The music-makers
We are the music-makers, And we are the dreamers of dreams, Wandering by lone sea-breakers, And sitting by desolate streams. World-losers and world-forsakers, Upon whom the pale moon gleams; Yet…
Catching my breath
It is difficult now to imagine that - had our plans of the past year come to fruition - I would have been packing up and moving permanently to Canada…
Closer yet…
Though this year marks the 40th anniversary of my first involvement with young people's theatre (a fact that had not occurred to me until I sat down to compose this…
Close inspection
A tightly controlled level of something only faintly resembling panic has set in at the School as we embark on four days of inspection. The outcome is expected to be…
The definite article
I was perusing some old posts on this blog... Yes - I know! - I know! - but I wanted to revisit some of the thoughts I had this time…
Drums and Rattles
"Drums and rattles are percussion instruments traditionally used by First Nations people. These musical instruments provide the background for songs, and songs are the background for dances. Many traditional First…
If voting changed anything…
...they'd make it illegal! Emma Goldman One of the interesting consequences of being married to a girl from the other side of the planet - a side of the planet…
Scotch on the rocks
With the parenthetical pertinence of the fact that this is St David's Day in mind I will - if I may - expand on the Celtic theme of my last…
The great escape
“It is clear that one is a gentleman’s game played by hooligans; the other a hooligan’s game played by gentlemen.” Chancellor of Cambridge University, comparing 'soccer' and 'rugger'! Date unknown…
Something new
"Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new." Og Mandino I thought you might like to see…
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