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Brandiwyn🎶

, also known as Michelle Tuesday, is a musician, educator and writer hailing from Columbus, Ohio.

La Bene Vita

I am a professional musician

, worship leader

, small business owner

, songwriter

, aspiring author

and freelance nonfiction writer

with a chemical engineering degree

.

But that's just my resume.

My profile of qualifications is only one of the ways in which I am unique. Here I chronicle my personal and professional goals and my efforts to achieve them. Occasionally I fail. Mostly, I take daily baby steps toward all my long-term goals. Much like the stories I pen, the songs I compose, and the businesses I run, I am always a work in progress.

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10 Most Recent Blog Comments:

Lazy Writer est 4/24/2008

Nov 8, 2023 at 11:33am
In response to "Bradykinesia: Effects on Piano Practice"

You play really well. I always wanted to play piano but never had the patience to practice.

Storm Machine

Nov 8, 2023 at 9:45am
In response to "Bradykinesia: Effects on Piano Practice"

I love your shirt. "I can do anything"
I'm glad you're documenting this. You're doing so many good things.

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Storm Machine

Oct 27, 2023 at 2:40pm
In response to "Vocal Fold Atrophy "

I'm glad you're documenting the journey. You are improving, and the patience and determination that are your companions in this path aren't failing you. Keep going.

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Kåre Enga in Montana

Aug 20, 2023 at 2:43am
In response to "Polarismageddon, Days 17-18"

Hmm... lost my comment (computer issues).

This is a bit of a 'wake'.
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1. Casserole delivery? Can someone babysit with tea, coffee, crumpets? An old auntie, parent, student, neighbor, friend... someone from church. Not there to do anything except give emotional support.
2. Can your husband take a day or two off... if necessary?
3. What more can be delegated or hired out like you did with the piano?
4. Is there anyone else who can meet with the landlord?
5. You seem to be good at organizing, delegating, knowing your limits, physical and otherwise. Have you given yourself a pat on the back? You deserve one.

Kåre Enga in Montana

Aug 20, 2023 at 2:16am
In response to "Polarismageddon, Day 14-16"

When you reread this next year and sigh, "what was I thinking", you'll have a good enough reminder not to do it again!

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Kåre Enga in Montana

Aug 20, 2023 at 2:13am
In response to "MTMS Polaris: Closing in 31 days"

I haven't ignored you but I do want to apologize for waiting so long to comment. Memorializing this journey is most suitable for getting back to blogging. It may also help you in the future looking back.

Come September, I hope you can get back to writing poetry and/or songs. And keep blogging...

QPdoll

Aug 17, 2023 at 6:44am
In response to "Polarismageddon, Day 14-16"

Wow. Just wow! Good luck. My hat's off to you. I hope things work out and you'll be able to get some help soon.

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Annette in France

Oct 7, 2022 at 4:27pm
In response to "Outlining Your Novel: Traditional Outlining"

I think the spreadsheet method makes a lot of sense. Since you mentioned it, I opened up a blank Word document (not a spreadsheet) and typed "outline" in the search box. It gave me the perfect outlining format in a Word document.

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I'm not going to use it for my NaNoPrep because I am posting everything to my portfolio, but I might use it during NaNoWriMo to keep my chapters and parts straight.

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Brandiwyn🎶

Oct 4, 2021 at 11:18am
In response to "Outlining Your Novel: Traditional Outlining"

Aw, thanks, Richard ~ Typing Left Handed! You may have noticed that I like using spreadsheets for a lot of things.

Richard ~ Typing Left Handed

Oct 4, 2021 at 11:14am
In response to "Outlining Your Novel: Traditional Outlining"

SPREADSHEETS! You are a GENIUS!

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October 27, 2023 at 2:22pm

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Vocal Fold Atrophy

2021 was a difficult year. It was the year before my Type 1 Diabetes (T1D) and Parkinson's Disease (PD) were properly diagnosed and treated. I lost 75 pounds without trying and spent most of the year binging on Netflix shows. I couldn't even play games. I just stared at the TV. All. Year. Don't get me wrong; I got shit done that needed to be done, but it was the bare minimum.

That's the year I lost my voice.

I lost the other instruments, too: piano, guitar, violin, drums. But I could still play slow songs, and piano was decent since the PD only affected my right side at first. My left hand picked up the burden. But I couldn't sing.

I have a great support network, so I didn't wallow in depression. But now that I'm medicated for both diseases and have regained maybe 90% of the mobility I lost in '21, I'm working hard to get all the instruments back, including my beloved voice, which I didn't realize was such a dear friend. Frankly, I'm pissed at PD for taking it away from me.

Quick side note: the doctors and all the literature blame the PD, and it's well established that PD impacts the voice. But it was the T1D that stole my energy: my cells weren't getting any fuel. That surely contributed to barely using my voice for a year.

Either way, the ENT shoved a camera up my nose and proclaimed: vocal fold atrophy.

So I saw a speech therapist for about six weeks, and I've been working hard to get my voice back. It's so slow going that I decided to document the journey, maybe just to convince myself the progress is worth it. I took some earlier videos, but I need to dig through them to build the history. For now, this was yesterday: Oct. 26, 2023.

For any Preppers concerned that I threw in the towel on my own prep, this is one of the things I'm prioritizing over creating a new novel project I don't currently have time to write. My music, my school, and my family are much more important.

Musically,
Michelle

MTMS, Music Lessons in Columbus, Ohio

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