Finished Margo has Money Troubles and just blown away. Couldn’t stop reading it. Even the ending awesome. Then read about the author, Rufi Thorpe, she sold the rights and there’s […]

There is a woman on Instagram that I follow who cooks things that interest me in ways that interest me and sometimes I look at the comments about this or […]

I asked the new students what part time jobs they have. Usually it is a combination of Tim Hortons or Mcdonalds but this group is distinctly different. One is self […]

In the Bflat piece I’m writing I stumbled into a way to execute a passage with greater velocity than I usually can. It is exciting like learning a magic trick. […]

After the show in Hamilton last weekend I wish I was booked everywhere else. So much energy goes into acquiring a teaching job but it would be so much simpler […]

I listen to conversations in class from students who feel as though their minds are out of control. Rufus said the brain itself wishes it was as conscious as the […]

I find it disappointing to learn Gerry Rafferty who wrote Stuck In The Middle With You, was offended by the now super famous scene in Reservoir Dogs where Quentin Tarantino […]

I ended the Hamilton show earlier than I intended because it felt like I was losing the audience before getting to the classical pieces. A pity because I don’t really […]

Today in the class’s open stage a student read his journal, “The closer I get towards the end of my life the more I think about infinity because death is […]

The cashier laughs when I have sweet white rice among my groceries. When I ask why she says she has never eaten that rice insinuating through her giggles it is […]