Last night was our last evening concert for the Three Choirs Festival—an all-Mozart concert including the Requiem and the Sinfonia Concertante in E flat for violin and viola, K 364—a most unusual concerto. However, don’t get me wrong—there’s still one more nighttime concert left in the Festival but by that time we will be on… Read More Magnificent Mozart!
Today we found ourselves standing in a queue for a fresh plate of paella at Borough Market. It was completely spontaneous yet memorialized by this sign: There was also a lady wearing a shirt marked “Queue Control” but it was so crowded I didn’t have a chance to take her photo. We found ourselves at… Read More Queuing up for paella
It’s Saturday night as I write this, and we have spent nearly our first full day in London, UK. I actually left Honolulu on Wednesday night after an extremely busy day, including having an eye injection in the morning, a session with my amigas in Spanish, and a dentist’s appointment in the late afternoon. With… Read More We are in London!
As Jesus walked along, he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, “Neither this man nor his parents sinned; he was born blind so that God’s works might be revealed in him. We must work the works… Read More Mud in, mud out
I recently finished rewatching, for the second time, all seven seasons of “The West Wing” television series, when government was sane. The term, “What’s next?” is President Jed Bartlet’s signature phrase in The West Wing, used to signify moving forward, tackling the next challenge, and relentless dedication to the job. It is frequently used when finishing… Read More What’s next?
You probably have heard this quote which has been attributed to Christa McAuliffe, the teacher who perished in the 1986 Challenger Space Shuttle accident. She may not have originated the expression, but she did bring a T-shirt with this imprinted on it, and she certainly popularized it, according to a Wikipedia article I read. So,… Read More I touch the future, I teach
Honestly, I don’t know whether “The Week That Was” refers to last week, while I was on my birthday trip to California — or this week, where between October 29 and November 6, I will have played seven church services, and a Friday night choir rehearsal YOWSERS! I arrived home on Saturday night completely exhausted.… Read More The Week That Was
A jewel in the crown. That’s how the organ of All Saints Cheltenham is described in our program, as one of the “jewels in the crown of instruments,” but I believe you could say that about the entire church, which is lavishly decorated in Victorian French Gothic style, and is known as a place where… Read More A jewel in the crown
Today we had not elected to purchase tickets for any concerts during the day so we had free time until 5:30 pm Evensong. As we were riding the bus on the way to Gloucester the other day, a sign caught my eye and I suggested to Bill that we tour Coventry Cathedral, the site of… Read More Excursion to Coventry
Cattywompus. Death warmed over. Those were two of the old-fashioned but endearing terms my husband Carl used to use which describes my state of jet lag right now. I had a 7:00 am flight out of Honolulu to San Francisco, and then to London. I told my taxi driver to pick me up at 5:00… Read More Cattywompus. Death warmed over.