The Music of Spring
2014-03-20 – We had our piano tuned yesterday. There are 88 keys on a piano, but there are far more strings than keys (over 200, depending on the type […]
Tag Archives: Music
A Time to Be Born, a Time to Die
2014-01-28 – Pete Seeger came into my life through many back doors. His works were memes before the word “meme” was coined. I’m not big on pop culture, so when […]
Wastin’ Away Without a Shaker of Salt
2013-10-15 – Does this happen to you? Probably not. But it happens to me all the time. I say probably not because people act as if it is strange […]
Words Don’t Matter
2013-03-24 – I’m sitting in a waiting room at LAX waiting for my plane back to Chicago. Actually, that’s not true. I’m writing this Friday night and scheduling this to […]
I’m A Pepper
2012-11-04 – Many years ago when I was a freshman in college, I played in a band. I played the five-string banjo and wore an orange floppy-knit beret. We had […]
Existential Sneeze
2012-08-29 – My eyes water a lot at this time of year. I used to have allergies in the late summer and early fall, but when I was in my […]
Next Week’s Laundry
2012-08-12 – I’m not sure when I first became aware of Pete Seeger, but it couldn’t have been any later than the Summer of 1969, because that’s when I bought […]
