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Lawrence of Arabia

Recently, I heard on Classical MPR the Main Title music to the movie Lawrence of Arabia. My first thought was “Oh, I love that music!” My second thought was “Oh, I want to watch that movie again!” I’ve seen the … Continue reading →

Thank you, Osmo

Osmo Vanska (courtesy HarrisonParrott) In the summer of 2007 when I began research for the third Perceval novel, Perceval in Love, I developed research questions about Helsinki and Finland. The beginning of the third novel, I decided, would be in … Continue reading →

Mind vs. Body

In March 2020, the coronavirus pandemic arrived in my state, my city, and my life. Not having had prior experience with pandemics, I really had no idea what would happen, like the rest of the world. I knew, however, that … Continue reading →

Music 101: Reblog from Interlude

Janet Horvath, cellist and formerly of the Minnesota Orchestra, has begun a series over at Interlude called “Music 101.” She plans to help people coming to classical music for the first time understand what they need to know and what … Continue reading →

ANIMAL FARM

The first and only other time I’ve read Animal Farm by George Orwell, I was a 15-year-old sophomore in high school reading it as an English assignment. The title of the book struck me as odd, certainly getting my attention. … Continue reading →

Writing Updates

This year has continued to be a particularly challenging one for the United States, and with the pandemic still raging, for the world. I just read this week of two new variants of the SARS-CoV2, and one is even more … Continue reading →

Another Year for Aanora!

This afternoon, I edited Aanora: A Kelvin Timeline Story at FanFiction.net. I’d been meaning to clean it up a bit and add the URL for this blog in my bio at the end. When I did the edits and saved … Continue reading →

Live Music Again

A cab driver told me a couple weeks ago that the increase in traffic congestion meant we were returning to “normal” after enduring lockdowns, masks, social distancing, vaccination hesitators, and an increase in body weight from stress eating. I laughed. … Continue reading →

Why Music Makes You Cry

Thanks to Frances Wilson at the Interlude blog for this essay on how music stirs human emotions. Enjoy!

A Lost Earring

Obsession. Ludwig van Beethoven, obsessed with a lost penny (pfennig), composed a little piano masterpiece. Obsession. Today, I’m obsessed with a lost earring and it’s so occupied my mind that Evan Quinn’s sojourn in Chicago of 2050 has been obliterated … Continue reading →