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Category Archives: Music
Off Key iTunes
I’ve been a mac person for a very long time. I have always loved my macs, even when they were overpriced and didn’t run all the software I needed. I loved them through all the transformations of the 2000’s, but … Continue reading
Iceland and creativity
I saw this post about how so many Icelanders — one in ten! — are now publishing books, and was immediately reminded of a conversation I had with one of the many Icelanders I met when I was there last … Continue reading
Singing at my uncle’s funeral
I sang Amazing Grace at my uncle Gordon’s funeral this morning. It was both harder and easier than I expected. Harder because the whole day was hard. My uncle died entirely too young after a simple outpatient medical test went … Continue reading
Renaissance Festival!
There are so many things to love about the end of summer. Cooler temperatures, of course. The cricket music at night. The return of the Maryland Renaissance Festival (which runs every year from late August through mid-October). I usually visit … Continue reading
Changes in music and books
There’s been a great deal written recently about how the book publishing industry is changing, but I think how it impacts writers is still very much a work in progress. Last fall, NPR did a report on Pearl Jam’s self … Continue reading
Potomac Celtic Festival 2010
Every June I look forward to the Potomac Celtic Festival because it provides me the opportunity to enjoy celtic music, arts and crafts, story telling, and cultural organizations. For a year or two, the festival shrank from two days to … Continue reading
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The iPad: Another piece of Apple magic enters my life
I will confess up front that I am one of those long-term Apple customers, commonly known as Mac Geeks in the 90’s, who sometimes drive their non-mac friends crazy because I love my mac and other apple products so much. … Continue reading
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Alt Rocker at the Bon Jovi concert
I have never been a Bon Jovi fan. In fact, during their concert tonight, I think I recognized at most three or four songs. I recognized the songs, but not well enought to join the rest of the Verizon Center as … Continue reading
Hello world!
Why don’t you have a blog? A good friend and fellow fiction writer posed that question to me recently and my answer was the same one I always give – that I haven’t had the time to start one. That … Continue reading