In a fairly rare surface mood today ( Read more... )

Today I told both Dean and Joe (different times) about my trippy dream regarding joy bubbles...and both had the same *priceless* look on their faces. And I laughed a lot today. Ah, those who can't appreciate a jaunt into vivid imagination. So sad. ;-) I know it was weird. But it was fun to share, simply because life, when it's too normal, ( Read more... )

Well. Haven't posted in a few days ( Read more... )

Successful rehearsals follow a synthesis-analysis-synthesis model.
This can be applied to an entire rehearsal, a composition, a section, or phrase.

Singers should first grasp the overall musical intent, shape and structure, and expressive nature of a piece of music - how it begins and ends and the manner in which it gets there. The synthesis or “ ( Read more... )

I'm using the Macbook in the livingroom as I watch the Choral Triad Video Workshop videos I bought for $5 last year.  I am so not a video person, but I told myself I'd watch them by the end of the summer.

I guess the day before the end of the summer isn't bad. ;-)  I actually sat on the couch and looked out the window and daydreamed for about an ( Read more... )

I said 'poor girl' - but in thinking about it, I SOOOO didn't mean it ( Read more... )

Just watched my daughter handle an emotional situation with her friend...and recognize the behaviors and the needs that underlie it.

Poor girl.  She's going to belong to the club.

I FOUND THE DVD!!!  THE CLEANING CAN CEASE!!!!!!!!!

Happy dance...

Home safely -
much fun, E!  Good to reconnect.  Almost a year is too long between visits.

This is an true letter I received today...and I thought it poignantly captures...hard stuff to capture.
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My son's body was recovered from the Mississippi River yesterday morning.  Although the news was extremely difficult to receive, it did not come as a shock to me and my family.  After working with the St. Paul ( Read more... )