Tribes

I’ve been puzzling over the political madness sweeping the country, and I think part of what is driving this intensity of emotion and defense of position is that there is something inside us, each of us, that longs to be a part of a much larger tribe, one that...

Healing Springs

I was going through a book of Sam Rizzetta tunes and found this. I find it calming both to play and hear. In his notes Mr. Rizzetta says it can be used as a starting point for improvisation and embellishment, and I can easily see that potential. Sometimes I like it...

See-Saw

A recent report that the London’s Design Museum 2020 prize for best design went to the groups who turned a section of the border wall between the US and Mexico into a temporary base for see-saws with the wall itself as the fulcrum made me laugh out loud. The idea of...