2023 STRINGS AND STORIES

Welcome to my first year of online story-telling.

Swinging Monkeys

Swinging Monkeys

I went to three different public libraries this week to do some research for my book project. I wanted to find out what sorts...

Hoops and Swords

Hoops and Swords

A few days before the first performance of Handel’s Messiah, an announcement was published in Faulkner’s ‘Dublin Journal’ that...

Handel for All

Handel for All

As we head into this Christmas season, I love seeing all the decorations and the festive lights, but most of all I love the...

Cybelius Trio

Cybelius Trio

Finally! My website (version 1.0) is up and is home to my blog that I started on my dad’s 100th birthday exactly four weeks...

Learning Italian

Learning Italian

There’s a story that I want to share with you today that actually has nothing to do with me as a musician or the book I want...

Cereal Box Beginnings

Cereal Box Beginnings

I began my own musical journey when I was four years old. Well, sort of. I was given a cereal box with a ruler stuck on the...

Roadblocks

Roadblocks

I wrote a short story about 10 years ago that I really want to publish. It’s a fun, whimsical story told in poetic form about...

Halloween Baby

Halloween Baby

Today is a very special day for me. For as long as I can remember, October 31 was not just a day to dress up and go...

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Returning to Seattle

I'm heading up to Seattle tomorrow. My daughter, Martina, is starting a master's program at Seattle University and I'm...

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Never Too Late

“I used to play the violin” is a refrain I hear often. It is usually spoken to me as I greet concert-goers after a...

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