March 2019 – Page 2

Memories: Mom’s handwriting

As I was cleaning out some things last week, I saw this note in Mom’s handwriting, tucked into a box with what was probably her first computer. That computer is now in the electronics recycling bin. Her writing, though, is etched in my memory, and quite happily.

Legacy

Posted by a friend today: Legacy is not leaving something for people. It’s leaving something in people. I hope that my legacy is this true. And on this 21st anniversary of her death, with only one little cry today, thanks, Mom!

Mom

Mom’s been gone 21 years today.

A week

Well, this has been a week! By that I mean that Monday felt like I was in the frying pan at the office, and the rest of the week has felt like the fire. But this sabbatical time is an incredible privilege. I am truly grateful. And the return to the office, in the midst ofContinue reading “A week”

TBT: Carnegie Hall

More than five years ago now. From my sabbatical five years ago. https://jeffreycarter.wordpress.com/2013/11/27/heres-something/

Limoncello

I have started this year’s Limoncello. That’s the zest of six large, ripe lemons and a bottle of cheap grain alcohol. Give this about two months, and I’ll circle back with an update.

Publications: A philosophy of teaching

From years ago, in the Indiana Choral Directors state newsletter, this initial statement of my own philosophy of teaching: My current written statement is posted on this blog.

#PostcardMonday: Churchill Downs

August 1999. A postcard sent from Owensboro to my grandmother in a care facility in Jefferson City.

Smoke

A couple of weeks ago, the sticky buns in the oven decided to grow larger than expected, and all sorts of brown sugar and butter slopped over onto the floor of the oven. I forgot to clean it. This is what happened when I turned on the oven this morning. So out came the exhaustContinue reading “Smoke”

This week’s menu

Sunday, March 17 (sourdough day) Bacon and eggs Ham, peas, and hominy Caesar salad with chicken Also Sunday, prep quiche and pineapple upside-down cake (Cooking for Two, p. 397) Monday, March 18 Bacon and eggs Ham & cheese quiche, pineapple Mini-meatloaves, hominy, salad, pineapple upside-down cake (Cooking for Two, p.141) Tuesday, March 19 Breakfast at Southwest DinerContinue reading “This week’s menu”