Had to take Greg to the airport early this morning, and composed this poignant little verse on the way home.
***
Oy.
Soy.
Got a
latte.
***
(Okay, so it only works if you pronounce it ‘got [aa]’ and not ‘got [uh].’ But other than that, I thought it was pretty good for someone who got up at 5:30.)
The tip […]

I love the Orthodox Church, but sometimes when I read editorials and proclamations that come from the highest levels, I want to scream.
Case in point: This editorial in today’s Wall St. Journal written by the Greek Patriarch. Titled “Our Indivisible Environment,” the piece speaks of the Orthodox Church’s commitment to environmental issues, noting that last […]

Reading during sick days is an honorable tradition, but trying to make my way through the Stephen King book I got by mistake has been anything but relaxing. All the same, he’s an extremely good writer, and part of his success comes from being so attuned to addressing one common human experience that goes largely […]

The flu symptoms are starting to clear up quite a bit, and thank goodness. It sounded idyllic to just be a lie-about, but I never remember that when you’re thinking that, you’re usually healthy. In reality, sick days are just days when the world passes by and you don’t even know what’s going on till […]

Son of a gun.

I never get to be trendy. So even though I’d been reading the same stories that everyone else has the past few months, when I got a sore throat on Tuesday, I thought I’d just been singing too much. And when I got muscle aches and felt hot on Wednesday, I still […]

The weather at this time of year is so changeable. Yesterday, the heat was on. Today, the air conditioner was on. Short sleeves yesterday, long sleeves today. Layers go on, layers come off.
And we’ve been having a lot of blustery days, when the trees keep up a steady sort of shushing noise and gracefully undulate […]

This is the feastday of St. Romanus the Melodist — also sometimes called St. Romanus the Sweet-singer — so it’s a fitting time to pass along an essay that highlights a problem every Orthodox music-maker and music-lover should consider, IMHO.
This short essay, titled “Ecclesiastical Music,” comes from “Patristic Theology” by Protopresbyter John S. Romanides, and […]