Fallen Leaves

Face it friends, the long days of summer are over. It’s time for me to rake up some leaves and put them in a big bag so I can put a top layer on my compost all through the coming year. Raking leaves is not unpleasant work, especially if you have Indian summer weather...

Falsetto

A couple of weeks ago my wife and I went on a movie date. We watched Bohemian Rhapsody which was pretty good by the way. Anyway Freddie Mercury’s singing got me thinking about falsetto. As I have written before in this column, falsetto singing has a rich tradition in...

Family Banned

Playing music is the ultimate viral phenomenon. Anyone learning an instrument invariably must share their mangled Stairway to Heaven with nearby friends, and eventually begin recruiting bystanders into their obsession. And it spreads like a fart in a yoga class. I was...

Family Nose Story

The Today’s column from Rick Cornish (rcornish@sjcoe.net) Friday, June 8, 2007 There was a story in my family that was repeated at many a major extended clan gathering….Christmas dinners, BBQ’s at the river, grandparents anniversaries, anywhere that parents and...