Archives for 2010

We're a week into our summer break. I've been working at the computer almost 24/7, and my children have been entertaining themselves…well, almost. I personally have more time on my hands now that I don't teach piano any longer (which is why I've been working so much), but I really, really don't like so much unstructured […]

I've taught piano lessons for the last fifteen years, beginning as a teacher in a Christian school, and then moving to teaching lessons from my home. By my figures, I've taught over 10,000 lessons in that time. Obviously the role of piano teacher has been a major facet of my identity, and I've spent a […]

I have very fond memories of snuggling up next to a cassette player as a child, reading along in the book while the narrator told the story of The Wild Swans by Hans Christian Andersen. I don't know exactly why some stories stand out more in my mind than others, but The Wild Swans most […]