Tag Archives: Music

JOY!

Posted on December 19, 2014 by Touch2Touch

“Take a music bath once or twice a week for a few seasons, and you will find that it is to the soul what the water bath is to the body.” Oliver Wendell Holmes At the close of 2014, a year of … Continue reading →

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AUTUMN LEAVES

Posted on October 22, 2014 by Touch2Touch

It’s late October. We’re past the blue and gold, and into the fallen, fading autumn leaves of ocher, beige, dull red and brown. They’re EVERYWHERE! On the patio: Sitting on the chairs: It’s clearly time to wrap up outdoor living for the winter, … Continue reading →

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Boundless Joy!

Posted on November 18, 2013 by Touch2Touch

Will you hop aboard my train of thought with me? It’s heading toward a place of harmony and — you guessed it — joy! The starting point was a dull morning with not much needing to be done. So I … Continue reading →

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A GLIMMER OF HOPE (1)

Posted on April 18, 2013 by Touch2Touch

(Gemma, this post’s for you. We have a deal.) When I wrote the post What Does Being Human Mean, Anyway? the morning after the Boston Marathon Massacre, I was angry, distraught, and in despair. Despair = de spero = out of … Continue reading →

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The SESSIONS Session

Posted on April 3, 2013 by Touch2Touch

This is a follow-up to previous post, Why I Haven’t Been Posting Lately, wherein I lamented having to deal with 20th century composer Roger Sessions’ musical setting of Walt Whitman’s poetic elegy for Abraham Lincoln, “When Lilacs Last in the … Continue reading →

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Why I Haven’t Been Posting Lately —

Posted on March 29, 2013 by Touch2Touch

I blame it on this guy: Roger Sessions (1896 – 1985) was the most prolific and illustrious 20th century composer I had never heard of. That is, until I entered the continuing education seminar I’m taking now, Music for Mourning. It … Continue reading →

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XYZZZZZZZZZ Rated!

Posted on February 28, 2013 by Touch2Touch

Here you have an unexplored (by me) staircase descending into the basement of Thornes Marketplace, Northampton’s showcase new/old shopping center. It’s alluring, in its promise of fun and unexpected goods at low prices, but so far I’ve not dared to descend … Continue reading →

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A LATE QUARTET: DON’T MISS IT!

Posted on November 25, 2012 by Touch2Touch

(All lovers of chamber music, and of classical music in general, this post’s for you.) When I recently told the story of the fairy godmother of chamber music and her wonderful concert hall in the Berkshires,  He Wanted a Mountain, … Continue reading →

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He Wanted a Mountain, So —

Posted on October 14, 2012 by Touch2Touch

his mother bought one for him, and the rest of us have benefited to this day. Or so the tale is told. “He” was Albert Coolidge, only son of Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge, who became known as the Fairy Godmother of … Continue reading →

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HEART VOICES

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Touch2Touch

I was going to give you a springtime post of the glorious flowers on display at the recent Mount Holyoke Bulb Show, wonders of nature if there ever were such. But they’ve been preempted by another wonder of nature, not … Continue reading →

Posted in Etcetera, Health, Life and Death, Medicine, Personal Essay | Tagged , , , , , , | 40 Comments