Birthday season is done!  During the two minutes I have between that and trying to assemble everything for Christmas, here is an overstuffed...

On the Sunday of Thanksgiving weekend we arranged to meet with my brother and his baby at a crazy halfway mark between Milwaukee and LaCro...

I'm suffering the journal paradox at the moment.  I have a lot to write about, but no time to write.  I still need to say something abo...

This isn't a real post.  This is me just needing a moment to vent.  I'm trying to find time to thoughtfully prepare some ideas and s...

I'm in Cleveland this week for a VSA (Violin Society of America) convention.  It's a competition year, so I brought my latest viol...

The kitchen is DONE! I cleared it out back in July, demolition began in mid-August, and on November 1st the final bits and pieces were ...

Like many, this presidential election has left me stunned.  I have apologized to my children for the behavior of the so-called adults involv...