Practice and Practice and Practice Makes Perfect
I started taking piano lessons when I was 8 years old. The first thing I learned was how to read the notes on a page and associate those notes to the keys on the piano. Then I learned how to look at the music and pay attention to my fingers at the same time. That…
Do You Have Some Quirky Food Favorites?
Do you have some quirky food favorites that remind you of someone special? I’ll never forget, as a child, spending time at my cousin’s house and her Mom, my Aunt Marie, made us Miracle Whip sandwiches (yes, just mayo and bread). I still love that and I loved my precious aunt who was a true…
Meeting Elvis Presley — the King of Rock n’ Roll
I’ll never forget the day I met Elvis Presley. My young husband and I were in Memphis, TN, attending a Gospel Quartette Convention, and my husband’s piano teacher, as a child, was Joe Moscheo, who had become the piano player for the Imperials Quartette. The Imperials, at that time, were the back-up singers for Elvis,…
I LOVE Chocolate!
I have a confession to make. I LOVE chocolate so much so, that I should be a member of Chocoholics Anonymous (if there is such a group)! One of my earliest kid memories was my Mom’s chocolate gravy, and after Sunday night church, my Dad taking me to the little store next door for a…