October 30, 2009
I play the piano at our Wednesday evening services. When we have Holy Communion, the piano bench blocks the aisle for communicants returning from the altar. For years, I could never remember to push in the bench after the Hymn of the Day. Kassie tried gentle reminders. I forgot. She tried admonitions. I ignored them. [...]
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April 25, 2009
The music of Erik Satie haunts me. I’m always sad when the recording ends, and if I had nothing to do I could just listen to this piece (Gymnopedies 1) over and over again. The problem is, when it comes on, no work gets done: I’m entranced. I found this interesting interpretation on YouTube. The [...]
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