Hey, it's about time. Five things make a post.

1. Yesterday was the 25th anniversary of my dear mother's passing. I remember my parents' 25th wedding anniversary -- red roses, silver-colored gifts, firecrackers and Roman candles. There are no such general symbols for a death anniversary. I volunteered to light the chalice during yesterday's Sunday ( Read more... )

How I experienced that moment.

The achingly sad cover of Rolling Stone that followed.

Five days later, an opening act at a nightclub near my campus played a cover of "Give Peace a Chance." (I wasn't there.)

Just thinking ( Read more... )

Nice weather today, and apparently the cherry blossoms around the Tidal Basin are going to hit peak bloom by the end of the week. How are the authorities going to keep people away from the flowering trees? Should they do so ( Read more... )

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First off, a Happy Belated Birthday to maugorn and forestcatsThis week was quite the reminder of our universal mortality. Not only did we pass the 19th anniversary of my mother's death and funeral (the 9th and the 13th, respectively), but also David Bowie and Alan Rickman. I wasn't as big a fan of David Bowie as I have been of several other artists, but still, his ( Read more... )

So many things going around in my head, I hardly know where to begin. I guess I'll just do some free-association.

Got through my second Sunday of Lithuanian dance rehearsal -- had a blast; people there are friendly. Monday the 5th we (the Three Left Feet dance group at Storvik practice) had six dancers, so we were able to dance actually, not like ( Read more... )

Happy Birthday to my friend lesliepear!!I must note that she shares a birthday with Pete Townshend, who turns 70 today. My mind boggles at this, at least until I remember that Roger Daltrey is already 71 ( Read more... )

Meant to post these sooner after last week's concert. Wow, I can't believe it's been a week already. Who music keeps going through my brain ( Read more... )

At some of our Monday night dance-with-live-music practices, I've borrowed maugorn's triangle to generate some slightly more delicate percussion than the usual tambourine and drum. But sometimes I've also said, "Gee, I wonder what a larger triangle would sound like ( Read more... )