Romanticism in Music
To supplement one of my university classes, I compiled interviews with professional musicians (performers and conductors) on the topic of Romantic Music. They total nearly… Read More »Romanticism in Music
Writing (blog posts)
Chasing the Moon
You know, I wake up early. All summer I caught the sunrise and it was wonderful. There is something truly sublime about the dawn and… Read More »Chasing the Moon
Time to slow down
The past week has been increasingly turbulent as the start of the academic semester approached. Lots was happening in my work and personal life and… Read More »Time to slow down
Thank you, kind stranger
Back to school, COVID time, nothing is normal but suddenly it’s very busy. This morning was no exception: Day 3 of school for my son… Read More »Thank you, kind stranger
Some gifts we can see
Just over eight months ago, right at the beginning of th ecalendar year, I was called in to the university during the break between semesters… Read More »Some gifts we can see
Apples? Yes I Can!
Yesterday I did one of my favourite things. I went with my daughter to gather apples from the tree outside the Chapel at my university.… Read More »Apples? Yes I Can!
The picture not taken
This morning on my run I often take pictures and post them (here), but sometimes I see something and want to take a picture, but just cannot bring myslef to do it. This morning there was another of those – the picture not taken. It wasn’t because I didn’t have a picture taking device; I had my phone (aka personal camera & computer) in my hand. It was because I just couldn’t bring myself to break the perfect scene and interrupt someone else’s moment by invading with my gaze.
It doesn’t mean I didn’t notice. I did. The pictures not taken have burned their images into my mind and made a memory. I’d like to describe a few of them and maybe you will be able to see a shadow of the moment in your mind too. -they are all scenes of the summer, and that means they are endowed with a little bit of magic.
1. The woman reading in the van, and her dog.
As I run, I go around the water’s edge for a mile in one direction and then I stop and look at my favourite tree – a big cedar, and I imagine it tells me of all the things it has seen, knows, the long view, and then I run back along the water’s edge. Read More »The picture not taken
The beautiful morning
Oh COVID, what times are these – yet how very lucky I am to be here in this place. This is a post on noticing… Read More »The beautiful morning
Shadows
Sometimes at dawn I wake up with thought that actually climb out of my mind: At the end of my yoga yesterday, during a gentle… Read More »Shadows
Tree story
I both recorded and transcribed this post. To listen to it click here (there is wind noise, but you’ll hear me tell the story – up to you if you can put up with the wind:
Well today I’m gonna – I’m going to think out loud and record this, and hope it’s not too breezy. See sometimes I walk and then I think things when I walk, and then I try to hold on to my thoughts and sometimes write them down. But something just happened and it was so nice and I thought I have to say it.Read More »Tree story