I posted this earlier on Facebook and it’s worth repeating in my blog. It’s amazing when one teacher or one bus driver can influence the life of your kid forever. Because my son Garrett is blind and autistic, the Minnesota school districts worked exceptionally well with us to make sure that he had good bus … More The Professional Guest: Blind Kid Learns Independence
In my last blog, I started on the subject of Menopause. Since then, I learned that Prince had died. There’s a moment for pause. Back when I worked in the Minneapolis music scene, no one was more referred to or revered than Prince. He was Purple Rain. He was midwest. He was a Mozart, and … More The Professional Guest: Parole from the Sanatorium
Menopause. There’s a reason why women were often committed to Sanatoriums in the early 19th century. The loss of hormones creates never-before-realized levels of anxiety and hopeless thinking in the female brain as we age. Men don’t understand this. Having lived all their lives with a brain centered on logic, they fail to comprehend our … More The Professional Guest: One Leg Out
by Sheryl Thornberg “Let your boat of life be light, packed with only what you need—a homely home and simple pleasures, one or two friends worth the name, someone to love and someone to love you, a cat, a dog, and a pipe or two, enough to eat and enough to wear, and a little … More The Professional Guest: Overcoming Social Anxiety
It’s March in Naples, Florida. Because it’s an El Nino year, Florida has been warmer than usual just like the rest of the country. A week ago, we were in the upper 80s with 94% humidity—in early March! The trees were blooming. I actually awoke to a heavy film on the windshield of my car … More The Professional Guest: Marching On
Sometimes to get back to yourself, you need to listen to the choir. … More The Professional Guest: Holding Up Others
If you’re not technically a musician, how is it that you understand music?
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I’ve moved, left my home behind, and become a transient in the state of Florida, along with the 13,164,695 people who will likely move back out. … More The Professional Guest: Moving On
This past week was kind of a tough go for me. I seem to live life on the edge. Most of the time, I have a penchant for getting myself into trouble (“Habit rules the unreflecting herd”—William Wordsworth”)—and then having to backpedal and so it goes. But in the meantime, I get to meet the … More The Professional Guest: Madame Georgette
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