SEVEN PERSONAL WISHES IN 2025 FOR YOU AND FOR ME

THINKING ABOUT HONORING OTHERS AND NEW BEGINNINGS AFTER YEAR'S END 2024

UNEXPECTED GIFTS -- THE BEST KIND!

"NOT INDIFFERENCE, BUT DETACHMENT" (OLIVER SACKS)

GIVING PEOPLE CHOICES

A NOTABLE EVENT IN MUSIC: SEATTLE SYMPHONY HAS A NEW FEMALE MUSIC DIRECTOR, XIAN ZHANG

TWO MORE REASONS WHY WOMEN - AND MEN - SHOULD SPEAK AND ACT UP CONSISTENT WITH HUMANIST AND PRO-FEMINIST VALUES IN MUSIC, MEDICINE, AND LIFE

LONELINESS AND MUSIC

IN 2024 THE MUSIC WORLD (and AI) HAS NOT "COME A LONG WAY...BABY"...AS THE 1969 VIRGINIA SLIMS' CIGARETTE COMMERCIAL SAID (image created by AI*)

THINKING ABOUT DUALITY THINKING

MUSIC - "FROM MY VERY FIRST CONTACT ... AND UNWAVERINGLY EVER SINCE..."

FURTHER THOUGHTS ON "WAR WORDS" AND ON "NO" AS A "COMPLETE ANSWER"?

BETA BLOCKERS: ONE OPTION TO HELP WHEN YOUR BODY BETRAYS YOU IN PIANO LESSONS OR PERFORMANCE

THE WONDER OF BUTOH DANCE, ORIGINAL MUSIC -- AND HAPPY GAY PRIDE MONTH!

COULD YOU HOST A GROUPMUSE PERFORMER IN YOUR HOME OR APARTMENT AND SUPPORT LOCAL MUSICIANS?

LUCID DREAMING.2 - TO IMPROVE PIANO TECHNIQUE OR WRITE POETRY

LUCID DREAMING.1 - OF MUSIC, POETRY, AND IMAGE? AN INTRODUCTION (See the May 22 followup blog on improving skill in playing an instrument)

"DONE WHEN THEY ARE BORN" - JACQUELINE DU PRE: THE GENIUS OF MUSICAL UNITY

BEYOND PONTIFICATING: ACTIONS AVAILABLE TO SUPPORT MUSIC AND PEACE

ROCKSTARS, MEDICINE, AND MUSIC: LAUREN RISSMAN, MD