Category: Everything Else

  • The song

    I think we captured the song this time. Thanks for listening.

  • More literature and a collegial discussion

    Read a story by Joyce Carol Oates about a nun and a more or less crazily serious college student named Allen Weinstein, In the Region of Ice, and enjoyed it thoroughly although the ending was not happy. In fact I thought the beginning was some of the funniest stuff I had ever read. Had a…

  • Literature

    Edna O’Brien’s A Journey was the first story I read for the Women’s Experiences in Women Authors English class I am auditing. A very vivid story about a couple having an affair. I want to read more by Edna O’Brien; she is Irish. And I wrote my first song, Single Again, a somewhat humorous song…

  • day after my birthday

    Well, we did have the cake in Class Voice and sang Over the Rainbow and Shenandoah; Pete picked me up and took me to the Guardians. We were probably just 30 feet behind home plate and noticed that the ump put his hand on the catcher’s back when hunkering down for the pitch. No one…

  • My birthday

    Hi everyone! Melissa Sue Anderson of Little House on the Prairie fame has exactly the same birthday. I got a carrot cake at the Food Pantry, and maybe we’ll serve it up for Class Voice. Went into a practice room, played a few Grieg lyric pieces and Beethoven Sonata #20, Bach #14, Rustles of Spring…

  • My jingle

    For Songwriting class, I wrote this jingle/song about Amazon: You are amazing AmazonYou can get anything you wantBoxed up on your porch in daysAmazon you do amaze Morning noon or late at nightYou’ll find a shirt that looks just rightAnd place your order on your phoneIt’s easier than dog eats bone. When it’s almost time…

  • I Made this Blog Today with Tommy’s Help

    I Made this Blog Today with Tommy’s Help

    This was an interesting experience. I am learning a lot.