Every time I play Beethoven, I feel transported. For my orchestra’s opening concert of the season, I had the good fortune to play Beethoven’s 6th symphony, the “Pastoral.” Few pieces, or composers, have the ability to put me right in…
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the Majestic Monarch
This is year two of my pollinator garden. It’s required real effort. First, I had to eradicate invasive species, mainly goutweed and dead nettles. Though lush and verdant, they took over. I covered everything in black plastic for weeks to…
Taking Out the Trash
This morning I watched a hummingbird in my backyard. The lucky spotting happened leaving the garage to return to the house. I had just finished taking out the recycling and garbage for pick up. A particularly invisible task that rarely…
Grief’s Humanity
June is always a bit hard for me. In quick succession my father’s birthday, father’s day, and the deathdays pass. Along the way other memories flit in and out, such as the day my father went to hospice, the last…
Spring Blossoms
Few things delight me as much in spring as the first, nascent flowers appearing. Despite the cold, rainy, gray spring we’ve been having up north, the sun came out on mother’s day weekend. It was just in time to catch…