November 2, 2009 I “met” Scottish folk cellist Seylan Baxter through another blog I write about my cello-playing adventures a couple of years ago when she commented on my posts about attending Scottish fiddle camp. She sent me a copy of her cello and harp CD, “2:40” (with harpist Cheyenne Brown, originally from Alaska, but … Continue reading
August 22, 2009 I didn’t attend Woodstock. I recall giving it some thought at the time, but figured it was too far to drive from where I was living in Washington DC. I did, however, attend the Bath Festival of Blues and Progressive Music the following year (1970), a little farther from home, but I … Continue reading
July 4, 2009 There is nothing like a parade, especially on the 4th of July, and especially in Falmouth, which boasts a number of neighborhood parades. My family and I have been participating in the Moores Parade for several years now, me on flute, my son and daughter in playing sax and clarinet in various … Continue reading
I’ve been picking my own vegetables at Coonamessett Farm this year. It is just down the road from where I live, and I find it both energizing and relaxing to walk through the fields and pick strawberries, peas, string beans, rhubarb, lettuce, beets, cabbage, onions, and other delights. I’ve made lots of salads, a strawberry-rhubarb … Continue reading
June 28, 2009 I walked along the new Falmouth bikeway extension yesterday morning, happy to be out on an all-too-rare sunny day, starting at the North Falmouth end. The dirt parking lot was almost completely full, but I found a spot and set off on foot. My bike is in the repair shop for another … Continue reading
June 25, 2009 The new Falmouth Music and Arts Pavilion was dedicated today, and the Falmouth Town Band performed there tonight. It is a wonderful new stage, and the band looks good and sounds good on their new platform. Linda Whitehead, the band’s director, and also head of the Falmouth Public School’s music department, worked … Continue reading
June 21, 2009 I was living in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1977. Elvis lived there too, but he was, by then, the fat, aging, substance-abusing Elvis, a sad caricature of his former self. I was at work when we heard the news that Elvis had died. He was only 42. My response? I laughed. The news … Continue reading
June 19, 2009 I smiled all evening, except when I was laughing. San Francisco comedian James Judd is in Falmouth this weekend presenting his one-man show, “7 Sins,” at the Woods Hole Community Hall (sponsored by the Woods Hole Theater Company.) Judd kept everyone laughing uproariously throughout his 90-minute show. He is not a stand-up … Continue reading
June 16, 2009 Summer really begins this week in Falmouth, with the start of the every-Thursday Falmouth Farmers Market in Peg Noonan Park on Main Street and the ArtMarket across the street in Town Hall Square. Arts Alive, a three-day extravaganza of local arts and entertainment activities begins Friday night with a Town Dance. For … Continue reading
June 14, 2009 When I heard that Ann Hood was coming to Falmouth to talk about her book, “The Knitting Circle,” I was intrigued and got the novel out of the library to read. “The Knitting Circle” is about Mary, who loses her 5-year-old daughter Stella suddenly to meningitis. Crippled by grief, she is encouraged … Continue reading
Notes on The Arts 