2023 STRINGS AND STORIES
Welcome to my first year of online story-telling.
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
A few days before the first performance of Handel’s Messiah, an announcement was published in Faulkner’s ‘Dublin Journal’ that...
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
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
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
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
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
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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My battered but faithful body, my new employee badge, my daughter's lunch pail, my boot-cut blue jeans - I might as...
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...
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...







