Monday March 29, 2010 – Home

Monday March 29, 2010 – Home

If it had be one of those glorious New York days, Jaxie and I would probably have taken the train into the city early, hung out a bit, and then come back in time to make the 4:45 flight back to Seattle. But, it was a yucky, rainy day. Jetlagged as we were, we were both up pretty early. She called, and we decided to sit in my room. After sitting, we looked out the window, and agreed that the trip to the city would just not be a lot of fun. So the plan became to stay here until check-out time, shuttle over to the terminal, get to our gate and plant ourselves for reading and work, probably grabbing some lunch. Not a terribly stimulating way to spend a day, but extra excitement was not particularly appealing today.

Over breakfast we began talking about how to go about setting up the Seattle Circle Music School. That may or may not be the name, but it gives me something to focus on. Our sense was that the core brainstorming team would be herself, me and Tony. Called Tony to confirm that he is in.

The sense is that there are a couple of things to be done right away. One is to begin to hammer out the mission/vision. Not necessarily the full/final thing, but something that very clearly lays out the intention and the essential principles. In this way, as we look for/at people who are going to be key, we will have some clarity in terms of what we are presenting them with, and give them a chance to determine for themselves the resonance. The other is to begin to look at the roles that need to be filled right away, and to imagine who they might be. We will of course be putting this out there for anyone in the Tuning the Air family who might see themselves in this project, but we don’t want to put the onus of this project on that team. So will very certainly be looking for people from a wider circle, and very soon. We jotted down a few bullet points and began for hone things just a bit – spitballing at this point, but learning how to recognize what is essential, as contrasted to ideas – good, clever and bright.

Back up to the rooms. I took another shower – after a week in Sassoferatto, actual water pressure is a joy. I let the TV run for a while, and then sat down to write this and address a few other bits of reading and writing. Jax quit her room about 11am and came over and we continued the brainstorming until a little before noon, when we checked out and caught the noon shuttle over to our terminal at JFK.

2:36pm

Sitting at the gate. Boarding passes in hand. Display indicates this flight will be departing for Seattle in about 2 hours. Cautiously optimistic. Had a meal. Did my SSG homework. Ready to veg.

10:54pm

Home. Exhausted. Luggage-free.