Tag: Mathilde Handelsman
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Taking Stock
7 October 2024 On this the last morning of my 71st year, I asked the phlebotomist drawing blood (completely sans pain; she was really good at her job) whether my 71-year-old blood today would be any better than my 72-year old blood tomorrow. She replied that the 72-year-old blood would be even better, and asked…
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BIRTHDAY No. 70
Today is another glorious autumn afternoon in Madbury NH, a fortnight past celebrating my 70th birthday with good friends on an equally fine day, fall color ablaze outdoors, afternoon light raking through the west windows as supremely talented Parisienne pianist Mathilde Handelsman played a program of Schumann, Chopin, Rachmaninoff, Debussy, and Gershwin, ending with a…