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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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Sounds of the Season, Pt. II
What an awesome thing it was to imagine oneself one of the shepherds who heard that first Nowell, and to hear and smell some of the critters Jesus would have heard and smelled when he… Read more
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Sounds of the Season, Pt. 1
My first musical impulse for the season is, I’m sure, a pretty common one, at least among classical-music lovers like me. Listening to the Old Testament reading on the second Sunday in Advent—“Comfort ye, comfort… Read more
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The Waiting Game
When my sister and I were kids, my parents used to take us on an annual pre-Christmas pilgrimage to Yorkville, where the essential stops included the Elk Candy Company (for spitzkuchen, kringels and nougat-filled chocolate… Read more
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A Touch of Summer
Snapdragons have always been high on my list of favorite flowers. I happen to like their spiky yet lavish shape, their dashing variety of colors and patterns and their subtle, spicy/sweet smell. But more than… Read more
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Turkey Day
I love Thanksgiving. For one thing, I love baking pies, and Thanksgiving is a great excuse for doing that. (Since I also love eating pies, it all works out quite nicely, except for the effect… Read more
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All for One …
Recently, I was taken to a New York Philharmonic concert by a man I’d never met. (No, not a blind date; more a particularly pleasurable networking opportunity.) Thanks to my new friend, I got my… Read more
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Love of Cat
The winding down of the holidays can be a gloomy time, with no more traditions or festivities to look forward to and even the pile of yet-to-be-worn Christmas socks beginning to dwindle. Luckily for me,… 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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