel so much better the day after a decent night's sleep. It's annoying that it is not every day!

Glad you liked our singing :-)

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[minoanmiss]

Yay music!

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[pensnest]

There's a lot more where that came from, but I know barbershop is not everyone's cup of tea.

[brandywine28]

Omg, thank you for sharing that! I *am* feeling the warmth right now. And also the peace and the love -- all the grooviest of feelings. Absolutely lovely!

[pensnest]

Excellent! At our dress rehearsal, one of the audience members said she felt waves of love - it's a lot more potent in person.

[turlough]

You all sounded beautiful! And so pretty in those vivid colours. I hardly recognised you with that long hair though!

[pensnest]

I think with the long hair and stage makeup I lost about thirty years.... Glad you liked the performance.

[wenchpixie]

It is AMAZING how much difference warming up makes - you sound excellent :D

[pensnest]

It really does, and this was warming up with attention to both body and mind, which we hadn't really done before.
Thanks!

[rikes]

Ahahaha my sister was here the other day and she said the atmosphere was positively aquatic, so I guess it's time to call someone to check the water heating :D