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THE MIRROR
The older I get (and I just marked one more journey around the sun a few weeks ago) the more I notice (irritatingly) how many mirrors we have in our home. In my...
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BACK UP SINGERS
It was just a few days before my 20th birthday when I found myself standing with the University Chorale of Eastern Washington University on a warm spring day, getting ready...
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TELL YOUR STORY
Usually during this holiday weekend I am performing somewhere, as I am this weekend. We pull out the songs that only get sung once a year (as it is with...
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ONE LOST SHEEP
Mrs. G. has become one of my favorite teachers, in memory. I was seven or eight-years-old when I stepped into her class, at Jason Lee Elementary, she stole my “creative” heart. ...
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VISIBLE SCARS
Our home is like a beautiful “storage room”, we have a lot of stuff. But I can point to each item of mine and tell you the story behind it, and...
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MY FRIEND, MICHAEL
Each June (PRIDE month) I think about my friend, Michael. Michael was a conductor, chorus master, lecturer, author, musicologist, accompanist, and my vocal coach when I performed opera. He was...
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THE SONG I HAVE BEEN GIVEN
So, the other day I saw something on television that triggered a memory of a particular day I hadn’t “pulled out of the file” for a long time. I saw...
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SALTY
One of the best things about bacon (and my other addictions: popcorn, Fritos, and crackers) is salt. You can keep your sugar…even chocolate does not have the same appeal as...
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THE MOUNTAIN
It was May 18, 1980, when Mount St. Helens erupted. It was a Sunday, early in the morning, and I was living in Seattle. What I remember is that I heard...
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THE BEST OF DAYS, THE WORST OF DAYS
What I have always called, “the best day/the worst day” actually began the night before. It was when I was a sophomore, majoring in music performance, at the state university...