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New Year's Ukulele Goals

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 So, holy crap, it's been a hot minute (or two or three) since I blogged here, eh? The truth of the matter is that I got completely bogged down in real life stuff, as in, trying to pay my bills while taking care of our 19 laying hens and 5 guinea fowl, 2 bunnies, and figuring out a routine that works while my son does fully remote 7th grade this year in the middle of a global pandemic. Not too much on my plate, right? Anyway. I've kept up with my ukulele, and even managed to add a few new beauties to my collection, and now that it's January, I'm thinking about what I want to do with my ukulele this year.  Watching all of these amazing players on YouTube and Facebook (sorry, I don't have TikTok yet, but I suspect that I will at some point soon), I know that I want to work on my ukulele technique. Over the Christmas break, I even participated in an online Christmas ukulele workshop where I learned some new-to-me jazz chords and worked on some new-to-me strumming techn