Paul Desmond’s “Take Ten” album is like a gentle sauna of sleep: soothing, soft, sophisticated. His jazz is the kind of music that doesn’t demand your attention when it’s on, but is sorely missed [...]
The silver, smiling moon is waxing its way to fullness and in the dim halo of its light, I can just make out the rest of its grey, round body. After several days of rain, with every creek in the [...]
Standing in line at the grocery store behind a woman who is hauling one large bunch of collard greens the size of a small child over each shoulder. Her five-year-old tugs at her heels, carrying [...]
I spent the afternoon babysitting one of my students, Sophia, who is five-years-old. Her favorite song is “On Top of Spaghetti,” and I know this ahead of time so I make sure to bring my guitar [...]
For once, I receive multiple invitations to New Year’s Eve parties. I choose the one that is just two miles down the mountain and a few hundred yards up river from where I live. Most of my [...]
On the eve of the year’s most spectacular Eve, one can only ponder the possibility for resolutions. First things first: I resolve to put 10% of my monthly income into my IRA or my Savings Account [...]
It is hard, after eight days on the road and very little physical activity, to love my body right now. I drive thirty minutes into town just to work out. After over two thousand miles on the [...]
At the last minute, we decide to drive southeast to Richmond, Virginia rather than staying safely inland on I-81. “We’ll surprise them!” my parents and I chorused, as we all [...]
I left the house before sunrise today in order to drive three hours north to Hennicker, New Hampshire to see my dear friend Tara and her newborn baby Aiyana. Creeping barefoot through the silent [...]
Milo and Remy, two Springer Spaniels, arrived at my Uncle’s house on Christmas Day, along with their owners Mark, Jeanette, and daughter Sara. Milo is older by eight months and was adopted [...]
