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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…

He wrote some stories and poems this week while I was in the other room teaching students.  My favorites were these two pieces of writing that fit together like a puzzle.  Stories (and even better . . . poems!) written by kidlets make me very happy, and I’m always surprised and…

Recently I was sitting on the couch in our family room.  The Banana was sitting near the fireplace, looking at a book. Mr. SP came in and asked for something.  The answer was no.  He fussed and grouched and slammed things around. A few minutes later YaYa came in.  She…

March has been a crazy month around here.   I sometimes forget how crazy March gets,  and then I’m in the middle of it and remember, oh yes, March . . . it’s crazy in March. Here are some things that have been bringing me joy in the midst of…

He’s recently become a city bus rider.  A few weeks ago he really, really wanted to go to the mail library downtown.  Dr. Peds really didn’t feel like driving him there, so he gave him seventy five cents in quarters for bus fare, and they researched the bus route he…

She came home from school like this.  There’s always something crazy happening with this kidlet. For example, on Wednesday, she played her violin at two important recitals:  a solo piece at the first recital, followed by a difficult trio with another violin and cello at the second recital.  She was…

Even though he only missed one day of school this week, this little guy has been under the weather with a little flu-like bug.  He spent the weekend down and out with a fever, and just hasn’t felt up to his normal self since then.  You know something is up…