March 2023 – Page 3

Maisie

And I wonder why I can’t keep her clean . . . .

Saturday morning, March 4. I visited Saint Louis Art Museum for a member-only preview of Art in Bloom, an annual floral extravaganza wherein various local floral designers create pieces that complement, or comment, or replicate a piece of art. This week I’m featuring some photos from this event, which returned after two years of COVIDContinue reading “Art in Bloom 6”

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Sydney

My once-upon-a-time student Sydney Jones, who studied with me when she was in high school, has left college early to take a Broadway contract. Sydney is in her last semester at the University of Oklahoma. She has booked A Beautiful Noise, a jukebox musical on Broadway, based on the life of Neil Diamond. Sydney droveContinue reading “Sydney”

Art in bloom

Delta Sky Lounge

Atlanta. South Terminal, Concourse B. Delta Sky Lounge. At 1 p.m. local time, the skies are starting to clear of the gray clouds. I’m seated facing the windows, so I have a clear view of the jets landing on the runways on either side of the complex. Travel used to be glamorous, or at leastContinue reading “Delta Sky Lounge”

Birmingham, Ala.

I spent three nights this week in Birmingham, Alabama, serving as a site visitor representing the National Association of Schools of Music at the University of Alabama – Birmingham. The work is arduous and tiring. I was in bed before 10 p.m. two of the three nights in the Residence Inn. I get to dressContinue reading “Birmingham, Ala.”