Pausing to think is how we sanctify time
No one leaves the Portuguese Synagogue unmoved.
All posts filed under: Saturday Soundtrack
Semi-regular Saturday updates – to break out of the more serious posts on other days of the week – on musical events, musicians and bands that catch my ear. Think of Paul Krugman’s “Friday Night Music” blog posts…without the PhD in Economics (not to mention the Nobel Prize).
Tulipmania
Nothing says Spring in Holland quite like tulips, but there is a history lesson here as well.
Opening Day 2025
Play ball! It’s Opening Day!
Light shines in the darkness
Looking for things to bring a smile in troubled times.
Rich (in a George Bailey kind of way)
A 70th birthday surprise shows why aging is such a privilege.
Pain, imperfection, and a musical monument to hope
A masterful work worthy of the world’s most popular piece of classical music.
What seems impossible can be possible
Bishop John Thomas Walker was a man of wisdom, courage, and grace.
When Death goes on strike
Goethe’s aphorism: “Live within the moment, live in eternity” reveals the “enigmatic meaning of art.”
What Did the Blackbird Say to the Crow
Two of the original members of the Carolina Chocolate Drops have a new album out in April.
Let my people go . . . speaking truth to power
The mixing of politics and religion goes back at least to Moses and Pharoah
MORE TO COME... 