Category: Portfolio
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Meet the Instrument: Glass Harmonica
Sometimes, instruments can be dangerous. No, I’m not talking about whoever did the field testing to quantify how far one can throw a piano. I’m not talking about cartoon characters dropping pianos out windows to squash hapless passersby on the sidewalk below. I’m talking about the glass harmonica, also known as the glass armonica, or…
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Unicorn Poop
Cindy, teen human and thief hunter, tiptoed around the giant oak and sniffed the foul air. Her boot landed in something thick and squishy, and a slurping sound assaulted her ears. A strong odor burned her nose hairs and made her eyes water. “What-?” She looked down at her foot and gasped. Her boot had…
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Netflix Reviews: Nuremburg; The Dinosaurs
As we close up another week together on Planet Earth, I thought you might like to hear about dramatic Netflix productions highlighting two of the worst things that ever happened on our shared planet: (1) the Holocaust, and (2) the asteroid collision that caused the extinction of almost all of the dinosaurs.
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Prime Video Review: 56 Days
Keith and I binged all 8 episodes of 56 Days on Prime Video over the weekend. I reviewed the series below. 56 Days: The Good On the plus side, I found the storytelling in 56 Days gripping. We wanted to watch more episodes on Saturday, bedtime be damned, but enough episodes remained to convince our…
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Pitched Percussion
An acrostic poem. “Marimba,” queried Xylophone, “may I propose a duet?”“Agreed,” Marimba smiled, “but shall we not make it a quartet? Let us get Vibraphone and Glockenspiel participating; Let their bright tinks and our warm clinks together, imitating – Ensembled thus – a starry sky, with twinkling Vibe and Bell To strike a better balance? Plus, they’re easier to spell.” So did their tapping…