More Talossan goodness!
talossagv9april2007.mp3 (6MB): thoughts on Ben and Amy
talossagv10april2007number1.mp3 (6MB): more thoughts on Ben and Amy

16th century Russian Orthodox icon of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ.
from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter
Well, it’s here and done with (at least as far as my singing goes), and it was a great day. We had good crowds at Palmer, the flowers and decorations bedecking the Nave were beautiful as always, the choir sang well, and [...]

Holy Week. There is little, if anything, I could add to the litany of sermons, music, etc. surrounding this, the most solemn and joyful (on Easter Day, anyway) part of the Christian year, but I will try to come up with something profound. Starting with Palm Sunday (recounting Jesus’ triumphal entry into Jerusalem), [...]

My older brother, David, and I had a nice chat tonight. We talked about our little brother’s impending wedding, and, among other things, houstonist.com, for which David’s daughter (and my niece), Alex is a writer.
Houstonist, as its name implies, is all about all-things-Houston, Texas and is a part of the Gothamist network of city-related [...]

Ah, March in Houston. If one moves here from somewhere else during this month (and October equally-so), one would get the impression of a wonderful year-round climate. Such was that of my grandmother upon her arrival here in 1950 (though she actually came in January). Of course she and every other newbie [...]

Friday evening 20 June 2003 saw the eve of the release of the novel Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, and it saw me at a book release party held in the Barnes & Noble across the street from the Houston Galleria. And what a boring party it was! — nothing more [...]

For me, January is one of the dullest months of the year music-wise. The great and austere world of the fine arts is in that peculiar span of time just after Christmas/New Year’s and before things start revving up again in February and March to the crescendo that, for me at least, will not [...]

Because a lot of my friends have LiveJournal pages, I have gotten one of my own. Never fear, however: this site will continue to be my main blog. However, via my LiveJournal page, one may see what my LJ friends are up to and (eventually) much more. Enjoy!
Jeff

The Boy Who Lived…
Previous to July 2000, I have faint memories of seeing these children’s books on special racks in Borders and Barnes & Noble - sporting a boy flying on a broom. I didn’t give them much notice.

Ah, music. A magic beyond all we do here.
- Albus Dumbledore (Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone; J. K. Rowling)

Dave Brubeck is the last of the great jazz icons. Kenton, Getz, Davis, Gillespie, Coltrane…so many gone. And at 86 years of age, he plays as well as he ever has. Yesterday [...]