In one of our last classes Jeremy thanked me for getting him to listen to Big Bill Broonzy. “It makes me feel like I’m alive a hundred years ago” he […]

I watched a guy on Instagram play Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue by touching various triggers of the opening clarinet line. His skill touching each trigger was accurate and it correctly […]

I played a benefit the other night at the club that was owned by that jazz singer in the junction who died much too young a year ago. At her […]

Summer session over. Most passed some not. The fails often do so because they never came. Unattended classes beckon the question who spent the money and pourquoi? Often it is […]

I opted for an internet telephone some years ago. What was good was all the calls came as gmail attachments and to this day I have messages in the early […]

The nice thing about arguing with my brother Ronnie about God or no God is that we can call each other names and get blunt and mean without ending our […]

At the open stage Honey wanted to meet and practice the Sam Larkin song she will do on Aug 31rst. Afterward I asked if she wanted to perform it right […]

Watching the tv series A French Village again. On Kanopy now. So amazing. I love so many of these actors and the idea of recreating another time and place. Art […]

In yesterday’s class there was an album presentation of Desire by Bob Dylan. It led to a talk about Hurricane the song. That led to a talk about Rubin Carter […]

Micah Barnes and Rene Highway strolling home late at night on College street while I’m up a ladder changing the Marquee for next night’s movie. I loved working at the […]