I know that when I let it be known that I was going to Colombia, more than a few of my friends were worried that I would be in harm’s way. Our tour manager, Alejandra, explained that Colombia was in a war for fifty years, and that if you observed one minute of silence for… Read More Steamy Cartagena
You’re probably wondering why I am now in Bogotá, Colombia, of all places. A number of people asked me why I chose this country of all travel destinations. The explanation goes back several months when I was considering attending the Association of Anglican Musicians (AAM) conference in Dallas in June. The first thing I always… Read More Whirlwind tour of Bogotá
Yesterday afternoon I spent four hours in a walking tour of Bogotá churches and 95% of the time we spoke Spanish. Woo hoo! It helped that Alejandro, my tour guide, has another life as a professor of English at a government-funded technical school and could gently correct my mistakes. But I think that carrying on… Read More Zipaquirá Salt Cathedral
The second walking tour I took was called “Bogotá Religious Tour” which lasted four hours (!) and the only two people on the tour were Alejandro, the guide, and me! It was because of the availability of this tour that made me want to come here to Bogotá. After the graffiti tour in La Candelaria,… Read More Bogotá Religious Tour
Don’t misunderstand… this post is not about graffiti ON church buildings! It’s just that today I took two back-to-back walking tours: the first was a tour of graffiti and street art in the La Candelaria district. The other was a walking tour of churches and the Cathedral in downtown Bogotá. I have to give credit… Read More Graffiti and churches
I was talking with a friend who wasn’t able to go to the Early Music Hawaii concert last weekend, but she said that the next day at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu, *everybody* was talking about the concert and its success. “I went into the Board Room, and they were talking about last night’s concert.… Read More Everybody was talking about …
I know you’ve heard that expression before! If you look it up in a dictionary (on the internet, of course!) it’s a term which expresses surprise or amazement: “Great Scott!” is an interjection of surprise, amazement, or dismay. It is a distinctive but inoffensive exclamation, popular in the second half of the 19th century and… Read More Great Scott!
For the upcoming Early Music Hawaii concert, “The Golden Age of Spanish Culture,” the ensemble has rehearsed online over Zoom, at Our Redeemer Lutheran Church, and last night, in my bedroom! All because rehearsal space at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu has not been available. When we remodeled our condo in 2012, I am glad… Read More A bedroom rehearsal hall
Today is September 11th, and the airwaves are filled with memories of the horrific events of September 11, 2001, when terrorists hijacked airplanes and used them as weapons. Everyone has a story of remembering where you were when you found out about the attacks, the fall of the World Trade Center towers, the attack on… Read More Seventy-eight years ago today …
If you think I’ve « gone silent » lately, you might be right. My last post in this blog was about 11 days ago, and just in that short time, I have been, in one word, overwhelmed— by the number of responsibilities and deadlines I am dealing with. Outside of playing for church every Sunday… Read More Not enough hours in the day!