Hello from California:

I am another older person who is learning the violin.  I played in middle school for a couple of years.  Now I am 67 years old and have taken it up again.  My Violin has traveled with me for all these years, hiding in under my bed, in storage, and other places around my various homes.  Once or so, every ten or fifteen years I would take it out and play with it.  About eleven months ago, I decided to get more serious. I took the violin to a luithier and had him set it up. I took lessons for about seven months and now have been playing on my own.  I will likely take more lessons in the future but right now, I am playing sheet music downloaded from the web. I have taken great advantage of Fiddleman's downloads.  I plan to retire my old German Fiddle, so I have brought a Fiddlerman Concert Violin that is scheduled to arrive today.  I find playing (learning) very relaxing.  The challenge is something that I really enjoy also.  I have no goals of playing in a group or becoming accomplished.  I just am enjoying myself.