Seven Angels, Four Kids, One Family
Sometimes sarcasm is the only sane response
Springtime, when a young man’s thoughts lightly turn toward thoughts of music recitals. Kiddos #2&3 had their violin recital a couple of weeks ago, and the last performer was a young lady who played violin with her younger brother strumming…
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Last library day, as I gathered together all the detritus that needed to return to its library home in order to keep our nickels safe, Kiddo#3 had a great idea. We love penguins in this house. Therefore we would get…
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My Patient Husband woke me up this morning with, “In honor of Saint Patrick’s Day, I made Irish Cream coffee.” Try wrapping your head around that while waking up. I had trouble. Now I have Irish friends who walk around…
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No, really. The scene: daily Mass. Total population is between thirty and forty people, most of them women age fifty and older. Another woman and I bring our children with us, and by coincidence, the children were born within weeks…
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The universe does not want me to play my violin. If you heard me play my violin, you would understand why such a thing might come about. Last year, one of my New Year’s resolutions was that small animals should…
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I’ve mentioned before how picky I am with the radio (14 stations I routinely cycle through on the car stereo) but sometimes I’ll listen to a song I don’t particularly like only because I haven’t heard it for a while….
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My Patient Husband was setting up his new toy (a Patient iPhone) and it played a couple of notes before he shut it off. I looked up from across the kitchen. “What was that? The opening of Jesu Joy Of…
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I was wondering if anyone else experiences what I call “musical binges.” I don’t recall them happening until I was college-age, although they probably did. Without understanding why, I would suddenly develop a hunger to listen to one album repeatedly….
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Ever since I was a kid, it has happened sporadically that I’ll know what song is about to come on the radio. I’d be walking along and as the current song was ending, I’d get a sense of what would…
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Given the schedule I described yesterday, you can imagine we’re spending a lot more time in the car. Which means a lot more time listening to the radio. About a week ago, Ivy and I were talking about learning violin,…
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