Inkwatu

WINTER STORM AT ST. PETE BEACH
 
Although winter, technically, begins on the solstice and ends on the equinox, in Ireland, November 1st is considered the first day of winter, probably because, in the ancient Celtic tradition, Samhain marked the beginning of November and the beginning of winter. (Note: there’s a free Samhain mp3 in the last […]

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Two years ago, as part of a FloriMezzo Halloween concert at the Palladium here in St. Pete, I played the famous J.S. Bach Toccata and Fugue in D minor on their beautifully restored 1926 Skinner pipe organ. The portrait above is how I appeared before the audience. Obviously, I’m a ham who knows no […]

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Kona Sunset

This is more of a Memorial Day,
rather than an Independence Day, poem;
but, in these times, it seems appropriate:
For The Fallen (excerpt)
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
–Laurence Binyon
And […]

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