Every Wednesday The Banana has a violin lesson on the other side of town.  After violin we stop quickly at the west-side Coop grocery store to buy four gallons of milk (if they have it) because they carry a not-organic-but-better-than-normal kind of milk from a nearby dairy at a reasonable…

I use this giant purple ball when I practice my cello, but unfortunately after years of owning it, we still haven’t figured out a good place to store it where it is accessible but out of the way.  Henceforth, EVERYONE is always touching it!  I walk into a room and…

Hearing a piece of music at a concert inspired me to learn about Coventry Cathedral in England.  It has a fascinating history. Before my choir’s requiem concert earlier this week there was special lecture given by a guest choral expert about the history of requiems.  It was really interesting to…