I have been back in in rehab for a few days now, and it’s time to write about it. My first facility was the highest rated in the area, but ...

I was going to write about life in a physical rehab facility, but now I’m back in the hospital instead. Steps back indeed: I am not judged ...

This post was supposed to be a review of Saturday evening's Redwood Symphony concert, featuring the Paganini Rhapsody (which is by Rach...

Yesterday afternoon I went in for my flu and covid shots. Unlike others reporting this year, I did not feel seriously wiped out by the shot...

I had tickets to all of these: Friday, San Francisco Symphony, A Concert for MTT . The eagerly-awaited memorial concert for the beloved f...

Of all the silly things happening in politics lately, my candidate for the silliest is Sen. Eric Schmitt (R-MO)'s attempt to play "...

When I visited the Eugene O'Neill home in Danville last May, I noted that every fall a local theatrical group does an O'Neill Play F...

I was never particularly fond of this classic Seventies rock song, but arrange it for the traditional Chinese guzheng (clever of those trad...

B. and I have returned from our annual driving visit to the Oregon Shakespeare Festival. The weather at the shoulder season was pleasant, w...

In celebration of the Library of America's new issue of a definitive collection of Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea stories, the publish...