When I was in fourth grade or so, I wrote an essay about the model airplanes I built. And it pretty much read like, "first I did an American Airlines DC-10. And then I did a Pan AM 747. And then I did a Delta 727. And then...." And I got it back from the …
Month: May 2025
That happy sound rolls over you…
My flurry of spring gigs is over. In addition to March's Jesus Christ Superstar, I've sung in a concert, played horn in another, and music-directed another (those last two over the last two weekends). They all went really well and, most importantly, they were fun. I'd sorta kinda steered away from performing last year, as …
A Little More Night Music
I love A Little Night Music. It took this musical theater queen longer to get to know it than it should have, but, in my mid '20's, I saw a very good community theater production of it in Philadelphia. And then, not long after, PBS broadcast the new New York City Opera production. https://youtu.be/2mwRammv30Q?si=lBV5vYZFvcix4-kv This …
Three Years
Not quite yet, it'll be the 20th. But I woke up at 3:45 this morning, and trying to fall back asleep, I wrote this. I can't remember the last time I wrote a poem. Three Years I fetch socks from your dresserMy dresser nowStanding where you laySurrounded by strangersWorking quickly and professionallyTo try to save …
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