In the summer of 1991, I went to Cambridge, England for a UCLA Summer Program. We lived for three weeks in Trinity Hall College (founded in the 14th Century to train canon lawyers), and were able to take one of four different courses, taught by dons of the various colleges. I took a course entitled …
Category: Music
Make no Mistake-it’s Never Too Late
Looking back on my life, I’ve made many choices that I regret now. But there is one choice that I made in 1984 that I would do all over again in a heartbeat; re-starting playing the violin. When I was a kid in the Seattle Public Schools in the 1950s, it was understood that when …
Cute, Talented, and….she plays the Accordion!
Last weekend was the Leavenworth International Accordion Celebration, in "Washington's Bavarian Village". This 7-year-old stole the show from her Dad on Thursday, danced to his band playing Beatles on Friday, and wowed the judges on Saturday. Enjoy Miss Maria (Masha) Telechev https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ro-ryEP1U5w
What Happened to the Black People in Jazz?
Last evening, my husband and I went to a concert given by the Seattle Repertory Jazz Orchestra, and as usual we were treated to a wonderful evening of exciting jazz big-band music. The group has been around for 20 years, playing the music of all the great names in jazz. Here is a picture of …
Photo Challenge: Express Yourself
This is how I prefer to express myself. This picture was taken in Carnegie Hall, in 2006, when I traveled with the Everett (WA) Symphony. A once-in-a-lifetime experience!
Coarsening the Culture
It started with an essay in the (supposedly) high-minded publication for Wall Street Journal subscribers, WSJ Magazine. This comes out every other month in the print edition, and is a slick magazine designed to appeal to high-income readers. It is filled with ads for expensive clothing, watches, and jewelry, and features stories about people and …
Giving-It’s That Time of Year
So, why do people give? What makes giving to others a good thing? Some would say that giving is to help other people, perhaps those defined as "needy"; i.e. the purpose of giving is to improve the situation (emotional or material) of others. As you might imagine, the motivations for giving have been extensively …
Thanksgiving
I subscribe to the RushBabe49 Properly Grateful Theory of Life. Often throughout the year, I stop and think about how fortunate I am to live in this Greatest Nation on God's Green Earth. By the accident of birth, I had upper-middle-class parents, in one of the most beautiful parts of this country (Pacific Northwest). I …
At My Wedding! Uncanned Laughter!
http://en.support.wordpress.com/comments/pingbacks/ I'm an older lady whose second wedding was a cozy affair, with a small group of family and friends in attendance. Since we covered all the expenses ourselves, we were as frugal as possible. But the two areas where we did not scrimp were food (hubby said one of his most important wishes was …
Photo Challenge: Containers
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