I like Charles Bukowski much if it doesn’t come bursting out of youin spite of everything,don’t do it.unless it comes unasked out of yourheart and your mind and your mouthand […]

There are albums from the 60s, 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s and 10s in my songwriting class and each week one of those albums is inspected by a group of 2 […]

Still fine tuning my research proposal. After my friend read it, he pointed out seeing no significant question. It is true. I am writing about improvisation changing things for the […]

I was teaching this eleven year old girl how to play a piano piece and it required each of her hands to play different melodies. She was enjoying learning the […]

Tranzac open stage tomorrow. John Oswald has threatened to show up and play a duet with me. I must remind a couple students why they should try their luck in […]

Old community hall, old town, I understand the charm. Some friends drove in from away to see the show which tickled me. The piano worked well enough though during the […]

I was listening to Spotify and for some reason put on old Rolling Stones records. Soon realized I do not recall listening to them in a serious way in forever. […]

Read a short story by Tobias Wolff about a professor and lacking a spine and getting it back. Very awesome writing like hearing Birds of Fire the first time. I […]

Students handed in their journals. It is fun to read. From one view how can anyone judge a journal? How can I assign a mark for something subjective. What if […]

that old sufi story sticks, becoming truer as life continues. that place of knowing something that goes against the grain of the others in your life and makes you seem […]