Sky blue and wheat yellow, colors of the Ukrainian flag. Here's a great article from the League of American Orchestras about how musical...

Music and medicine - an unlikely combination - seem to be mixing in my recent life. Lauren Rissman, MD, works at the Division of...

"The recognition, pursuit, and desire to explore novel, complex, uncertain, and ambiguous events" is as good a definition of "curiosity"...

My three kitties (Prince, our 20-lb. "linebacker" pictured here) might not appreciate the above saying, but it perfectly encapsulates...

In the waning days of Women's History Month, Madam Ruth Slenczynska is a worthy topic. If you don't know her, please take a moment to...

I dare you to watch this video "La Maestra" all the way through, and not smile. You have a special treat in store! You will likely...

British pianist, composer, and piano teacher Simeon Walker seems to have his head screwed on right. He says that: "... box-ification of...

My high school piano, a Baldwin Acrosonic, and the "going steady ring I gave her. One person responding to John Holt (American author...

Amit Peled ,* cellist pictured on Sunday just past performed "Koi Nedrei Op. 47"  (aka "All Vows") by German composer Max Bruch. The...

"Everyone has a belief system ("B.S."); the trick is to learn not to take anyone's B.S. too seriously, especially your own." - Robert...

In this second week of the New Year, yet another message from the universe has come to my attention: a call to contemplate "loneliness."...

Matisse painting. Lessons sometimes come in waves; one serendipity leads to another and we no longer can avoid recognizing what is right...

New Year's Resolutions represent the ultimate folly as far as human beings and my personal experience go. I've learned not to bother;...

Above is Rocket, my cat Tipsy's boyfriend, pausing under mentor Joe's gorgeous "Sir B" (seven foot special Beethoven edition Bosendorfer...

Somehow this picture reminds me of "essential truths." My very first class and first day of law school in 1970, was contracts. Women then...

What could be better than music -- and a magician -- and a belly dancer -- to celebrate my Armistice's Day 80tieth birthday party --...

Calligraphy master Alan Blackman taught a Chinese brush technique class I took at the oLd basement de young Museum Art School some...

I don't always get it right. Not the first time, and not 100%. Sometime later I usually do. It's like when I write; I have to circle the...

Intended or unintended periods of major change that are inevitable throughout our very-human lives can result in beneficial -- or...

The Unclear Future? (See fall 2024 see my subsequent blog on the invasion of AI into the creative process, like it or not! Artists –...