Monday, December 10, 2012

RGIII, China, and Me

It’s 5:00 on a beautiful snowy Sunday and I am finally able to exhale; this much needed release of oxygen has nothing to do with school or work, it has to do with another week of NFL contests coming to a close.  This is my first year of participating in fantasy football and, it is with a knock on wood and some salt thrown over the shoulder...

Wednesday, October 24, 2012

A Whole Note

I recently wrote this Thank You/Note of Support to the Locked Out Musicians of the Minnesota Orchestra. Thought it was fitting to post on here.A few months ago, musician and violist (get it? Musician AND violist...) Sam Bergman, wrote a blog about society’s obsession with amazing moments at different events. He wrote about how a home run in baseball...

Thursday, September 13, 2012

The First Day

When I was entering my first year of teaching, I remember being asked countless times, "Are you ready for the first day?"  Ready I was!  I had my best shirt and tie picked out, a new pair of red Chuck Taylor's to balance out my freshly ironed black dress pants, and I even had a few lessons planned.  Of course, I had the room set up,...