While I am not conventionally religious, I am very much the product of a religious Jewish upbringing, and it is material such as the following that shaped my life perspective. Many of the items below are well known and not…

A question occasionally arises about talent in my family. Am I the only one with artistic talent or are there others? Not surprisingly there are many others.

I began playing for Heritage Harmonies about 20 years ago in response to a newspaper ad for a pianist for a seniors singing group at Barclay Manor. When I began, there were only about a half dozen members, the meetings…

Try and make something like it and see how close you come. It may be more difficult than you think to produce. Still some abstract artists get by not on their talent but by their ability to write something seemingly…

During the first couple of weeks of being confined to my apartment, I was at loose ends, trying to get adjusted to the loss of my exercise classes, piano playing commitments, concerts, lunches and activities with friends. By week three…

This article from The Ottawa Citizen in June of 1972, features two of my Haiku that won in a local poetry contest. Frank.

This article featuring a New Year's poem I found among the papers of a deceased co-writer was published in Dear Abby's New Year's column for the year 2000. I have since noted that it has now also been uploaded onto…

I met Bob in our first year at Fisher Park High School. We shared the same home room along with Andrew Carson, Brian Joynt and others who would become friends and acquaintences for life. 

Even then, with his tall, lanky…

Beautiful Vancouver, Historical Note 

Beautiful Vancouver was self-published by the composer, George Brownson in 1952. Nothing seems to have become of the song, and no information is available about the composer or what became of him. 

I found a copy…

There are prodigies who can sit down at the piano and learn effortlessly, but most students must practice diligently to play well. Often students frustrate themselves by trying to do too much at once. Attempting to handle notes, fingering, timing…