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Author Archives: Kelly Sedinger
Tone Poem Tuesday
Jean Sibelius is a composer with whom I am in constant need of discovery. His work is sometimes warm and melodic and fully Romantic, but other times there is an austerity to his music, a certain emotional coolness and introspection … Continue reading
And now, a morning sky
Taken yesterday at Knox Farm State Park, where I was finally able to take the Dee-oh-gee for his nature walk after missing out for a few Sundays because of very cold weather. Minutes later the sun came out.
Something for Thursday
This week for the ongoing Song Challenge we have A song that makes me happy. Here’s one of my all-time go-to songs for getting out of a bad mood, “Dreams” by Van Halen!
Something for Thursday
If my records are correct, this week our Song Challenge is for A song about drugs or alcohol. Well, this one isn’t directly about those things, but it does reference them in describing the various denizens of a particular bar. … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
Want to listen to one of the great orchestral showpieces of all time? Sure you do! Here’s Rimsky-Korsakov’s Cariccio Espagnol. And you can’t go wrong with the New York Philharmonic conducted by Leonard Bernstein.
A toast to Edgar A
Today is Edgar Allan Poe’s birthday. It’s pure coincidence, of course, but a happy one nonetheless, that today I also managed to get the ebook of The Chilling Killing Wind finally available. Poe’s poem Annabel Lee is central to this … Continue reading
Something for Thursday
So this week in our ongoing Music Challenge brings us to Entry Seven: A song to drive to. There’s a lot of great driving music out there, but I always find that the James Bond movies provide a virtual encyclopedia … Continue reading
Tone Poem Tuesday
Here’s something interesting, not for how good it is but rather how good it isn’t. This concert overture, creatively titled by its composer “Concert Overture #1,” is a student work that makes for a nice and pleasant listen, but that’s … Continue reading
Meanwhile…
…here’s what happens when your doggo is convinced that you have something yummy that he would enjoy.
The Watch
So on Christmas Eve we were all gathered in my parents’ living room, opening gifts. I went to open one particular box and I heard my sister say to my mother, “Oh look, he’s opening it.” So I knew that … Continue reading