Last Thursday was Logan’s last day of his freshman year of high school! Boy did he grow this year; not only up, but his face has changed, it’s looking less and less like my cute baby did! And hair! His hair is the darkest in the family, and for awhile this year he was sporting… Continue Reading
I’ve been back a couple days now from delivering Liam to Vanderbilt; if you follow me on Instagram you saw bits of what was going on while it was happening, but I wanted to share it all in one big post here, it’ll help me to remember, and you may get a kick out of… Continue Reading
I’m teaching a art in music class at Piano Camp this week. These student piano players have come for a week of all sorts of music related activities, and then one “other” type of class. My 12 kids are getting 3 days of dyeing with me, then a day of beading and another day of… Continue Reading
If you’ve been reading my blog for any length of time, you know that my son Liam is a senior in high school and has been following his passion to play the trombone. He’s worked really hard, had all sorts of awesome successes, (along with a couple of disappointments), and auditioned all over the country… Continue Reading
And the week I’m referring to is LAST week, not this week! It was a doozy, and the stress from it probably added to the WICKED head cold I came down with on Sunday, it’s taken all my energy just to teach my classes this week…. Last Monday morning, I took Liam and Andrew to… Continue Reading
My semester has started with a BANG! So many things going on, some of which are pretty big milestones, some not so big but still worthy of noting, I’ve not had time to even process lots of them, never mind blog them, but I wanted to get the high points down here for my own… Continue Reading
Liam has been home from the NAfME All National Honors Orchestra for 10 days. He was contacted by Penny Schwartz, a reporter for the Riverside Press Enterprise when he got home, she and David Bauman, (a photographer) came by the house last Tuesday. This morning we found this awesome article with a really stunning picture… Continue Reading
I’ve been recording my older son Liam’s journey as he grows as a musician here on the blog, mostly for me to help remember these occasions, but also I know that at least of few readers find this interesting…not everybody raises a classical trombonist, it is an interesting road for sure! 😉 He is a… Continue Reading