Author Archives: ksedinger

Checking in! And here are some tabs!

Posted on April 13, 2024 by ksedinger

Hello, everyone! As noted several days ago, we have company from out of town and we’re having a good time doing the usual “cheerful visit from out of town” stuff, hence the lack of posting. Things should start normalizing tomorrow…but … Continue reading →

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Tone Poem Tuesday (and light posting ahead)

Posted on April 9, 2024 by ksedinger

We are currently entertaining a visit from my brother-in-law, so posting will likely be light here until the weekend. That being the case, it’s time for Franz von Suppe! Here is the Poet and Peasant Overture.

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Sun and Moon (and clouds)

Posted on April 8, 2024 by ksedinger

In Buffalo, the eclipse was simultaneously an astonishingly powerful and deeply disappointing experience. Clouds were in the forecast all along, but for the last several days, local meteorologists were constantly offering up reasons for optimism…which turned to “Sorry, we’re not … Continue reading →

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Today in Bookbanning

Posted on April 6, 2024 by ksedinger

Let’s see what the bookbanners are up to, shall we? I know, it’s depressing work, but these people are relentless and they are finding more and more creative ways to tighten the noose around books, free expression, and those of … Continue reading →

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Something for Thursday

Posted on April 4, 2024 by ksedinger

In honor of Monday’s eclipse….  

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Vlogging Adventures: Best Reads of 2023

Posted on April 3, 2024 by ksedinger

Get thyselves to YouTube to watch my newest video, in which I discuss my favorite reads of 2023! (I know! Timely!) Or…just watch it right here. And as always, please “Like” and “Subscribe”!

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Tone Poem Tuesday

Posted on April 2, 2024 by ksedinger

A work today by composer Nina Shekhar. The work is called Lumina, and rather than me introducing it, I’ll let the composer herself do it: And here is Lumina. This is a fascinating listen! I found this piece suggested in … Continue reading →

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National Poetry Month begins….

Posted on April 1, 2024 by ksedinger

A Ballad of Baseball Burdens The burden of hard hitting. Slug away      Like Honus Wagner or like Tyrus Cobb.Else fandom shouteth: “Who said you could play?      Back to the jasper league, you minor slob!”      Swat, hit, connect, line out, get on the job.Else … Continue reading →

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Sergei Rachmaninoff, 151

Posted on April 1, 2024 by ksedinger

Born this date: Sergei Rachmaninoff, one of my very favorite musical voices in history. Last year was his 150th, and it seemed to me that we did not hear nearly enough about him back then. I wrote quite a lot … Continue reading →

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Sunday Stealing!

Posted on March 31, 2024 by ksedinger

Swiping this from Roger, as always. 1. Do you believe in the unknown and Mystics? Not particularly. I mean, I do “believe” in things that we don’t know yet, but I do not attribute “unknowns” to anything supernatural. Neither am … Continue reading →

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