After many months of no live concerts and no Hollywood Bowl season last year, I was finally back for in-person performance. The program was as follows. CATELLANOS: Santa Cruz de Pacairigua RACHMANINOFF: […]
My Return to the Hollywood Bowl
Admiring Japan as an outsider
There has been a lot of news about Japan because of the Olympics, and I’ve been enjoying every minute of it. It’s a nation and culture that I’ve always been curious about […]
We’re in the early infancy of a space age
People have been visiting space for several decades now, but the visits to space these last couple of weeks by private citizens is a remarkable breakthrough. We’re at the very beginning of […]
Daydreaming of traveling to Japan
I watched a video today about an overnight ferry from Osaka to Kagoshima in Kyushu, and I wish I could go and sit by a window and watch the landmasses slowly go […]
My happy place
I used to run here most daily several years ago. 🙂
Lazy Saturday
Walking off the emotional
Things don’t always go as planned. That is something that is a lesson that life insists on teaching every one of us. And so, there is no Wagner post for today because […]
Wine: 2018 Beringer Napa Valley Chardonnay
I polished off the rest of the bottle I started yesterday of a 2018 Beringer Napa Valley Chardonnay. I was tempted to postpone today’s post to tomorrow because I enjoyed this wonderful […]
Hollywood Bowl Broadcast: Música Sin Fronteras
Today’s weekly broadcast of past performances at the Hollywood Bowl focused on music “American and the Americas.” I like the idea of showcasing music from all of the Americas, but today’s presentation […]
Emotions
Today’s topic is emotions. I think emotions are a wonderful thing that makes us human and not just a machine going through the motions of life. However, emotions can also get in […]
Emantable 