Archive for the ‘Education’ Category
Saturday, June 14th, 2008
The past three years have been grueling. Working full time, taking classes towards a masters degree, and being a dad all at the same time was taking a toll. The last few months were especially interesting since I was working on a book project on top of everything.
Well, life has ...
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Tuesday, August 14th, 2007
Jason Heath recently noted some book recommendations for musicians from Chicago bassist Greg Sarchet. I have a few of my own that I'd like to add to the mix!
Zander, Rosamund, and Benjamin Zander. The Art of Possibility
--I complained loudly when I was in Ben's orchestra rehearsals, and thought he was ...
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Monday, July 2nd, 2007
Below is the talk I gave at the opening of the memorial service for my grandfather, Edwin Lee Ellis, last Saturday night at The Athenian School in Danville, California:
My grandfather was always very eager to start off each holiday meal with the tradition of giving thankssaying grace. I always hated ...
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Saturday, March 17th, 2007
I'm done. I was up until 3:30 AM last night finishing up final papers, got three hours of sleep, and woke up and kept at it until just now. I am so done with this quarter. Now on to the task of thinking about absolutely nothing for a day or ...
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Sunday, March 4th, 2007
In Oregon's Jackson County, 15 library branches are set to close due to lack of funding. How is this possible in modern America, where a county cannot afford to keep any of their libraries open?
I am a huge proponent of libraries in general, and specifically the American public library systems ...
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