From the category archives:
I’ve been up to my eyes with grading final projects (I’ll give the lowdown on that in a separate post).
A few months ago Susan McClary told me that she had been digging around in her family history on ancestor.com. I grumbled that I had jumped into it for a while 20 years ago but [...]
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Wow! It’s like driving a new car. Santa came early here in bourlandland and brought me a new blog look with HTML 5 under the hood. It is so much more powerful than previous site themes, so expect to see some new widgets running down the side as I get more time. I will be [...]
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Thanksgiving is a wonderful way to budget taking time to appreciate and thank and be thankful for all the amazing people and things in our lives. Things are great, but I’m thankful for my health, my husband, my family, my friends, my students and colleagues, and those who like my music or blogging. As Kelly [...]
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Our internet service has been mostly down lately. I came home from work yesterday, hopped on the computer. No internet. I tried to rip off our neighbor’s wifi connection but it kept dropping out. I realized how tied to the internet connection I am/we are.
Things pop into my mind: oh, I need to order [...]
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I think about retiring from academia quite a lot these days. One thing I would miss is the affiliation with an organization that ensures I have a performances of my music. Once you retire, you don’t have the same connection. I look at many American composers late works and no one seems to care too [...]
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I found several times this week that making a call can save weeks of email volleys. Long emails, and especially ones that are a bit confusing or unclear can be cleared up in a minute with a quick phone call. I must say that I love email for quick memos, notes and efficient communication, but [...]
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One of the hilarious things about the recent Pixar movie UP is the leitmotiv of someone saying “squirrel!” which, as all dog owners know, drives a dog crazy. For those of you that didn’t see UP, here is a clip that features the squirrel moments. You’ll notice the dog collars that they wear. Those collars [...]
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Jennifer Snow and I went to the grand opening of Steinway & Sons new west coast store in West Hollywood (call it Beverly Hills adjacent) last night. It is in an amazing neighborhood and is a wonderful store. There is a loft upstairs that functions as a little concert space. We visited with the store [...]
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Daniel was our primary driver for most of our vacation. One night after a fabulous dinner in Avignon, I agreed to drive home. It was a new route, a bit longer, but had highways with less rotaries to go through. The night was pitch black. It was a bit stressful as we kept seeing signs [...]
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