{"id":207,"date":"2008-05-22T20:35:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-23T03:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/?p=207"},"modified":"2021-03-17T20:13:05","modified_gmt":"2021-03-18T03:13:05","slug":"his-tar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/coffeejitters.net\/blog\/2008\/05\/22\/his-tar\/","title":{"rendered":"His Tar"},"content":{"rendered":"

For weeks my husband sat waiting for the mail. He would check the mail several times a day, pout, and double check again to make sure there wasn’t a little yellow package slip tucked in the corner of the mail box. Today the little yellow package slip arrived and Mr. H ran up to the desk to pick up his new baby.<\/p>\n

What, pray tell was in that package?<\/p>\n

\"025\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I’ve really got to do something about those book shelves. They are embarrassingly dishevelled. Really people, I take better care of my books than that, its just that I reference them frequently and I have yet to hire a library tech to re-shelve<\/span> them for me.<\/p>\n

Oh, what? Yeah, you wanted to know what was in the package. I’m feeling a little ADD today.<\/p>\n

\"037\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The package came with a hard case, replacement strings and it’s own special pick (and plenty of bubble wrap to keep me entertained).<\/p>\n

\"039\"<\/a><\/p>\n

It’s a Persian Tar. Shipped from Iran a month ago. He’s already playing like he’s had it for years (he’s one of those annoying people who can pick up any instrument and make music come out). Mr. H is graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in Near Eastern Language and Civilization in 3 weeks and starting his masters program with the same focus in the fall. Said tar is his graduation gift.<\/p>\n

\"046\"<\/a><\/p>\n

In case you didn’t know, a tar is a persian<\/span> lute. Wikipedia<\/span> link here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

And this is what it sounds like:
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Now I’m off to play with bubble wrap.<\/p>\n

\u00a9 Copyright Judy Haley 2008. All rights reserved.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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