My cousin Rob(last name Milk) just got a piano for his wife. They invited me over yesterday to play some. It'd been almost 3 years since I'd played the piano. I sat down to play a piece I had attempted to play in the past, and actually played it quite well. The second time through was better than I'd ever played it.

I pondered my enhanced piano skills after leaving my cousin's house, and came to the conclusion that it might have something to do with the last couple years of martial art training. One of the coolest things I've learned through martial arts is how to get my body to do what I want it to do. I hadn't realized that this would have an impact on my fine motor skills in other endeavors, but it seems like it has.

Maybe I can draw now too...

Congratulations to Jenn for her story in Strange Horizons!!!