As I contemplate the fresh opportunity of 2019, I thought it would be helpful to look back on 2018 and consider what worked, what didn’t, the highs and lows. I’d like to share a few of eac...Read More
While talking to a fellow reader today, I mentioned my Goodreads summer reading list. I expected her response to be something like, “Which books are on the list?” Instead, she said, R...Read More
Last year, on New Year’s Day, I wrote the following hopes for 2016 in my journal. I didn’t print them out or look at them again until this morning, when I was trying to figure out how to w...Read More
Last week, I was preparing my flute students for the annual New York State solo festival, where they would be judged based on their performance in scales, a solo, and sight reading. Most of them expre...Read More
Reading Shakespeare 2014: 1/12 completed For January, I chose The Comedy of Errors. As far as Shakespeare plays go, it’s a lightweight, so I thought it would help me ease into my resolution. I a...Read More
I thought the NY Times reviewed The Casual Vacancy by J.K. Rowling very well here: NY Times Review- The Casual Vacancy The reviewer saw more of the “societal ills” aspect to the book than...Read More