Facebook reminded me this week of some photos I posted six years ago, of the George Washington Middle School Orchestra trip to a music competition at Busch Gardens theme park. I was a chaperone. The orchestra competed onstage Friday, and then spent all day Saturday having a blast at Busch Gardens, until it was timeContinue reading “Photo Friday: Griffon”
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Photo Friday: Get Out Your Guitar
I love offbeat holidays. And yesterday was Get Out Your Guitar Day. Yes, this is a real thing. So the photo for today shows guitars. Well, guitar bodies, anyway. I took this one on the Martin Guitar factory tour in Nazareth, Pennsylvania. Here are a row of guitar bodies waiting to be made into full-fledgedContinue reading “Photo Friday: Get Out Your Guitar”
Yodel For Your Neighbors
Today, January 30, is Yodel For Your Neighbors Day. We are not making this up. We are not sure why it is Yodel For Your Neighbors Day. We also don’t know why it is, at the same time, both National Croissant Day and National Inane Answering Machine Message Day. The traditional way of celebrating YodelContinue reading “Yodel For Your Neighbors”
Bernie’s Mittens
We all saw him at the Presidential Inauguration last week. Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont – eschewing the stylish cloth dress coat look of most of the politicians attending the event – sported a relentlessly unstylish puffy brown coat and enormous patterned sweater mittens. Since then, unless you’ve been living in a cave, you haveContinue reading “Bernie’s Mittens”
A Visit From Pepino
It was 4 a.m. New Year’s morning. I’d gotten to bed about 3, and was just about to drift off to sleep. My husband, who’d sacked out shortly after midnight, was fast asleep beside me. Suddenly I heard a voice outside our door. “Is anyone awake in there?” It was our 18-year-old. He’s not proneContinue reading “A Visit From Pepino”
Happy Birthday, Blog!
One year ago today, my blog debuted on this platform. I’d been writing a blog for years, but it was on a different site, and the host company had become increasingly difficult to work with, so it was time for a change. Here’s a link to my very first entry on this site. So, whatContinue reading “Happy Birthday, Blog!”
Re-Entry
And this weekend, another chapter began in the continuing saga of my son’s first year of college. JMU started, as scheduled, in August. We packed up a rented minivan, drove down to Harrisonburg, and moved him into his dorm. The following weekend, I was back in Harrisonburg to bring him an electronic keyboard (piano, notContinue reading “Re-Entry”
Roland the Headless Keyboard
I thought we were getting off light for our son’s first semester in college, because most of his classes require inexpensive textbooks or none at all. No such luck. Today we had to buy the Music Composition major a piano keyboard. His keyboard skills class had to move to mostly online instructions, so students willContinue reading “Roland the Headless Keyboard”
Tools of the Trade
After all these years of renting, today we bought our son a violin of his very own to bring to college in a few weeks. We have rented various violins over the years. Sometimes there was a rent-to-own clause. That’s fine for a student who isn’t serious about continuing with the instrument. If you becomeContinue reading “Tools of the Trade”
Photo Friday: The Duke
Yesterday my son chose his dorm building and room! So it seems like a good time to post a photo of him with the yard sign that James Madison University sent to all incoming Freshman.
The Petrini Page 