Every school morning I make breakfast and pack lunch boxes and listen to The Banana practice her violin.  I check to see if Mr. SP has brushed his teeth.  I make sure the homework folders get in the backpacks.  I harp on people to get out the door and down…

When The Banana got her violin not quite nine months ago, I did not imagine that before the first anniversary of Violin-Gotcha-Day she’d be playing the likes of this music.  Really, I did not.  Because this music is fast and hard.  And I know there is a an enormous wealth…