Professor Carol
This week, all who love film and music are celebrating the 90th birthday of John Williams, one of our finest-ever American composers. Even the shortest list of films for which Williams wrote the score dazzles the mind: Jaws, E.T., the Star Wars series, Schindler’s List, … Read more
Wednesday of this week, February 2, was Candlemas. This liturgical event, also known as the “Feast of the Holy Encounter,” officially ends the Christmas season. Flourishing especially in Medieval England, Candlemas begins with the annual blessing of candles for the church’s use, as well as … Read more
We did not lose our electricity in the storm that just swept the East Coast. Here, at the northern edge of Winston-Salem, four inches of snow fell, followed by two inches of freezing rain, resulting in five inches of solid ice. For some reason, the … Read more
The story of Lohengrin is timeless, touching, and powerful. A knight of the Holy Grail, son of Parzival, arrives in a boat pulled by swans to defend Elsa, the beleaguered duchess of Brabant, and restore her claim to the throne. The evildoers, though, are not … Read more
I have no idea how I learned to read. It’s been a while ago, clearly. Yet, I imagine I learned through the tried-and-true method of phonics. In the raising of our now-grown daughter, I watched the chaos that ensued when she was not taught phonics. … Read more
Webinar: Tuesday, Jan. 18 at 8 pm Eastern Snow, ice, blasts of wind, grey cover of clouds, plus a some of those icy blue days of winter sunshine: winter is among us. For some of you “up North” as we say in the South, winter … Read more
I always wanted memo paper with the phrase “From the desk of” printed up top. It sounded so grown up, especially in my day when typewriters were grown-up machines. Typists tended to be at least the age of high schoolers who took typing class and … Read more
Surprising us as it does every year, the eve of Christmas has arrived. In churches that follow the liturgical cycle, texts for today’s morning services still belong to the Advent cycle. But thereafter, someone from the altar guild will arrive, the violet cloths will be … Read more
