Musings #1
If a conversation is like a room, and you fill it with you own furniture, how can anyone else get it to visit? Much less move in? Photo credit to- http://www.athensinfoguide.com/photoalbum/monastiraki/images/010_jpg.jpg Read More →
Magik-Peter Murphy
Today looks like a perfectly ordinary day, but for me, it’s pure magic. Tonight I see the man who changed my life, over 17 years ago.Hopefully, this letter I sent to him a few years ago on his website will encapsulate the feelings he’s stirred in me, over time~~ “This is a moment in my life I have waited for…at 17, I received... [Read more...]
Sarasbande on Violin
Sarasbande by Karl Bohm is one of my favorite haunting melodies. I found this, luckily, by a student who is playing on a violin from 1841. I think she does a wonderful job! Take a listen~ Photo credit on thumbnail to: http://www.orato.com/files/imagecache/storyimage/files/olorato/story/2875/Musical_notes_tattoo_arm.jpg Photo credit for main photo... [Read more...]
Introduction
Come with me, as we travel back in time… To a day, long, long ago, in 1982. I was about 9 years old, living with my parents on a lake in the valleys below Mt. Rainer in Washington State. My mother and I were in the sitting room/library, just off the master bedroom. It was late morning on a Sunday. We had had breakfast, and the light was muted... [Read more...]
Santacon 2008-SF, CA
It was my first year, and hoo-hooowee, was that a hoot and a half. I brought my flask and water, plenty of small change for public transit and the bars, and some comfy cowboy boots for walking. As it turns out, I was going to need it-I went from 11:30 am to 9 pm! For those of you who don’t know, and I envy your ability to not be seduced at this... [Read more...]
