Back to the Future Past

O. K., so it has been a while since the last post to this site, and with the Stay Safe, Stay at home Covid-19 model, It is time to give it a go. First things first, I've set up the site to offer secure downloads of background tracks and previous albums now out of print. Getting the SSL certificate and getting it to work was the first hurdle. Configuring it to address the current postings was

Emotional Motion

It was like turning on a light switch.  I found myself up in the middle of the night.  My brain was running with the stresses of the previous day, and I wasn't looking forward to what may come the next day.  Stress had my brain working overtime on stuff that would probably not matter by the end of the next day.  I tried to clear my mind, but the effort made it harder to go back to sleep.  I

False Expectations

I was set up for false expectations.  I think. As I sit listening to a recording of Beethoven's Sonata No. 23 in F minor, I cannot go without wondering if I was set up for false expectations. Piano recordings sound huge, and so do a lot of the orchestral recordings readily available. Many of the recordings, of Haydn, Mozart, Handel, etc., are almost explosive. While running the usual click here and there through Youtube, I came across a strange video