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Faith Groovin': December 2008
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Ill be sharing updates and news on my groovy music adventures - everything from the most recent interesting tv/movie sessions (hey like Battlestar Galactica to Forgetting Sarah Marshall this year in 08) to new artist projects, songs in the making and all that fun creative stuff! Thanks for reading and listening :) I couldnt do what I do without ya! Tuesday, December 16, 2008. Wanted: Your Groovy Tracks to Empower "High-Risk" Teens to "High Hopes". Name and contact info (email addy and website). Resources...
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La vie intérieure: Christmas 2016
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Friday, February 3, 2017. Yes, I have things backwards, don't I? Writing about Christmas 2016 in the first week of February 2017. But hey, the county is backwards right now, right? I sang my butt off at an Episcopal church down the street, and where the music has been top-notch all Fall—Britten's Ceremony of Carols. No It happened, like the election, as one great big surprise. February 03, 2017. February 4, 2017 at 11:00 AM. I think there is something very chic about black candles -theyre my new favorite!
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La vie intérieure: Yoga Man
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Saturday, February 11, 2017. Now that I am racing towards 60 (time does seem to quicken as one gets older), I look back on these photos taken when I was 50-51 with admiration for what I accomplished within 7 months: I got really, really, fit. More fit that I had ever been in my entire life. What was I doing? Sometimes, drugs are the only game in town! I've stayed fit by continuing a yoga practice, and have also taken up rowing, which I do about 5 times a week for 30 minutes at a stretch. February 11, 2017.
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La vie intérieure: Time Travel: Thanksgiving 2016
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Wednesday, January 11, 2017. Time Travel: Thanksgiving 2016. This is the second time I have moved the furniture around for a big dinner, and also the second time I have been tempted to leave everything in its new place. But invariably, I move everything back if only because it feels better—all those "pairs" talking to one another, the symmetry involved, as well as the original seating plan which makes for better conversation. I started preparing on Monday. Never to soon for that, right? January 11, 2017.
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La vie intérieure: Nuestra Señora de Begoña
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Sunday, January 15, 2017. Nuestra Señora de Begoña. Our Lady of Begoña. Sits on my mantlepiece, having been brought out for an alumni reunion for Umbrian Serenades. Which will decamp to Soria,. Spain this coming summer—the later a result of the earthquakes that continue to shake the eastern part of Umbria. While I am not a Catholic (I believe in Musick), I like her Rococo-ish design, which gives every appearance of being a 19th century version of an earlier style. However, she is sterling silver, and...
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La vie intérieure: Morning Light
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Friday, May 13, 2016. Light fascinates me. Composition too, as well as color. But mostly light. Here is morning light on the upper west side of Manhattan from a day ago, with a north facing window. Nothing done to the photo. No enhancement, filter or manipulation. Speaking of composition: I recently edited out two small black tables that resided on either side of the hearth (see here. I have a somewhat larger 19th century oval one which is begging to be gilded. Doable, right? May 13, 2016. Or maybe its t...
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La vie intérieure: Summer in Paris
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Wednesday, February 1, 2017. Of the countless photos I snapped with my iPhone from last summer's trip to Paris, here are two that remain on my laptop. Our second trip to Paris, we again traded apartments—this time in the 14th arrondissement, right down the street from the catacombs. I am already dreaming of escaping there this coming summer. Perhaps I won't come back! Now there's a thought: Circles recalling the end that is the beginning, and wings to give one flight. February 01, 2017. The light was bea...
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La vie intérieure: Met Man
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Friday, March 17, 2017. Anna Moffo, La Traviata, Giuseppi Verdi. Leontyne Price, Antony and Cleopatra, Samuel Barber. Two nights in a row, I went to the Met. The first night I saw (funny that we don't say heard. And then Idomeneo—. Which was Mozart's first opera. The first night I sat in the orchestra and then in the front row balcony on the second night. Guess where the better sound was? Upstairs near the ceiling. No surprise there. Guess which show was more dramatic? March 17, 2017. Having nothing in y...
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La vie intérieure: Dinner with Friends
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Monday, May 9, 2016. Dinner with friends on the upper west side of Manhattan was planned for several weeks even if the preparations were somewhat last minute. One friend helped me set the table in all of ten minutes tops, which included running around the corner and grabbing tulips for a centerpiece; purple, orange and red pulling everything together. Oh my, but the Prosecco flowed! As did a lovely Tabarrini rose. It must be spring. May 09, 2016. May 9, 2016 at 9:05 AM. So lovely to entertain at home!
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La vie intérieure: O Magnum Mysterium — Morten Lauridsen
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Thursday, December 17, 2015. O Magnum Mysterium — Morten Lauridsen. Don't ask me about gods and angels. I have no idea whatsoever about them. Sure, I've had my interesting experiences sitting on a cushion—I won't deny that. But I'd rather not form any kind of dogma about those experiences, and am quite happy to let them exist in the free-fall of I don't know. That seems sane since those who claim to know everything have a knack for getting humanity into trouble. December 17, 2015. I welcome your comments.
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