Music and Cats

Last night I had a peak musical experience, the sort that makes me feel deeply connected to the people around me. I was making music with friends, playing for dancing.
According to choreographer George Balanchine, “Dance is music made visible.” In formally choreographed dance performance pieces, the choreographer chooses music, and creates a dance that expresses […]

I recently cleared off the end of my desk, and the cats have taken this as an invitation to hang out there, which in fact it was. It’s quite nice, while sitting at the computer, to reach over and stroke a soft, napping cat. This arrangement often leads to a cat walking across my […]

I seem to have progressed through Kubler-Ross’s first three stages of grief sometime during election day (although I don’t remember bargaining - perhaps I dreamed it last night), and woke up this morning smack dab in the middle of depression. I am feeling heartbroken today. I had not ever imagined that the results of an […]

… in Houston, and it was Halloween. So, despite the heat, all sorts of small creatures - beautiful and gruesome, scary and sweet - were out and about, gathering candy from appropriately admiring and/or frightened adults. Along with the candy came blasts of chilled air from doorways. Parents in t-shirts and shorts (and at least […]