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Author Archives: ksedinger
Tone Poem Tuesday
Reading Alex Ross’s book Listen to This, a compilation of his columns from The New Yorker, I was reading a chapter on Icelander singer Björk, and I came across this passage: Modern Icelandic music begins with Jón Leifs, who lived from 1899 … Continue reading
At the Ridge….
For the first time since Cane died last September, I went hiking at Chestnut Ridge Park yesterday. Chestnut Ridge is an old park whose development by Erie County began back in the late 1920s, and a lot of the park’s … Continue reading
Oh, Bennie, no….
“You cannot sow a million seeds without reaping one potato.” –Ian Fleming, From Russia With Love I suppose it had to happen eventually…but nevertheless, it’s totally unexpected. When I say it “had to happen eventually”, I figured “eventually” in the sense … Continue reading
Restaurants come, restaurants go….
For the last couple of years we’d heard great things about a new-ish restaurant in Buffalo called Compass Run. We finally went there a few months ago and loved it and made mental notes to get back. Last night we … Continue reading
Posted in On Buffalo and The 716, On Food and Cooking
Tagged Buffalo, Food
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Something for Thursday
Today begins Pride Month, which I enthusiastically support and will continue to do so, for all members of the LGBTQ+ community. I start with a work by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky, whom most scholars agree was almost certainly homosexual. He had … Continue reading
Time for a Reappearance
Things are still busy and hectic in my world, so posts will still be brief. How brief? This brief! Here’s some Borodin, since we haven’t had Borodin on around here in a while and you can’t go wrong with Borodin:
Tone Poem Tuesday
Another hectic and somewhat draining day…but with the promise of better things to come. Hang in there, y’all! Meanwhile, you know the drill. Here’s Franz Von Suppe.
I’m glad I didn’t know about the “jorb”…
…when I started writing The Song of Forgotten Stars! (credit)
Posted in On Things I Find Funny
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“I’m sorry, but that is just incorrect enough for you to lose!”
In the course of keeping my father company lately, I’ve been watching a bit of Jeopardy* lately. I enjoy it as much as ever, though something happened earlier this week that annoyed me. First, let me say that I’ve noticed over the … Continue reading
In Memoriam
An annual reposting of some things pertaining to Memorial Day. First, a remembrance of a soldier I never knew. Fifteen years ago I wrote the following on Memorial Day, and I wanted to revisit it. It’s about the Vietnam Veteran … Continue reading →