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A few notes….

Here are some Notes from some recent goings-on in my world! Note the First: We are in the midst of a typically awful WNY spring. Longtime readers or followers on social media will know that spring is my least favorite season … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday

A tie-in to National Poetry Month today: Loreena McKennitt’s wonderful, evocative setting of one of my favorite poems by one of my favorite poets. Here is The Lady of Shallott. Words by Alfred Lord Tennyson.

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National Poetry Month, 1

April is National Poetry Month. I can’t promise I’ll share a poem every day, but I’ll give it a shot. First up is a short poem that packs quite a punch the more you mull it over: The Lover in … Continue reading

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Happy birthday, Sergei Rachmaninoff

Born this date. I remain as fascinated by and indebted to his music as I was when I first heard it way back when. I have written a great deal about Rachmaninoff here and elsewhere, including a big burst for … Continue reading

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Tuesday Tones

I don’t know if this composer has ever been featured on this blog at all, either in this incarnation or in the Byzantium’s Shores era. So I’ve just done a search, and it turns out that not only have I not featured … Continue reading

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Everything depends on a ceramic bunny

When I was very young, my mother gave me a ceramic bunny. It looked just like this one. In my memory, it looked exactly like this one…only for some reason I really think the one I had was a bit … Continue reading

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Something for Thursday

So for Tuesday Tones the other day, I went to feature a piece of music that I know I’ve featured here before but I couldn’t remember how long it’s been, so I looked it up. I featured it less than … Continue reading

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Tuesday Tones

Rossini, and the US Marine Band. That’s just a match made in Heaven. Here’s the Overture to William Tell.

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A new jug

We recently made a trek to our favorite antique mall, and as has happened quite a few times when I’ve left that place, it was with a new addition to my collection of Toby jugs. Guess who the new fellow … Continue reading

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It’s Tab-alicious!

Yup, it’s that time again: “Wow, I have tabs open that I don’t even remember opening or why I opened them or what point I might have made when I decided to keep them open!” So, here are some things … Continue reading

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