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(Pssst… I originally wrote this essay for a musicology class in March 2007. It’s been tinkered.)

I received an email from the University Musical Society (UMS) this January after the holiday break, advertising the society’s winter/spring lineup of shows. I scrolled through the list of performers—a classical pianist, an Irish dance company, a chamber orchestra—in order [...]

Dale Earnhardt Dr., W. Howe Rd., DeWitt, MI. Click to enlarge.

W. Howe Rd., DeWitt, MI. Click to enlarge.

Charles in Boyne City, MI. Click to enlarge.

Here is my first installment of the aforementioned “Photo O’ the Day.” The goal here is to post each morning a photograph I’ve taken during the previous day. I might even try to make this a daily ritual; though I will readily admit that will, in all likelihood and despite the cheerful optimism with which [...]