Small Moments of Great Reward

We have weekend company arriving later today. This will be a shorter post than usual because I have been putting my time and energy into cle...

You know you have lived a long time in a percussionist's world when, looking at an online auction to see its format, a set of five brass...

I spent three days this past week in Detroit, attending the national conference of the League of American Orchestras. When you are married t...

My brother Mark recently posted a long commentary on Facebook that caught my attention. After ranting about the anger and rage in the world,...

Last year, I blogged about my good enough garden . Another year has come and gone, and this year's garden will also be a good enough gar...

Last week I wrote about finishing the attendance mediation and speculated on its length and depth. I spent a part of the work week this week...

Yesterday, I completed the last three attendance mediations of the 2016-2017 school year. We are done. It has been a long season. I do n...