botox diary, part 2
It’s been just over two weeks since the injections, and as expected, I’m in a...
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botox diary, part 1
United Healthcare waited until I had to resign (or was fired from) every cello position before...
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advance and retreat
A few people have contacted me either here or on social media to ask what’s up with my arm-...
Read Morea quick note
I’ve been largely away from the blog, but starting in June, I hope to be up to an improved version of my old tricks, with lots of content (that will be better organized and nicer to look at) and opportunities to connect...
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purple rain
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music doctor
I still keep a paper calendar. Then, at the end of a year, no matter what sort of tire fire...
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the soul killers
My singing voice is an embarrassment. It is undisciplined, narrow, pitchy, with a number of breaks...
Read MoreVeterans Day 2015
War is seldom justified, and guaranteed to result in at least as much inhumanity as politico-branded triumph and righteousness. On this Veterans Day, I do not celebrate war, or the mechanisms that cause it, nor the facile...
Read MoreMinneapolis
So I moved to Minneapolis. My heart is still sore from leaving my DC students and colleagues (heck, I still miss my LA folks every. single. day.) but I’m immersing myself in the business at hand until the ache is...
Read Moresmall change, big results 4, as illustrated by The Nightmare Before Christmas
The artistic endeavor seems like the kind of thing that should just flow. The story goes like this: big feels, inspiration strikes, she works late into the night in a torrent of creativity and as dawn breaks somewhere over the...
Read MoreDear Emily: when you can’t afford a teacher
Image: Carlos Serrao. On a similar note to the previous post, I’m sure I’m not the only teacher who gets emails asking what people should do when they really want to play the cello but can’t afford a...
Read Morewhy I stopped posting
It can be argued that any reader/writer relationship revolves around a transaction. The writer offers an insight, or shares an experience, or somehow provides new context for something the reader is working through. The reader...
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