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Taking Control: The ADHD PodcastConquer Overwhelm and Build Structure with these 6 Great Apps!It’s a digital episode! This month we’re continuing our conversation on providing structure and defeating overwhelm using process and tech tools. From coming to terms with the time you have available to work, to understanding the scope of work you have to do, and finally using mind mapping and shared lists to keep your work in line, we have recommendations for tools and tech that can help. This week on the show, we’re talking about overwhelm, and the mindset and technology you’ll need to do less, but do it really well, and feel better about it!
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Curt Siffert's Piano MusingsStalactites and Stalagmites (7/19/07 #4)<p>The scaffolding from where treasures are stored and later forgotten.</p><div class="feedflare">
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<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MuseworldPianoMusings?a=EN_9yNoeMN0:cPCMlDtEj3w:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MuseworldPianoMusings?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MuseworldPianoMusings?a=EN_9yNoeMN0:cPCMlDtEj3w:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http...2010-02-1200 minCurt Siffert's Piano MusingsSwamp and Sand (7/19/07 #2)<p>Think of the opposite of erosion. Sand and swamp, to soil, rock, and clay, and finally vegetation and peaceful structure.</p><div class="feedflare">
<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MuseworldPianoMusings?a=JY9qidLmaGU:iwaSvFRT6I4:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MuseworldPianoMusings?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MuseworldPianoMusings?a=JY9qidLmaGU:iwaSvFRT6I4:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MuseworldPianoMusings?d=yIl2AUoC8...2010-02-0600 minCurt Siffert's Piano MusingsEmpty Sanctuary (7/19/07 #1)<p>That church is always humming to itself a bit. It comes from deep inside the walls. But you can only really hear it after the congregants all leave.</p><div class="feedflare">
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Family Confidential: Secrets of Successful Parenting with Annie Fox, M.Ed.FC 005: When Parents Need Parenting - Guest: B. Lynn Goodwin (June 14, 2009)Parents give and children take. That's the natural order of things. But sometimes it all gets flipped on its head when aging parents become unable to care for themselves and adult children become caregivers. In this podcast I talk with B. Lynn Goodwin, author of "You Want Me To Do What? – Journaling for Caregivers" (Tate Publishing 2008). Lynn takes her experience as an English teacher, writer and former caregiver and provides the safe space, the compassion, and the inspiration for caregivers to process their stress and celebrate what is right.
About B. Lynn Goodwin
B. Lynn Goodwin is a teacher, editor, fr...2009-06-1400 minCurt Siffert's Piano MusingsLast Message (5/26/07 #2)<p>It was a young planet, taken too quickly.</p><div class="feedflare">
<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MuseworldPianoMusings?a=1CtQQ-XBvAU:oc4VxJbpkhQ:qj6IDK7rITs"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MuseworldPianoMusings?d=qj6IDK7rITs" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MuseworldPianoMusings?a=1CtQQ-XBvAU:oc4VxJbpkhQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/MuseworldPianoMusings?d=yIl2AUoC8zA" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds...2009-06-1000 minCurt Siffert's Piano MusingsIgnorant Meadow (5/26/07 #1)<p>Something horrible happened the night before. Can the meadow not acknowledge that? Sometimes when morning breaks, there is a rudeness to the peace.</p><div class="feedflare">
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Curt Siffert's Bits and PiecesShe Believes (v3)At about the time his daughter turned five, a buddy of mine started telling her goodnight stories. Except, this guy grew up reading comic books, so his idea of telling goodnight stories was to tell her the story of Darth Vader, and of Superman. There was something about that that I thought was so funny, and kind of touching too. So that eventually turned into this song.
This new version of the song is probably the last one until the cd. This has drums and upright bass and is closer to my overall concept for the song...2009-03-1204 minCurt Siffert's Bits and PiecesDamn My EyesYou're at a bar and you see someone amazing. What do you do about it?
This one has some great playing from Steve Turmell and Chris Gustafson on drums and bass respectively. From a recent live rehearsal in my living room.
If you enjoy this song, feel free to download and share, but please sign up for my mailing list. Thanks!
2009-02-2404 minCurt Siffert's Bits and PiecesVagabond BluesThis is actually the first song I've ever written, and I'm not sure why it's taken me this long to post it. I wrote this for In The Buff, the a cappella group I co-founded when I was in college. I hear about this tune popping up from time to time, apparently others have used it or sung it in other competitions. The guys did a great job recording it for having limited studio time. I've always always been enamored with the idea of redoing it for big band. Pete Wright sings lead on this.
If you...2009-02-1404 minCurt Siffert's Piano MusingsAfter The Rain (4/12/07 #2)<p>The rush of the storm has passed. The only things that got washed away were those things you can do without.</p><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img...2009-01-3100 minCurt Siffert's Piano MusingsTie Down For The Storm (4/12/07 #1)<p>Some kind of storm is coming. You have to tie down everything that is loose. Because you don't know what will happen. Something. Might as well tie yourself down, too. Then just wait.</p><div class="feedflare">
<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/MuseworldPianoMusings?a=dDC2mazI"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/MuseworldPianoMusings?d=41" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/MuseworldPianoMusings?a=FoRFvUgh"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/MuseworldPianoMusings?d=42" border="0"><...2009-01-2500 minCurt Siffert's Bits and PiecesBalancing Above The Air (v2)On 11/11/06 I wanted to see if I could write a song in less than an hour. The first draft took 45 minutes. The piano line was partially inspired from one of my piano improvs, Small Town Sunday. Lyrics were free-written. Lately I've been pulling it out again when playing with my trio, and I'm liking the new sound - this is a recent recording that I think is an improvement on the version I had here before (now located in the Bone Yard.
If you enjoy this song, feel free to download and share, but please sign up...2008-12-0903 minCurt Siffert's Piano MusingsUnbond (3/22/07 #2)<p>Sometimes we get pulled apart slowly. We might not notice it at first.</p><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MuseworldPianoMusings/~4/AkLubpiBb1k"...2008-04-2400 minCurt Siffert's Piano MusingsKingdom (3/22/07 #1)<p>The kingdom was mighty. Great gates, wide courtyards, and deadly intrigue... but falling into disrepair.</p><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MuseworldPianoMusings/~4...2008-03-3100 minCurt Siffert's Piano MusingsJunkyard Robot (3/17/07 #2)<p>Rusted metal and twisted gears, but still kinda cheery - he limps around the junkyard helping other contraptions to better themselves.</p><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="...2008-03-0500 minCurt Siffert's Piano MusingsBroken Frost (3/17/07 #1)<p>A dark bird is flying, testing the cold air just before spring. Some life might emerge from the still-frozen ground, but it might be too early to survive.</p><div class="feedflare">
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...2008-03-0100 minCurt Siffert's Piano MusingsGlass and Steel (3/7/07)<p>There is a stillness after destruction that is peaceful and stunning.</p><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MuseworldPianoMusings/~4/h94gWY1k4...2008-02-2800 minCurt Siffert's Bits and PiecesMy Favorite ClownI don't really know how to describe what this one is about, but I'm interested in hearing how it comes across, so leave comments or contact me. This one was another one-nighter - I seem to have better success with the songs I write in one night. It was a Saturday night, took about eight hours to get from the appearance of the first piano riff to the first recording where I got through without bobbles. This recording is from after digesting the tune for a couple of weeks.
If you enjoy this song, feel free to...2007-12-0805 minCurt Siffert's Piano MusingsMetal Knotted (2/28/07)<p>Start with a loose tangle. Find two ends, and start pulling them in opposite directions. Make them want different things. Force through the tangle, fight against it. Turn it into a knot, make it harder, as hard as metal. Then remember, how could metal ever become a knot? To untangle, remember where it started. With softness.</p><div class="feedflare">
<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/MuseworldPianoMusings?a=at3v03BA"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/MuseworldPianoMusings?d=41" border="0"></img></a> <...2007-11-2400 minCurt Siffert's Piano MusingsDancing About Architecture (2/8/07)<p>It's a strange structure, new. She moves around it tentatively, slowly assembling the pieces in her understanding and movements. It's a careful embrace, but ultimately whole and secure.</p><div class="feedflare">
<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/MuseworldPianoMusings?a=a6tGz57B"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/MuseworldPianoMusings?d=41" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/MuseworldPianoMusings?a=SLi35D4n"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/MuseworldPianoMusings?d=42" border="0"></img>...2007-10-3100 minCurt Siffert's Piano MusingsBaby Naiad (1/5/07 #4)<p>She's there to protect the spring and the lake. She moves smoothly, gracefully, arranges the moss and lilypads just so, makes sure the moonlight glints at the right angle, keeps the water clear. The problem is, she got knocked up. And her daughter, who just hit the terrible twos, is running around trying to "help".</p><div class="feedflare">
<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/MuseworldPianoMusings?a=CNV0ninZ"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/MuseworldPianoMusings?d=41" border="0"></img></a> <a href="...2007-10-1000 minCurt Siffert's Piano MusingsMatchbox Traffic (1/5/07 #3)<p>I'm trying to drive this car, but it doesn't steer, it has no brakes, and the doors don't even open. There are wrecks all around me, cars and trucks turned upside-down, but none of them appear damaged. The traffic rules don't make any sense. And just when I think I'm getting somewhere, this giant toddler reaches down and grabs me.</p><div class="feedflare">
<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/MuseworldPianoMusings?a=nm5N5M40"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/MuseworldPianoMusings?d=41" border="0"></img>...2007-10-0200 minCurt Siffert's Piano MusingsOld Meadow (1/5/07 #2)<p>It had a good run, but it'll probably turn into a swamp soon.</p><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MuseworldPianoMusings/~4/KwNYckUG23U"...2007-09-2900 minCurt Siffert's Piano MusingsChoir Rehearsal (1/5/07 #1)<p>It's Monday night. Sunday's service went well. But it's halfway through rehearsal, the break was too short, shoulders are slumped, people are leaning back in their chairs. The sopranos are giggling about something unholy. Time to focus for one more runthrough.</p><div class="feedflare">
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The Beer:30 Live Show!When Lightning StrikesThis week, mean ol' Uncle Curt Siffert from curtsiffert.com joins Shane and Pete to talk up the week of oddities. A man gets struck by lightning. In the penis. A University of Florida student is tazered on YouTube. The New York Times prints a story on how the Iranian President will not be allowed to visit Ground Zero on his up-coming trip to the UN, which he doesn't want to visit. Congress overwhelmingly passes a resolution renouncing MoveOn.org as "mean". All that and more this week on Beer:30 Live!2007-09-221h 00
The Beer:30 Live Show!When Lightning StrikesThis week, mean ol' Uncle Curt Siffert from curtsiffert.com joins Shane and Pete to talk up the week of oddities. A man gets struck by lightning. In the penis. A University of Florida student is tazered on YouTube. The New York Times prints a story on how the Iranian President will not be allowed to visit Ground Zero on his up-coming trip to the UN, which he doesn't want to visit. Congress overwhelmingly passes a resolution renouncing MoveOn.org as "mean". All that and more this week on Beer:30 Live!2007-09-2200 minCurt Siffert's Bits and PiecesI Have A Cold (v3)I wrote "I Have A Cold" in a couple of hours one night when I started coming down with a cold. I was trying to keep a sense of humor about it before it socked me too bad. Of course, the next few days sucked. Since then I've been adding little touches to it and recording better performances. This will be the final version until I either add other instruments or professionally record it. Previous versions available in the Bone Yard.
If you enjoy this song, feel free to download and share, but please sign up for...2007-07-0802 minCurt Siffert's Piano MusingsHomeless Ghost (12/6/06 #1)<p>He needs no food and is not rooted to a spot. But he also has no place to go, and cannot enjoy the warmth of the sun or the touch of a stranger. The world's beauty is only an apparition to him.</p><div class="feedflare">
<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/MuseworldPianoMusings?a=XIkR9Hmu"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/MuseworldPianoMusings?d=41" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/MuseworldPianoMusings?a=bq7vfO6d"><img...2007-06-1700 minThe Beer:30 Live Show!It's Good to be BlueThis week on Beer:30 Live!, gracing the table is very special guest Kari Chisholm, co-founder of BlueOregon.com, one of the most prominent progressive political blogs in the nation. Kari is a wildly well-informed political strategist specializing in building grassroots support online through his company, MandateMedia. He's a guru of political process and shares his thoughts on the system with us. We're missing two regulars again, so back in the chair goes our guest host Curt Siffert to sit in and review the week with Pete and Mary. All that and more, this week on Beer:30 Live!2007-06-0949 minThe Beer:30 Live Show!It's Good to be BlueThis week on Beer:30 Live!, gracing the table is very special guest Kari Chisholm, co-founder of BlueOregon.com, one of the most prominent progressive political blogs in the nation. Kari is a wildly well-informed political strategist specializing in building grassroots support online through his company, MandateMedia. He's a guru of political process and shares his thoughts on the system with us. We're missing two regulars again, so back in the chair goes our guest host Curt Siffert to sit in and review the week with Pete and Mary. All that and more, this week on Beer:30 Live!2007-06-0900 minCurt Siffert's Piano MusingsTinkerbell's Little Brother (10/31/06 #3)<p>He's clumsy - graceless with his flying, always spilling things. Takes some wrong turns. Sometimes he just makes a real mess of things. It probably frustrates him that he'll never live up to his sister.</p><div class="feedflare">
<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/MuseworldPianoMusings?a=tH17ECEz"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/MuseworldPianoMusings?d=41" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/MuseworldPianoMusings?a=epgqf8Dd"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/MuseworldPianoMusings?d=42"...2007-06-0500 minCurt Siffert's Piano MusingsA Merry-Go-Round In Rain (10/31/06 #2)<p>The kids are stuck inside, waiting out the rain. But the merry-go-round slowly moves as the puddles grow.</p><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds...2007-06-0100 minCurt Siffert's Piano MusingsEidolon (10/31/06 #1)<p>You've forgotten something. It's important. It's about yourself. It's buried in yourself, and you've forgotten. But you'll be reminded. You'll hear hints of it from time to time. You'll hear more when you're ready. You'll remember when you're ready.</p><div class="feedflare">
<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/MuseworldPianoMusings?a=E3ZxJ2CT"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/MuseworldPianoMusings?d=41" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/MuseworldPianoMusings?a=MwmBRGXu"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner...2007-05-2700 minCurt Siffert's Bits and PiecesAll Aboard (v2)In March I had a rehearsal with two friends of mine, and I pulled out this song to try and get a decent performance of it - I think it turned out pretty well. All Aboard is a song I originally wrote while I visited Nashville for a weekend. It's about how sometimes we follow a path just from simple inertia - what it can be like when we don't take the road less traveled. There's still more to add - I want more backup vocals and maybe a tin whistle solo - but it's starting to come together...2007-05-2703 minThe Beer:30 Live Show!Ep 36: The EmperorThis week on Beer:30 Live!, two of the four of us regulars have to bow out, so we grab guest host Curt Siffert (http://www.curtsiffert.com) to sit in and an review the week. Pac-Man gets skin-stripped, Emperor Palpatine teaches the Dems a few tricks from space, and our own little Emperor declares himself a dictator, all this week on Beer:30 Live!2007-05-2600 minCurt Siffert's Piano MusingsThe Interrupting Sister (8/28/06)<p>Tommy and I keep trying to sneak up on the swamp monsters. We have to be really careful because they're sleeping. We have to be quiet. But Chrissy keeps asking us questions! We didn't want to bring her along, she keeps ruining everything!</p><div class="feedflare">
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If you enjoy this song, feel free to download and share, but please sign up for my mailing list. Thanks!
2007-04-1104 minCurt Siffert's Bits and PiecesAs OneI wrote this song for my college a cappella group back in 1995. It was actually for a friend who seemed to really need the message of what the lyrics were about. It's interesting to me because the arrangement of the song feels different to me than the song itself, even though at the time this was the only version of the song that existed. Others must have agreed, because the song has actually been redone by people other than me.
If you enjoy this song, feel free to download and share, but please sign up for my...2007-04-0104 minCurt Siffert's Piano MusingsA New Steeple (8/26/06 #2)<p>It was over two tons. The pastor worried it was too big. It moved slowly through the air, helped by cables and the crane. It was impossible. But then it fit.</p><div class="feedflare">
<a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/MuseworldPianoMusings?a=0ywlvYAC"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/MuseworldPianoMusings?d=41" border="0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/MuseworldPianoMusings?a=P7Fj1VK3"><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~f/MuseworldPianoMusings?d=42" border="0"></img...2007-04-0100 minCurt Siffert's Piano MusingsShe Owns A Boat (8/26/06)<p>She owns it herself. Sometimes she feels a little out of her element, but it's still hers. It rocks her gently. And sometimes it's a little intense. But it's hers.</p><div class="feedflare">
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Of course, it took me a while to finish the song - I had to rush to finish it before he got married again. I ended up finishing it on his wedding day. I later submitted it to a couple of large songwriting contests, where it advanced to the second round both times.
If you enjoy this song, feel free to download and share, but please sign up...2007-03-0103 minCurt Siffert's Piano MusingsDriving Away (7/20/06)<p>It is night. It had rained. You're leaving, and it doesn't matter what comes next.</p><div class="feedflare">
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</div><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/MuseworldPianoMusings/~4/2X2...2006-12-0200 minCurt Siffert's Piano MusingsPhoenix Grace (7/17/06)<p>The second chance, bestowed to those that don't expect it and don't realize they deserve it.</p><div class="feedflare">
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