the goldberg variations – november 26, 2012

Have you heard The Goldberg Variations? They are one of the more fascinating compositions within classical music. Written by Bach in 1741, it is a body of work that has remained tremendously popular within the classical idiom despite its length of 80 or so minutes and is one of very few compositions that was [...]

By |2017-03-21T16:53:38+00:00November 26th, 2012|The Evening Email|0 Comments

it’s all that way – march 30, 2012

Dave had a new, almost permanent feature by this time.  A toothy smile that he had developed somewhere between now and the time I last saw him when he packed his meager belongings, most of it musical gear, into his humble car and made the three day road trip from Racine, Wisconsin to what would [...]

By |2017-01-31T17:28:57+00:00March 30th, 2012|The Evening Email|0 Comments

ring the bells – december 22, 2010

Imagine a boy Kneeling by the window Lookin’ out across the driveway at the rain Will it always rain? I remember the bells From on top of the hill And I thought they played their music just for me And day by day The rain turned to snow Now I don’t hear them anymore [...]

By |2017-03-21T17:00:45+00:00December 22nd, 2010|Music, The Evening Email|0 Comments

the ad council, personal worries, and giving – june 14, 2010

I have my browser set so that it opens up to cnn.com. Today I opened it up to see the photo of a seven-year old girl who had been swept away and killed in the Arkansas floods. Earlier this month I listened to a woman tell me of extreme childhood abuse and the scars [...]

By |2017-03-21T17:01:42+00:00June 14th, 2010|The Evening Email|0 Comments

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