Auspicious Bird
That is not a statue on the rock. Cranes really do stand around posing for watercolors in Japanese gardens....
I’m Giving Away Small Mercies
I went out of town for a weekend, and when I got home my stack of mail included several books for review. Inexplicably, I had...
Can You Handel Seattle Opera’s Semele?
Typical. I studied hard for the accessible Tosca. But I walked into Seattle Opera’s production of Semele cold. And I really could have used a...
Finding Colin Firth
At my daughter’s school, students are encouraged to find connections between their own life and the stories in the books they read. If I was...
Old Fashioned Wedding
We stumbled on a couple in historical dress getting wedding pictures taken at Nijo Castle....