The more ancient I bcome the more my birthday becomes an EVENT. Last year it was a wonderful party devisd by Jackie Markin and Lolly and held at Jackie’s and it was a fully successful surprise. For the one just… Read moreMy 96th birthday
It’s been months since my last post, during which time my left hip and knee have become steadily worse, so that I cannot walk without a walker. The pain is considerable, and I am so unused to coping with any… Read moreSummer 2019
Last Tuesday evening I shared an astonishing musical event with long-time friend Pepper Trail – a concert by pianist Hunter Noack on a knoll close to the top of Mt. Ashland. He performed on a Steinway lodged on a wooden trailer… Read moreIn a Landscape: Classical Music in the Wild
In 2011 I saw a mosaic in a faculty show at Southern Oregon University (SOU) by John Sollinger (Solly) called ‘Old Growth’ that made a huge and lasting impression on me and opened up a whole new chapter in… Read moreMosaics – my newest delight, and Karen’s mural ‘Talent: Bee City USA’
California years – 1955-1999. After writing about our trip from Chicago to California I suffered writer’s paralysis facing the 44+ years that ensued, which included so many events I just couldn’t face even starting. So I did a lot of… Read moreEarly days in California
Classical music has been important in my life since I was small, and I have some vivid early memories, like when my Dad took me to hear Toscanini conduct the NBC Orchestra in New York. Conductors in those days were… Read moreA musical valley
Chicago to California in 1955 The first 10 years of our marriage were spent in Boston, Syracuse and Chicago. (We didn’t know it but we were inching towards the far west. And once we got there we never left.) In… Read morePersonal History-6th post: Chicago to California
