When I quit violin in elementary school my violin teacher told me, "You're going to regret it." She gave me a stern look without explanation, and that was the end of that, I thought. Except, 30 years later, I finally get what she meant. She saw that I had talent. I was playing "William Tell… Continue reading Transcending Stereotype
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See the Suva foreshore by kayak.
I've been revisiting Janis Joplin lately, listening to her albums with Big Brother and the Holding Company and her one and only solo album, "Pearl." "Pearl" was one of my first CDs. I was instantly drawn to the music on the first listen. I was in my late teens and in the thick of my… Continue reading Ode to Janis
When we were at LAX, coming back to Fiji from our latest return trip to the U.S., I picked up Dave Grohl's new memoir, "Dave Grohl, The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music." I read it during Christmas week and absolutely loved it. Such a pleasure. If you like rock autobiographies, this is up there… Continue reading Books: Dave Grohl, The Storyteller
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