Dudamel

OH BOY!!!!

Catching up

We are now in week four of the Spring 2023 semester at Webster University. Course schedules for Fall 2023 are due Monday. The work continues. But I’m looking forward to being on sabbatical in Fall 2023! My sabbatical projects are to develop a new course (teaching and teaching support), to complete a long-postponed research project

Sausage

I found some breakfast sausage in the freezer last week, a full pound of it from perhaps a year ago? So breakfast has included sausage patties these last few days. I also had a craving last week for Sugarfire, so made a trek there before a quick Costco run: The hash brown casserole was the

Maisie

Because the world needs more Maisie, for whom my love and affection grows stronger each day . . . .

Sisters

My sister Beth has in her dining room a photo of my maternal grandmother, Ruth Blocher, and her sister, my great-aunt Esther. Every time I see this photo, I am filled with joy. And gratitude. And wistfulness. So I snapped a photo of the photo print: These saints are now gone on to glory, Ruth

Forensic musicologists

Here’s a great story from last week on All Things Considered. https://www.npr.org/2023/01/27/1151362530/holocaust-music-walter-arlen-exilarte More: https://www.wisemusicclassical.com/news/4483/G-Schirmer-to-Publish-Hundreds-of-Works-Lost-in-the-Holocaust/

Paperweights

Left: a paperweight my sister Beth picked up for me as a resale recently. Right: a paperweight I purchased in Minas Gerais, Brazil, in 2001. Both are now on my mantel on Lawn Place. They are the same size, and look like a perfect set!

Sisters

I visited with my sisters in Lee’s Summit this past Friday. We had lots of laughter with their families.

A rant

I hate this commercial with a fiery disgust. The lip-syncing is amateur. The conducting is patently nonsensical. A few extra shekels in production and direction would have made this commercial one that really sparkles. Instead, a stupid premise is made SO much worse with the farce of its singing and the awfulness of its execution.