Category Archives: Deep Thoughts
Tacos
Today was one of those days where I had other plans for my lunch hour which involved authors and lunches…and I ended up deciding that the best thing to do would be to play hooky (as it were) and get Taco Stand with my husband. Now I’m sleepy and I have to teach in a [...]
Mondays are my favorite: have I said that before?
It was a busy but good weekend. Mozart Requiem! Pizza, beer, and pie at PW Pizza. My least favorite part of driving to Illinois…just like in Cleveland for “Dead Man’s Curve”, the idea of having part of an Interstate take a right turn is always a bad idea. BUT YOU CAN SEE THE ARCH AND [...]
I dreamed a dream
I saw something on a friend’s facebook page today—it was a wonderfully written post about the Boston attacks…it was very long and both personal and not personal. And ended with this sentence, which I thought was exactly what I’ve been thinking… “When a major street in a major city in this country is closed for [...]
Maybe it is music that will save the world
I have so many thoughts about what happened in Boston…it’s hard to wrap my brain around them and write or even think coherently. So I’m not going to do that. I’ll just say some random thoughts, because that’s what I do best, and that’s how I’m feeling. We all feel more strongly when something like [...]
Time to hustle
I spent all weekend judging students for a local music festival. Yesterday it was 8 hours and today was 4. I’m exhausted, and if I never have to write a comment again I’ll be happy. (I had to judge on a scale from 1 to 5 and give good and constructive comments.) It was neat [...]
On being fulfilled
Life is hard. That’s what they tell you anyway. Life isn’t fair. The older I get (and I know some of you scoff at me saying I’m old, but HEY it’s all relative…) the more I realize that’s true. But you know what. As much as you disrespect my profession…and YES most people do–(At a [...]
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