In 2009, I traveled about half as much as I had in previous years. Part of that was due to the fact that a number of adult ed programs where I’d taught had disappeared. Part of it was my desire …

In 1990, I made my first trip to Boston to teach at a now-defunct learning center. I had spent several days with my friend Chris in Connecticut and then took the bus to Boston, arriving early in the evening.

 When …

Where I come from, there were repeated  cautions advising us not to entertain dreams in order to avoid disappointment. Nobody pointed out that avoiding the pursuit of dreams led to the ultimate disappointment.

Happily, I came across some other points …

One of my favorite things about the holiday season is hearing from people who have been busily making the world a better place. This past week, has been filled with all sorts of reconnections with people I don’t hear …

Marnie loves the symphony, but with a business in its infancy season tickets are a bit out of reach. That didn’t stop her from enjoying the full spectrum of concerts last year, however. She became an usher at Symphony …

Like many people, I have a lengthy pre-holiday To Do List plus all the normal things that fill my days. Today I was planning to pick up some packages that have been languishing at my post office, but when I …

Even before Paul McCartney’s Chaos and Creation in the Backyard was released, critics were glowing using words like adventurous, melodic and emotionally complicated to describe it. That hasn’t been the case with the 19 other albums he’s done since …

 It is often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock.

                                Stansifer

I am not the only one who loves  Bach’s…

In Make the Impossible Possible, Bill Strickland shares his key to success. He writes, 

“What my experiences prove to me is that the more clearly and convincingly you are able to tell your story, the better your …