So much fun! (And she never moves her top lip.)
Monthly Archives: January 2016
From MMEA
I’ve been at the Lake of the Ozarks for the last three nights, attending the annual meeting we call MMEA, or Music Music Educators Association. Much of my time has been spent at the Webster booth in the exhibit area:
Morning
Morning at the lake.
Another nomination
The Saint Louis Theatre Critics Circle nominations are posted.
I’m up for The Threepenny Opera as Outstanding Musical Director. Both Heathers and The Threepenny Opera from New Line Theatre are up for a slew of nominations. Happy days are here again indeed!
http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/st-louis-theater-circle-awards-announces-2015-nominees
Baked
Because sometimes one just needs a really fine homemade baked potato!
This was my Monday evening dinner.
Morning at the lake
Good news
Arriving in my inbox yesterday:
On behalf of the Office of the Provost, I am pleased to let you know that you have been awarded a Faculty Research Grant for Academic Year 2016-2017. Congratulations on your award, which is recognition of your scholarly work at Webster University.
The amount of your award is $3,500, which is the full amount you requested.
So I have a project to start and finish, and it relates to Storypeople!
Royalties
What arrived the other day? My first-ever royalty check specifically for solo songs. I’m delighted!!
My setting of “Storypeople Songs” will be performed at Northwestern University in early March as part of a degree recital. The event happens to coincide with a visit of my own to Chicago, so I’ll attend the recital that day!
Mush
As a kid, I would sometimes convince my mother to purchase a tube of cornmeal mush from the grocer. She introduced me to mush, and I’ve always liked it.
Of course, mush for breakfast is like polenta for dinner, which is something else I like.
Last weekend I decided to make some mush at home. I opened The Joy of Cooking, found the recipe, and went to work.
My only complaint — this needs more salt. 
I’ve been enjoying mush for breakfast for the last week, usually with honey on top, but one time with maple syrup.
Coffee
Tom Daley talks about the benefits of coffee:
