This weekend I travel back to UC Riverside to attend a reunion of members of the Collegium Musicum in honor of the retirement of our dear friend and professor, Fred Gable. Dr. Gable was inspirational to me and to myriads of other students who loved early music, and many of them have become successful professional musicians.
We will be playing, singing and giving a free concert at 3:00 PM on Sunday in the Arts Building at UCR, room 166, all to say "thank you" to a man who has touched many.
Tuesday, May 23, 2006
Wednesday, May 10, 2006
They say "Snail!"
Languages are wonderful. The way people around the world express themselves has such incredible variety. I've been spending some time watching RAI International in preparation for an upcoming trip to Italy in June, and am really enjoying the Italian language programming. I don't understand very much of it, but I'm getting better at it.
I've noticed that at least one announcer - Francesca Alderisi, of "Sportello Italia" - uses the term chiocciola for the @ sign in the e-mail address. It is the word for "snail" or "spiral." I like it!
"SportelloItalia chiociolla Rai punto I - t !"
I've noticed that at least one announcer - Francesca Alderisi, of "Sportello Italia" - uses the term chiocciola for the @ sign in the e-mail address. It is the word for "snail" or "spiral." I like it!
"SportelloItalia chiociolla Rai punto I - t !"
Friday, May 05, 2006
Untimely Passings
Many friends and acquaintances have shuffled off their mortal coils in the past couple of years, the bulk of which have been untimely. The most recent is an online acquaintance who succumbed to cancer last week at the age of 56. It seems that I am always buying sympathy cards. Each passing is a reminder as to how precious life is, and how we need to actively live it every day.
Thursday, April 27, 2006
It means "Don't Stand on Ceremony!"
Non fai complimenti - a favorite saying of my father's. We'll see what develops here, but please, don't stand on ceremony.
This blog has been set up serendipitously, as I was obtaining a username so I could post an entry on another blogger blog - one set up for remembrances of Georgina Joshi, a young singer who died in a plane crash with four other Indiana University music students.
I had the opportunity to get to know and sing with these talented people last summer at the Carmel Bach Festival. Their passing is a great tragedy.
This blog has been set up serendipitously, as I was obtaining a username so I could post an entry on another blogger blog - one set up for remembrances of Georgina Joshi, a young singer who died in a plane crash with four other Indiana University music students.
I had the opportunity to get to know and sing with these talented people last summer at the Carmel Bach Festival. Their passing is a great tragedy.
Strascinati
You may be wondering about the url for this blog - strascinati.blogspot.com...
Strascinati is a dish from the small medieval comune of Monteleone di Spoleto, provincia di Perugia, Umbria, Italy. My father used to make it for me all the time growing up - his grandfather came from Monteleone. It is a pasta dish made with eggs, cheese and Italian sausage, and is reputed to have been improvised by a young wench in 1494 in an effort to prevent an invading army from killing the young men of the town as retribution for an inadequate meal.
Every year on August 16th, they hold a Strascinati Festival in Monteleone. It sounds heavenly!
Strascinati is a dish from the small medieval comune of Monteleone di Spoleto, provincia di Perugia, Umbria, Italy. My father used to make it for me all the time growing up - his grandfather came from Monteleone. It is a pasta dish made with eggs, cheese and Italian sausage, and is reputed to have been improvised by a young wench in 1494 in an effort to prevent an invading army from killing the young men of the town as retribution for an inadequate meal.
Every year on August 16th, they hold a Strascinati Festival in Monteleone. It sounds heavenly!
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