I forget when we first heard about Gogol Bordello, a Ukrainian/Russian group that gathered its first few members at a Vermont Russian wedding in 1998. Check out their crazy history here. We liked the music in the movie Everything is Illuminated, but it wasn’t until some Russian friends of ours told us that the lead […]
Sound of Music
For a while now, I’ve been singing “Doe a deer, a female deer; ray, a drop of golden sun…” to Liliana, and she’s learned enough of the phrases to go around singing them. She’s always run and danced and twirled while doing so, and I’ve never understood why, because she’s never seen the Sound of […]
Better Together
For the last week, I’ve been holed up here in northern Minnesota, in a cabin off Lake Superior, trying to finish my second novel. Well, as of a few minutes ago, I’ve finished. I feel like playing the Hallelujah chorus. I feel like I should be smoking or drinking or something. Now come the revisions […]
I Love You, Too
Recently, out of the blue, while we were sitting at the dinner table, Liliana turned to Dan and said–full sentence, I kid you not–“I love you, Papa.” Then she cocked her head, smiled, and looked at me. “I love you, Mama.” Oh heart, be still. Where did she learn to say that? And how did […]
Playing for Change
For the next week, I’m keeping my posts a little shorter, giving you tidbits of information, because I’m in the final push of finishing my novel. Yay! My friend Clare sent this link to me, and I thought it was so uplifting I had to share. Mark Johnson is the creator of Playing for Change. […]