When the Cards Aren't Fair, Change the Game.
Any teacher will tell you that there are stories. Many, many stories. Most times the stories are heartfelt, and innocent kid stuff. Some stories are hilarious, some are tragic, but all of them make great memories and great stories. Here's one that I haven't thought about in a long, long time.... Summer of 2001. In … Continue reading FUNNY, NOT FUNNY
Hello everyone. Or shall I say ho, ho, ho? I'll just leave it at hello since there are never any cheap jokey references in my blog. As we draw near to the holidays, I have decided to regale you with my musical cunning, knowledge, grit, and some other buzz words that are big these days … Continue reading CHRISTMAS PLAYLIST
"While there's life, there's hope." -John Lennon I remember thinking about that quote the night my second son was born. It was the cold, blustery evening of December 8, 2016 when he came into the world at 8:20PM EST crying and healthy. Those words popped into my head that night because I was thinking about … Continue reading DECEMBER 8
I have learned that when you say yes to cool opportunities, your life and worldview will expand in ways that you can't imagine. Mostly for the good, although sometimes not so much, but ALWAYS entertaining and leaving you with some excellent stories. Think about it: what great story starts out with: "One time, while I … Continue reading Moves like JAGGER
Think back a moment to when you were a kid. Not all the way back, but middle school or high school when you think you have life scoped out. You pretty much assume that all adults don't get it, talk too much without doing anything, and are no help to you at all. You likely … Continue reading LIFE HAPPENS
Let's have some fun today shall we? Of course we should! All of us NEED to laugh a few times during our waking hours, and so I present to you, loyal reader, things that people have said to me over the course of my life as I have ventured out in public with a manual … Continue reading SO I’VE HEARD…
In my grade 7 music classes each year, I teach a unit that covers Pioneers of American Rock-n-Roll. You cannot listen to and dissect the popular music of the 1950's without talking about Chuck Berry and his 1958 single "Johnny B. Goode." As many times as I have heard the song, it only came to … Continue reading Life in rock lyrics
Since posting my close to my heart story of my drumming, I have realized that public writing is a little terrifying, and also a lot therapeutic. I did not realize how many of you would read my words and take them to mean something to you as well. A wise woman (my sister) told me … Continue reading the thread of hope
