By Cindy Bower My original article, Dickens' A Christmas Carol, was published December 8, 2017. This book never grows old to me. My love affair with the story began decades ago. I never tire of slipping back in time to the England my ancestors knew well, and immersing myself into this archetypal story of redemption. … Continue reading Pondering Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”
Young Sophia arrived for her 7:15 a.m. piano lesson in a usual cheery mood. Her bubbly personality is the perfect way to start my day. As we were working on a particularly fun blues song, in four positions, I explained musical language of chords using Roman numeral rather than alphabet letters. I then asked her … Continue reading Roman Numerals & Ramen Noodles
I'm back with more thoughts on this vast topic! As discussed in Measured and Immeasurability Part I, birth, death, and human life may be measured in many ways. The paradox is that ultimately, all are immeasurable. Even stillborn children or babies who live only a few hours, days, months, or years, have a lifetime of … Continue reading Measured and Immeasurablity Part II
Welcome back to Bower Corner. My last few weeks have been quite an emotional ride, which has led me to think a lot about the dichotomy of living in a world, or even universe, of precise measured-ness (if that is a word), and immeasurable-ness, which would be too large, extensive, or extreme to measure. One … Continue reading Measured and Immeasurability Part I
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