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The Birth of a Website
Now that my dream job has come to an end with the final issue of OPERA NEWS, the World Wide Web seems like a wondrous land of opportunity for a person in search of new… Read more
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Feliz cumpleaños, Plácido
The difference between a performer and an artist is that a performer merely acts out his role, while an artist lives it and feels it in the marrow of his bones. Today is the birthday… Read more
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Magic Dragons
The world has lost a lot of important people in the past year (not least among them my mother) — people representative of a generation that took responsibility, modeled grace under pressure and faced challenges,… Read more
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The Bowl Game
The eggnog bowl is big and round and welcoming. Its contents are rich and smooth and frothy on top…. Read more
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Let There Be Lights!
Some people travel far and wide in search of natural wonders, great adventures or extreme sports to challenge their bodies, souls and nerve. I have only to travel a few steps outside my front door… Read more
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The Advent Spirit
It’s a perfect Advent story, a tale of long waiting for redemption, of hope that wavers but doesn’t die, of love strong enough to blot out sins and overcome the sharpness of death. Read more
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Thanksgiving
On this day of official thanksgiving, I am always happy to be grateful. The list of my blessings is long and rich, and not least among them are the family traditions that have always made… Read more
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Flat Champagne
This year’s post-season locker-room celebrations this year are yet another example of the powers that be taking all the fun out of baseball. Read more
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Lamentations
Though it may make me weep buckets to listen to a soaring voice singing of endings, partings and separation, it’s always a good kind of weeping, the kind of tears that refresh and restore and… Read more
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All Baseball, All the Time
Best of all, baseball is infinite —theoretically at least — because it isn’t timed. Yogi Berra’s famous remark that “It ain’t over ’til it’s over” captures the essence of its beauty. If the game ain’t over… Read more
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Le Quatorze Juillet
My favorite moderate revolutionary, if that is not too oxymoronic a concept, is André Chénier, widely considered the greatest French poet of the 18th century. Chénier was a constitutional monarchist, a middle of the road position,… Read more
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I’m Louise, an editor and writer on the arts, with a particular interest in opera. I’m also a foodie, a cat-lover, a lifelong Episcopalian and a proud bleeding-heart liberal. All of those things will no doubt make their way into my blog, which will be dedicated to my random reflections on life.
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