One of the untold secrets of parenthood is this; solitude is gone.  If you’re not dealing with your child; feeding her, caring for her, rocking her to sleep; you’re definitely thinking of her pretty [...]

My First Tape Recorder I think in a way I'm lucky to have grown up in an era where a certain number of things have really changed in technology; nothing like my grandmother who [...]

On Sunday I was walking along the familiar strip of beach at the secret place.  It was a beautiful, verdant day with so much promise of Spring.  I was doing the usual - scoping [...]

I was moving some books around on my shelves tonight and dropped one. I remembered that scene in “Next Stop Wonderland” where the book shop owner advises the woman to read something out of [...]

I was cleaning out these old music magazines from the studio and I came 
across this ancient interview with Coleman Hawkins, widely considered 
one of 
the greatest jazz players ever.  The interview is reprinted [...]