Another 8 x 10” envelope arrived today, the last in a series of ten. The contents of this envelope are of no surprise. Another college has accepted my daughter Chloe, making ten of ten. The list reads like a who’s who of design schools in the country. She has worked hard and has earned [...]
The following evening email is not written by me but rather a long-time recipient of evening emails, my daughter Chloe. This is the transcript of her senior speech as she approaches graduation from University School. I sat in the crowd that day not knowing what I would hear her present to the school body. [...]
Se – (Cinema Paradiso Love Theme) Se tu fossi nei miei occhi per un giorno vedresti la bellezza che piena d’allegria io trovo dentro gli occhi tuoi e ignoro se è magia o lealtà. […]
Have you heard The Goldberg Variations? They are one of the more fascinating compositions within classical music. Written by Bach in 1741, it is a body of work that has remained tremendously popular within the classical idiom despite its length of 80 or so minutes and is one of very few compositions that was [...]
Dave had a new, almost permanent feature by this time. A toothy smile that he had developed somewhere between now and the time I last saw him when he packed his meager belongings, most of it musical gear, into his humble car and made the three day road trip from Racine, Wisconsin to what would [...]
Narrow daylight entered my room Shining hours were brief Winter is over Summer is near Are we stronger than we believe? […]
Imagine a boy Kneeling by the window Lookin’ out across the driveway at the rain Will it always rain? I remember the bells From on top of the hill And I thought they played their music just for me And day by day The rain turned to snow Now I don’t hear them anymore [...]
I have my browser set so that it opens up to cnn.com. Today I opened it up to see the photo of a seven-year old girl who had been swept away and killed in the Arkansas floods. Earlier this month I listened to a woman tell me of extreme childhood abuse and the scars [...]
Have you ever heard the story of the Fisher King? It begins when the king is just a boy having to spend the night alone in the forest in order to prove his courage so that he may become king. While he is spending the night alone he is visited by a sacred vision. [...]
Today is Steve’s 47th birthday. We lost Steve to this world but there isn’t a day that goes by that I don’t think of him. Happy Birthday Steve. I miss you – this song is for you: He gave to me his tenderness His friendship and his love I see [...]
