Monthly Archives: April 2009

27 Apr

Hawk and Spit

Hawk and Spit

I’ve been suffering of late from allergies and related sinus issues. Today wasn’t too bad, actually, except that late in the afternoon I was noticing …

 
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26 Apr

Birthday Meal

Birthday Meal

Tonight I had fun making a birthday meal at home. XS’s favorite course was the opener: garlic shrimp with pancetta. The shrimp is cooked in a …

 
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26 Apr

Office Enhance

Office Enhance

This month I felt it was finally the time to upgrade my computer. I retired my PowerMac G5 for a new Nehalem-Xeon MacPro. Besides the …

 
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19 Apr

Flowers

Flowers

I bought a two-year membership to the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden here in Richmond. They have some great stuff to practice my photography skills upon.

 
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11 Apr

Absolutely Outstanding

Absolutely Outstanding

Wow! Check out this video of Ensemble Matheus performing Biber’s Battalia suite. Just as I imagined Mr. Spinosi plays: with such character and feeling. A …

 
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11 Apr

Sonance Remarquer

Sonance Remarquer

This is me during my high school years. I wrote this piece in rondo form. I entered this piece in a contest for kids who were …

 
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11 Apr

Old School Mac

Old School Mac

This brings back the memories… My mother was editing a document for work with our family’s Mac Plus in 1990. At this point, it was …

 
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10 Apr

Preview

Preview

I am finding a lot of gems from old videos we’d taken in the 1990s… I hope to post some up here soon.

 
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10 Apr

Monteverdi by Jaroussky & Pluhar

Monteverdi by Jaroussky & Pluhar

Don’t let anyone tell you that YouTube videos can’t sell albums. I caught this while YouTube surfing the other day, and found it was a recent …

 
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09 Apr

Il Giardino Armonico: Il Pianto di Maria

Il Giardino Armonico: Il Pianto di Maria

Il Giardino Armonico record works by Vivaldi, Ferrandini, and Monteverdi – Il Pianto di Maria – the Virgin’s Lament on Decca L’Oiseau-Lyre After IGA’s release of …

 
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09 Apr

Vivaldi Concerti

Vivaldi Concerti

Maurice Steger & I Barocchisti perform recorder concertos of Antonio Vivaldi on Claves It was some time ago now that I collected yet another Vivaldi flute …

 
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