Southeast view from the porch this afternoon.

Today I finished the score and recording of the first act of my opera.

It is a peculiar experience to finish something I have worked on for so long.  And of course I must go right into the second act, but this is something that I will be able to send out to a few people who have expressed interest, so it represents the beginning of putting it in the world.  Or yet another beginning, and there are more to come.