“ Music is life itself ” ~ Louis Armstrong (more notes from a musical memoir...) In which a curious student befriends a family of fans. When the Bus Trip reached its end, we returned to Colorado and settled down. The idea of moving elsewhere never happened and to hear my parents tell it, [...]
“ You gotta try your luck at least once a day, because you could be going around lucky all day and not even know it.” ~ Jimmy Dean How do you define 'good fortune'? Is it something you can invite into your life at will? What is luck anyway? Mythology and folklore is [...]
“First, say to yourself what you would be; then do what you have to do.” ~ Epictetus Have you ever wished life came with instructions? Where are all the answers anyway? Would you like to have a "manual for living"? Well, it turns out you're in luck. Once upon a time way back in [...]
“I never put off till tomorrow what I can possibly do - the day after.” ~ Oscar Wilde Have you ever put something off for a later day? Postponed something until "the time is right"? Dare we say - procrastinated? There are a million reasons why one might choose to wait until a [...]
“I believe that all roads lead to the same place - and that is wherever all roads lead to.” ~ Willie Nelson A formative event in my adolescent years was a year taken away from school and spent on the road with my parents in a converted Continental Trailways bus. The "Bus Trip" [...]
“Being alive is not a miracle , feeling alive is.” ~ Amit Abraham When do you feel the most 'alive'? What causes those moments when your life force reaches a higher plane? Can you imagine what life must be like for people who never experience truly sublime moments of existence? Think about it. [...]
“To be conscious that you are ignorant of the facts is a great step to knowledge.” ~ Benjamin Disraeli How's your local dance going? Are you getting back together in person? Are classes and workshops in your area getting back to normal? Then again, what exactly is "normal"? Will things ever be quite [...]
“On a cosmic scale, our life is insignificant, yet this brief period when we appear in the world is the time in which all meaningful questions arise.” ~ Paul Ricoeur It’s a big day in the cosmos! Our Mama Earth has teetered just as far as she can possibly go giving us the [...]
“Summertime,and the livin' is easy...Fish are jumpin' and the cotton is high.” ~ George Gershwin Here's to hoping your living is easy this summer. When you walk outside and the air feels like a flannel shirt turned inside out and the light has a glint to it like water on a frogs back, [...]
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever” ~ Mahatma Gandhi (further adventures of a musical youth...) During my fifth grade year, my parents made a decision that would forever mark my life. They were somewhat disillusioned with life in Clifton, Colorado, and were contemplating [...]
