slow, stately ballroom dance for two in triple time, popular especially in the 18th century (Lexico on-line dictionary).
In my time, I have played many a minuet, and listened to a good few more. They often form part of Suites such as JS Bach's Suite in B Minor for Flute and Keyboard / Orchestra, and they often are paired with Trios.
So when a friend asked me to respond to her message if I get a minuet today, I wondered how to go about it.
Despite having a long stretch of time off work, I have not had enough of it for playing, dancing, singing along, running, writing, or any of the other activities one might do, given enough minuets in the day. Before my long stretch of time, I stacked up a list of things to do in July, when I thought I would get minuets in abundance. Surely, this freedom from the daily work routines would mean I could ...
- redecorate my home, well, at least some of it
- write a novel
- sew back buttons onto my duvet cover
- find a publisher for a collection of poems
- get fit
- play minuets on my flute?
I enjoyed many slow and stately activities during July. Some of the activities, such as camping, were for two; some turned out to be trios with my sons - climbing Cader Idris, hanging out, baking pies, watching sunsets .... All these were done with a hop and a skip in triple time. However, the novel didn't get written, and my duvet still leaks corners from its cover, as it has done for five years or so.
Back into work time, I want, nevertheless, to find even more minuets. I got one today, to write this, and another to reply to my friend, but how to find time for singing along to life to my own tune and in a stately time signature now that my time off has ended? This is what I'm trying to work out.
