Tammy Truebuckle once found herself headlining a show before thousands of people, all eager to hear her hits, “Frustrate Me (Again)”, “Mind If I Brag?” and “Wish You Were My […]

I interviewed Anne Bourne for the next issue of the improvisation journal out of Guelph Improv Notes and she had a lot of great stories. My favourite was her account […]

Trying to sort out how to make ends meet financially while doing the PhD. I was so mistaken when I applied, believing if you are accepted you are supplied with […]

I am supposed to give a presentation at an academic conference on utopia. I was curious to participate when I read the the thrust of the other presentations and realized […]

Have to transplant the sansevierias. They do well in shade and give off oxygen at night but won’t grow more unless repotted. Slowly realizing separating doesn’t make more room like […]

A student told their teacher they often start the day with disappointment about their playing and sometimes question why they focus on what they got wrong instead of feeling proud […]

One of the new pieces I’m working on stems from taking a gesture I played many times and inverting it plus putting that inversion in a different key than the […]

I’m working on Autumn Leaves. Why working on this PhD when I could instead right now hit the Holiday Inn lounges. I hope they have real pianos. The first time […]

One time my friend was performing his songs and he forgot the lyrics to one of his songs and later nobody laughed when he tried to be funny from the […]

enjoyed watching soozie give esmé her 2cnd violin lesson, especially the double stops part and when they jammed and when she imitated her father’s voice. enjoyed the mango ice with […]