The more ancient I bcome the more my birthday becomes an EVENT. Last year it was a wonderful party devisd by Jackie Markin and Lolly and held at Jackie’s and it was a fully successful surprise. For the one just… Read moreMy 96th birthday
It’s been months since my last post, during which time my left hip and knee have become steadily worse, so that I cannot walk without a walker. The pain is considerable, and I am so unused to coping with any… Read moreSummer 2019
Last Tuesday evening I shared an astonishing musical event with long-time friend Pepper Trail – a concert by pianist Hunter Noack on a knoll close to the top of Mt. Ashland. He performed on a Steinway lodged on a wooden trailer… Read moreIn a Landscape: Classical Music in the Wild
In 2011 I saw a mosaic in a faculty show at Southern Oregon University (SOU) by John Sollinger (Solly) called ‘Old Growth’ that made a huge and lasting impression on me and opened up a whole new chapter in… Read moreMosaics – my newest delight, and Karen’s mural ‘Talent: Bee City USA’
California years – 1955-1999. After writing about our trip from Chicago to California I suffered writer’s paralysis facing the 44+ years that ensued, which included so many events I just couldn’t face even starting. So I did a lot of… Read moreEarly days in California
Classical music has been important in my life since I was small, and I have some vivid early memories, like when my Dad took me to hear Toscanini conduct the NBC Orchestra in New York. Conductors in those days were… Read moreA musical valley
Way back last summer my family decided to spend Christmas in Ashland. And so they did. They booked rooms at the Ashland Springs Hotel, which is everyone’s favorite, and all but one family arrived on December 23 for the big… Read moreChristmas 2018
On my 93rd birthday, which fell on election day Nov. 8 2016, we had a dinner party here. All was lovely until after dessert, when we turned on the news and got the election results. A pall not unlike our… Read more95th birthday party
With fall came clear blue skies again and how welcome they are. Living under a pall of smoke is as depressing as Chicago’s gray winters were when I was a young adult. Our arrival in the west committed us to… Read moreMosaics, Music, Finale for Jenny
A week after watching Vaux’s Swits go down the chimney at the winery, Karen Hussey invited me to accompany her to Hedrick Middle School in Medford where thousands of swifts have roosted in a big brick chimney for many years…. Read moreAddendum to Swift post