I call him Thelonious,

Keeper of the Cottage

Summer Is:

Meeting the source of your food,

meeting the source of your soul.

Summer, good and full

Piano Camps are done, Brazil is done.  Last day of class today, last day of summer piano teaching tomorrow, and fall at the Institute is well under way.  There's still an opera to prep for and an article to write, but guess what? Summer is HERE. [Just in time...]

Come my Children, Listen to Me:

Dwell in the Light.

Water the Soil.

You will see the Goodness of the Lord,

in the Land of the Living.

'Tis the Season

[Farmer's Markets and Cottages, oh so happy together.]

Time to Celebrate the Newest One!

A few months ago,

I found this little cutie gracing my inbox,

and just this past weekend 

we gathered to celebrate him and his parents.

 We watched a video in their honor,

 gave the mama some time to gather baby tips,

 gave the men some time

 to advise the papa on midnight diaper changings.

 And then we gathered all together,

to peek at all of the gifts waiting to welcome our newest home.

And then, in the spirit of familial celebration, 

we had some good family moments,

like dancing with Peepaw 

[on a floor clearly made for dancing 

in the eyes of our littlest-one-for-now],

like receiving gifts from Great-Grandma,

and other precious things.

We talked,

we laughed,

we played.

And we simply reminded ourselves how good it is to be together:

And overall, we just rejoiced, because we can't wait until this family picture includes the little one we were there to celebrate.

Thanks Dave & Kara, for giving us a reason to be together, 

and for bringing us a new one to love!

I, for one, can't wait to meet him.

When in Pennsylvania....

...pretend you're still in Brazil.