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So far I have spent all of 2026 with the company of a fever, body aches (some severe--a literal pain in the butt), and the various foggy states that come with the flu. I have also been fortunate to have the company of Michael, who seems to have avoided getting it. We both got our vaccinations at the same time, but it seems that his worked to protect him. I'm doing everything y...


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I'm greeting 2026 with a song set to a poem that Jonathan Swift wrote for his friend Rebecca Dingley to greet 1724. You can find the music here.Stella is Esther Johnson, a comp...


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I spent some time last week attempting to make a satisfactory recording of the violin part of "My Antonia." I was planning to combine it with a recording of the computer-generated piano part, so that I could give some sense of "my" Antonia's...


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The music that Jule Styne wrote for Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol is really remarkable. Though Mr. Styne would say that "enthusiasm is hardly inspiration" (in another context, I know), I was so enthusiastic about the music that I have loved since childhood th...


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