Mixed Meters

The addition of a hummingbird feeder in our backyard plus my new pocket point 'n shoot with video capabilities has now produced its inev...

If you find a good pun you should use it a lot, I always say. If you find a good pun someone else probably thought of it first, I always say...

By my own definition the Christmas season begins on the first day I notice Christmas music being played at Starbucks. So today, Thursday No...

It's not great. It's OK. It's not my shortest 30 second spot, but it is my shortest title, okay? Click here to hear OK ...

About a year ago the music world was abuzz with bloggers bragging of the bargains they had brought home from Tower Records. The chain was ...

A paper, probably dropped by a student from the nearby high school, turned out to be this hand-drawn cartoon. In the upper right corner a ma...

In celebration of our fifteenth anniversary, Leslie and I drove to La Jolla for lunch at The Crab Catcher , a walk around La Jolla Cove and...

INVOCATION Composer Daniel Wolf, whose blog Renewable Music survived the recent cut of my blog reading list, has broached the idea of writi...

This story also discusses the root causes of Halloween, stuffed penguins, various types of snowmen and green table grapes. It all began near...

Mister Composer Head, for whose blog "Mister Composer Head" I've been serving as amanuensis, has mastered the art of posting ...

I came across this Life magazine in a Pasadena antique store Saturday. I showed it to Leslie who literally gasped at the picture. Yep, Ric...