It’s early and I’m waiting for my Muse to show up, usually she’s nearby sitting upon a tree branch, under my bed or knocking on my window. If I’m quiet, she usually comes in and fills in the spaces between thoughts, but not recently. I miss her; she’s the delightful…
The 3rd act of life is interesting; it’s brought me full circle in many ways. With the craziness of my younger life, I really thought I’d be done by now, but my Higher Power obviously has other plans. Most of the next generation of my family didn’t make it past their 50’s,…
I love Wednesdays because I get to see “The Laughing Student.” He’s been taking lessons for about 4 months and working on the same material over and over. He works hard all day, then goes home, grabs a bite to eat and his guitar and poof, he’s in my studio regular…
When someone leaves and doesn’t say good-bye When someone gives up and doesn’t really try We’re left with a bundle of threads, untied and tangled When someone we love dies. If they would have understood, surrendered and really lived Then they could have lived the lives we live But addiction…
I worked all my life, starting at 17, always someplace to go, someone to be. About a year ago, I decided to get off the treadmill and try life at a different pace. I have to admit while working full-time, I was never good at playing, “The Game”, you know the…
I’m always in wonder at my students, their bravery, commitment, and honesty. They range from 6 years old to 85, guitar, ukulele and piano, mostly guitar as it’s my main instrument. The kid’s are sometimes more of an entertainment lesson, their attention span wanes, so we go from one instrument to…
She wrote each of us kids a letter, each started with the words, “I Love You The Best…” As she lay dying in the next room, out of sadness, I read them all. I knew it was wrong, but I was in desperate search of the woman she once was. When…
It’s hard to take a reflective look at one’s life, thinking of the things that needed and didn’t need said, things not done and needing doing. I get so busy, that I forget to just be. I started the decade in Columbus, Ohio, where a 10-year stint at a radio…
I just got back from spending Christmas with my brother and his family in Arizona, where we made the drive to Flagstaff to enjoy the snow. We wanted to go skiing, but got there too late, as all the rental equipment in the small town was gone, so instead we…
I’m not a computer person, although due to my profession, I’m a Facebooker, Twitterer, and Reverbnation kind of kid. So, when a student and her mother offered to build me a website, I leapt at the offer. I knew that I needed a professional website, but creating one for me,…