purple rain
candelabra wanted
One of my long-term students is following her heart and moving with her husband to Nepal to do some missionary work. While I’m sad to see her go, I’m thrilled […]
Benning and Blackerby- a traveling cellist’s best friends.
Flying with any instrument is a challenge. Flying with a huge instrument is a HUGE challenge, especially with the bizarro security antics going on around the country. So when I […]
rewiring project
I’m always deeply touched by stories like this, (where thousands of people are getting together to make a kid’s wish come true)– and I think part of it […]
chattin’ with Lucy
I have no idea how Lucy has such technical know-how, but this just happened (you may need to click to enlarge): The fundraiser got me a huge start towards […]
priorities
“I don’t want to hear myself cry”. I find incredible depth in those words, and in their timing. Ellen took it to the next […]
I have the best students.
As a thank you for helping him choose an instrument, one of my students drew this for me: a Marine playing the cello. This could not be a more […]
memorial day, 2012
Excerpted from Rupert Brooke’s sonnet 1914: III : The Dead Blow out, you bugles, over the rich Dead! There’s none of these so lonely and poor of old, But, dying, has […]
what do you play for?
…and by play, I mean “do your thing”. I know this blog is read by all kinds of people who have nothing to do with cello: members of the military, […]
from the big man himself
Whoa. Click to enlarge what Santa had to say in response to our letters!
