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My Faust problem
Evanston RoundTable, June 13, 2024 I’m obsessed with knowledge. I want to know everything. Well, not everything, of course; that would be impossible, but the big things: quantum physics and ancient
Viola’s story
Evanston RoundTable, May 30, 2024 Something good often comes from something bad. Sometimes you just have to search for it. Case in point: my recent trip to Austin, Texas, to
Music as meditation
Evanston RoundTable, April 30, 2024 I would probably be a good candidate for meditation. Partly from temperament and partly from habit, I tend to fill my day with relentless activity,
Save the planet – shop local!
Evanston RoundTable, April 18, 2024 Local stores can and do re-invest in the community, something the online behemoths don’t. “If you’re not part of the solution, you’re part of the
Suicide among elderly: an avoidable tragedy?
Lerner Newspapers, Dec. 10, 1974 SENIOR SUICIDE. It’s a problem most people prefer not to deal with. Perhaps that’s because the thought of old people taking their own lives
Password purgatory
Evanston RoundTable, April 2, 2024 For a long time, like many people, I had but one password. It was easy to remember and served me just fine. I figured the
My weekend with Kurt Vonnegut
Evanston RoundTable, March 28, 2024 Can’t say I’ve hung out with too many icons. As a kid, I was introduced to Wilt Chamberlain in the bowels of the Philadelphia Arena
I remember Mom
Evanston RoundTable, March 6, 2024 The other night my grandmother came to me in a dream to talk about Helen, her middle daughter – my mother. The timing was propitious,
Balancing act: New NU Dean of Music also composes and teaches
Evanston RoundTable, Feb. 27, 2024 In the 1995 movie Mr. Holland’s Opus, Mr. Holland (played by Richard Dreyfus) has to “settle” for a career as a high school music teacher