St. Augustine
St. Augustine is a charming city of about 13,000, just south of Jacksonville. It is the oldest continuously occupied European-established settlement in the …
Musical Romances
Clara Wieck was only nine years old when Robert Schumann came to study piano with her father. She was sixteen when they …
Morikami Gardens
Though I had visited Morikami Gardens in Delray Beach many times, I had never fully appreciated the concepts behind its design, until I …
Inauguration Days
My life can be measured in four-year chunks–high school, college, graduate school, and Presidential terms. I was 10 months old when Roosevelt …
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Last Friday evening Leslie, David and I attended an hour-long jazz tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Zach Bartholomew’s Trio at the Coral …
Christmas Cookies
While listening to Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker Ballet this morning, I baked my favorite cookies to pack into my Nutcracker tin and take to …
Why I love Classical Music
What does the term “classical music” mean to you? Bach? Beethoven? the Beatles? To me, classical music means the great works of Haydn, …
Texas Connections
Besides all the long-time friends at my Rice 50th Reunion, there were thirty more friends and family members I got to see in …
Rice 50th Reunion
My 50th Rice Reunion began with a joyous re-uniting of old friends at the lovely home of Patti Lewis Everett, whom I first met …
Amis en France
On our last evening in Paris, Edith and Guy LePechon, dear friends for five decades, met us at our hotel and took …