Twilight

Walking home from the corner store, I snapped this photo of my home in the twilight, in the final twilight of 2022.

2022 in photos

My life in photos, from 2022. How my world has changed!

NYC vids

A compilation of videos from my recent trip to New York City.

Random NYC photos

Here are some random photos from my pre-Christmas long weekend in NYC. I had some time seeing shows (A Man of No Importance, A Strange Loop, Little Shop). I met up with people I love, including former students and Yufei. I went to the Grolier Club and their current exhibit. I took in the new

A-MAIS-ing

She really is an amazing and wonderful companion. Except when she’s not. But we must put up with her stubbornness, since it goes along with all the good, no? Full-on splooting whilst playing with a new toy she got for Christmas: Maisie has also finally discovered the big poof I got for her. She only

Lecrae

I enjoyed this article on Morning Edition today. It’s most truly worth a 7-minute listen! NPR’s A Martinez speaks with Christian rapper Lecrae about his new mixtape, Church Clothes 4, and how he connects with millennials. https://www.npr.org/2022/12/27/1145579316/lecrae-raps-about-jesus-and-christianity-on-his-new-mixtape-church-clothes-4 https://www.npr.org/player/embed/1145579316/1145579317

Quoted

Well then! I was quoted in the New York Times on Saturday. And in the Arts section at that! From the conclusion of the article: Not everyone is rushing back. Erich Meager, a visual artist in Palm Springs, had booked 10 shows over six nights last December. Then the Rockettes closed, then “Jagged Little Pill,”

Christmas humor

Peace on earth indeed!!

This Christmastide

From 1992, here’s a recording of Donald Fraser’s “This Christmastide.” The Jacomo ChoraleJeffrey Carter, conductor I led this group for the better part of ten seasons. They put up with me, and we grew and grew, and life with them was one of the best choral-director lab experiences I could ever have wished for. Jacomo

Once in royal David’s city . . .

A blessed and peaceful Christmas Eve to friends and family around the world . . . .