Slow Tempos for Troubled Times
From my earliest days at the piano, I have preferred fast tempos. Music from my high school years is often marked “Don’t …
Grant: Then & Now
Why tackle a 1104-page book about a guy who died 135 years ago? Just because he is the General who won the …
Musical Love Letter
Brahms’ Intermezzo in A major, is a piece I’ve played for the last forty-five years. Recently, with the help of Dr. Lisa …
Museums Matter
On March 9, 2017 I discovered how much museums can matter. At 6:30 that morning, I went online to get four timed …
My Other Mother
It takes a village. Growing up in Phillips Texas I was fortunate to be lovingly guided by my friends’ parents. Marjo’s mother, …
The Wisdom of Frederick Douglass
Can a 19th-century prophet help us through the crisis we now face? Several years ago I read Frederick Douglass’ Autobiography after visiting Cedar Hill, his …
Corona Comforts
Staying at home since March 15 has meant seeking comfort in every public facet of my life–Music, Art, Reading, Travel, History and …
Recalling the 1950s
Last Tuesday I participated in a Zoom conference that Lilli had organized for Violet’s Girl Scout troop in Cambridge MA. Each scout …
My Mother
For Mother’s Day 2020, I would like to share memories of my mother, Patti Jeanette Raiza Kirkpatrick Cooper, who died January 20, …
A Heavenly Reunion
Twenty years ago, eight friends, whom I had first met in elementary school in Phillips TX, gathered at my house in Arlington …