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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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

Welcome to my blog!

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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