And again, all the world speaks of COVID. It is October, my…
Beethoven says “Stop the Culture Wars!”
Beethoven did not ever, and does not now represent the “elites,” whatever…
Opus 7: Beethoven “puts a bird in it”
Things have been bleak lately, so let’s break out into something fun…
Heroes like RBG
It seems so long ago that I posted on death, grief and…
With Beethoven, Black Lives Matter
There is no separating Beethoven from the political. Liberty and justice were…
Opus 4: A precocious teenager, raging monsters and a forgotten masterpiece
What were you doing at 19? I remember a poem I wrote…
Opus 3: Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité
Liberty, Equality, Fraternity; the motto of the French Revolution and the legacy…
Opus 2: Mind Blown with Rita Dove
The Pulitzer Prize-winning former United States poet laureate, Rita Dove, is not…
Opus 1
It was April 2020, early days of the global pandemic. For exercise…