Music and me

Music has always been an important part of our family life, whether we were singing in the car, listening to my sister practice voice and piano, or hiding when Dad played classical music on his new hi-fi. To him, the only volume was LOUD. My sister was, and is, a gifted musician. Her voice was [...]

Insubordination – part 1

It began when I fell out of my highchair as a toddler and sustained a serious concussion. The doctor told my parents they couldn’t upset or excite me and, since my parents were hitting folk, they couldn’t punish me. Dad told me I was impossible, out of control. When the doctor cleared me for life [...]