The winter solstice has come and gone, the days are beginning to lengthen, and summer is on its way! Not that you’d know it from our house right now. We’ve had snow, but more importantly it’s been super cold, and Rosie and Jasper don’t understand why we took a few days off from hiking in…
My parents took me to see Yo-Yo Ma for my birthday!!! Here’s a photo of the orchestra warming up. And here’s a tiny photo of Yo-Yo Ma. The program was: Sound the Bells! by John Williams Appalachian Spring, Ballet for Orchestra by Copland Cello Concerto in B minor, Op. 104 by Dvorak Yo-Yo Ma’s playing…
I woke up this morning to find St. Nikolaus once again failed to leave presents in my shoes. My dad was in the Army, and my sisters and I spent most of our childhood in Germany and the Netherlands. We were understandably happy to adopt the tradition of leaving a pair of shoes out overnight…