tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53764982024-03-06T03:14:08.294-05:00Catholics, Musicians, Students, in that order."They think us barbarians because we cling to the past. We think them barbarians because they do not cling to the past."Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03893341464969743583noreply@blogger.comBlogger649125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376498.post-41319958842877424262012-06-27T16:13:00.002-04:002012-06-27T16:13:22.591-04:00MovingI've moved house recently, and I've decided that it's time to move blogs, too. This blog has served us well for the last nine (!) years, but my blog partner hasn't written any posts in a long time and my posts these days are more individual and much less about the two of us as friends and partners. I won't take this blog down any time soon, so the archives will be here if anyone is Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03893341464969743583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376498.post-41118913164810426922012-05-23T18:50:00.002-04:002012-05-23T18:53:33.865-04:00What the heck...?I'm sure that Father Gabriele Amorth has done many good things in his life. However, I really wish that someone who has authority over him would duct tape his mouth shut. Please? I know that the news outlets which, like HuffPo, have titled their stories "Emanuela Orlandi Was Kidnapped for Vatican Sex Parties" are outright lying. That implies that cardinals were having orgies with underage Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03893341464969743583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376498.post-36759857758903191042012-02-29T19:06:00.008-05:002012-02-29T20:30:09.137-05:00I Know I Said I'd Be Gone a While......but this opportunity was too good to pass up. Take a look at this:A name has been stricken from the photo to protect the (sort of) innocent. Does it remind you of anything? If you're a Star Trek fan, it might remind you of this: (startrek-ships.com)The top photo is in fact a proposal for a baptismal font and not a crude, early prototype of the USS Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03893341464969743583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376498.post-46708421270623770172012-02-27T11:56:00.003-05:002012-02-27T12:23:18.006-05:00Just Checking In......to say that my blogging will be even scarcer than usual over the coming months. We are moving to Alaska! My husband will be music director at a parish in the Archdiocese of Anchorage. We're so excited! This was the view from our hotel room when we went for his interview. The first day it snowed terribly the whole time, and I was fairly miserable. But on the second Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03893341464969743583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376498.post-33984471689056497292012-01-14T12:18:00.003-05:002012-01-14T12:42:28.295-05:00New Translation, and Teaching of EnglishI'm enjoying the new translation of the Roman Missal, what I hear of it. The sound system in our church isn't great, and from the choir loft I don't always hear everything clearly. We went to daily Mass at our cathedral last week, and could hear much better. I think we have the smallest cathedral in the country, so it's easy to hear the priest from Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03893341464969743583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376498.post-73484487731125160212011-12-07T23:33:00.002-05:002011-12-07T23:43:26.643-05:00Teaching MusicMy job as a music teacher is to tell my student what is wrong with her performance, make sure she understands how to correct it, and then send her away to drill on her own, or supervised by her parents or nanny. Later, I will see her again, and find out whether her practicing has been fruitful. My job is NOT, contrary to the opinion of the mother of my newest student, to superviseJanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03893341464969743583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376498.post-91677605624337237822011-12-06T22:56:00.002-05:002011-12-06T23:08:39.336-05:00Project Vegetable, Day 2:Breakfast: Veggie omelette (2 servings vegetables)Lunch: French Onion Soup (1 serving vegetables)Dinner: Chicken stir-fry (2 servings vegetables)Dessert: Banana, peach slices and yogurt with honey (2 servings vegetables)I tried something new in the chicken stir-fry: beet greens. I prefer to buy golden beets rather than the purple/red kind. I know they probably lack the Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03893341464969743583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376498.post-39316830647388262492011-12-05T17:28:00.003-05:002011-12-06T22:56:15.538-05:00Project VegetableI've looked over all the diets and examined how what I eat and what my husband eats relate to each other, and also what our food budget looks like (important because sometimes healthier foods cost more--sad, but true). I've figured out that the easiest thing I can do is eat more vegetables. If I eat more vegetables, I won't be so inclined to reach for desserts. I was also kindJanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03893341464969743583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376498.post-70589524504303925742011-12-03T16:56:00.003-05:002011-12-03T17:28:33.962-05:00The Chant GuerrillaToday, for the first time in a year, I helped plan the music for a Mass as well as execute it. It was a retreat day, with a visiting priest whom we know and who is fond of chant. We knew we'd never be able to get away with a chant-only Mass, but we did the best we could. We sang an actual Graduale Romanum chant, the Kyrie was chanted, the Psalm used an actual chant Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03893341464969743583noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376498.post-32802937275886500442011-11-22T07:21:00.003-05:002011-11-22T07:36:27.149-05:00Happy Feast of St. Cecilia!Since we're musicians around here, this is a special feast day for us. Let us do as St. Cecilia recommends, and also exemplified:Dum aurora finem daret, Caecilia exclamavit dicens: Eja, milites Christi, abjicite opera tenebrarum et induimini arma lucis.As dawn was fading into day, Cecilia spoke with a loud voice, saying: Arise, O soldiers of Christ, cast away the worksJanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03893341464969743583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376498.post-52245940370368675542011-11-16T18:59:00.002-05:002011-11-16T19:11:52.416-05:00Que Sera, SeraThe girl who was my best friend in 7th grade has a three-year-old daughter now. As proven by a recent video, the three-year-old knows almost all the words to "Que Sera, Sera" and can actually sing them fairly tunefully. I am super impressed! Children are amazing.I babysat three awesome little ones today so that their mother could go to her first pre-natal visit for #4. They are Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03893341464969743583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376498.post-52110403571845165912011-11-13T14:48:00.003-05:002011-11-13T14:51:43.822-05:00Neat StuffCheck out my friend's Etsy shop PaxCarmel. She and her husband are selling beautiful knives made from railroad spikes made on a tiny forge in their backyard.I have the coolest friends!Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03893341464969743583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376498.post-74948252349782470182011-11-12T13:58:00.002-05:002011-11-12T14:00:03.076-05:00Very FunnyA friend's comment: "We're going to learn this for our first child's wedding. We will wow everybody."I fully support this endeavor and volunteer my services as a back-up dancer.Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03893341464969743583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376498.post-43306508017419431102011-11-11T08:12:00.003-05:002011-11-11T08:32:11.250-05:00Veteran's DayWhen I think of WWI, I always think of two pictures that hung on the wall of my parents' home when I was a child. The pictures were of my mother's grandfathers, Otis and Olen, each in an Army uniform. Unfortunately I don't have copies of those pictures to share. I don't have pictures of my grandfather and grandmother in their Navy and Army Nurse uniforms. I don't have pictures ofJanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03893341464969743583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376498.post-90412909543386634632011-10-27T07:23:00.003-04:002011-10-27T07:45:14.972-04:00BreakfastSorry the photo is a little blurry. I took it with my brand-new iPod Touch 4G, an early anniversary present from my husband. He thoughtfully had the back inscribed, "MVSICA LAETITIAE COMES MEDICINA DOLORVM." The previous iPod had my name and phone number on the back, but statistically it's unlikely to be returned even with that information. So we have a fun inscription this time, of Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03893341464969743583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376498.post-45321267890706017312011-10-21T20:44:00.002-04:002011-10-21T20:53:49.478-04:00RacismWe have a parochial vicar from South America. This has been a problem for some people in the parish ever since he arrived."Why did they send us a hispanic priest?!" (Maybe because we have a huge hispanic community?)"I can't understand him!" (Our sound system is lousy. Try sitting at the front of the church instead of at the very back! Also, some people can't understand your accent. DealJanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03893341464969743583noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376498.post-27208273606224739792011-10-17T21:06:00.004-04:002011-10-17T21:30:02.114-04:00Prayers for a Suffering PriestIf you are reading this, please stop and say a prayer for a priest who is suffering. He recently began a very difficult assignment, one that few priests in his diocese would take on willingly. I suspect that even he doesn't do it very willingly, but only because his bishop gave him no choice. He is desperate to leave this situation, already counting down the days Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03893341464969743583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376498.post-38320072418723480842011-10-08T22:11:00.002-04:002011-10-08T23:20:15.566-04:00On GlossolaliaI have several friends who have or have had involvement in the Catholic Charismatic movement. I don't care for it myself, but there is one particular feature that I don't have much patience for: the phenomenon referred to as "speaking in tongues."Many Charismatics, both Catholic and Protestant, use the term "speaking in tongues" to refer to various noises people make that do not Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03893341464969743583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376498.post-3880395726558800672011-09-26T12:01:00.002-04:002011-09-26T12:52:00.659-04:00Liturgiam AuthenticamI bought Peter Jeffery's book "Translating Tradition" over a year ago, but only gave it a cursory glance. Hyped up on caffeine last night (should have ordered decaf!), I worked through 3/4ths of the book.I don't agree with everything he says--I agree with another reviewer who opined that Dr. Jeffery "over-interprets" the document in certain respects. I think that the issuesJanehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03893341464969743583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376498.post-77128904148289249052011-09-23T12:27:00.002-04:002011-09-23T12:31:55.171-04:00Das ElevatorMusik or '80s Science Fiction Theme?One of my friends pointed out the remarkable similarity between this unfortunate incident: Opening of Berlin Papal Mass from Rocco Palmo on Vimeo.And the theme of one of the awesomest scifi shows ever:She's so right. And it's so wrong.Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03893341464969743583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376498.post-19205588044111551232011-09-22T14:56:00.002-04:002011-09-22T15:05:28.684-04:00Why Don't We Chant?A dissertation that I'm currently reading for research gives a list of reasons cited by church musicians who are avoiding compliance with liturgical norms regarding music. Here are the basic points (some are paraphrased):1. Composers believe in good faith that any musical form might be adopted in church.2. It's easier to obtain impressive effects with small forces in "modern" Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03893341464969743583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376498.post-31951134412074118482011-09-20T18:57:00.002-04:002011-09-20T20:25:56.231-04:00Waiting and WonderingIn the last two weeks, three of my friends have announced pregnancies. Two of them are expecting second children, and the third is expecting her fourth child. All of them married not more than eighteen months before my husband and I.I am still waiting.It is hard not to wonder why. It does not seem, on the surface, as though we are any less suited to parenthood than anyone Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03893341464969743583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376498.post-26379184172087016422011-09-19T21:26:00.002-04:002011-09-19T21:34:11.854-04:00Art by Natalie DeeI've had a cold since Thursday. Couldn't talk at all on Saturday and most of yesterday. My throat and lungs hurt so much from coughing that I half expect to start hacking up bits of lung tissue any time now.I'm not very good at the whole "offer it up" thing. I whine a lot when I'm sick. That means I'm going to be doing a lot of whining in the next few months, because my Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03893341464969743583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376498.post-80100786650728367602011-09-10T15:02:00.003-04:002011-09-10T15:12:36.933-04:00We Should Have Known......that my husband would not get along with his boss when the man proudly showed us his Thomas Kinkade paintings. Actual painted ones, not prints. Plural. What's so bad about that?Simcha Fisher tells us.And no, they aren't Kinkade's better work, they're the fantasy hack stuff.Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03893341464969743583noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5376498.post-10225676528008174052011-09-07T13:36:00.003-04:002011-09-07T13:42:20.192-04:00Huzzah!My bishop, Bishop Burbidge of Raleigh, has engaged James McCrery--yes, the one who designed the Carmelite Monastery in Wyoming--to design our new cathedral! I couldn't be more excited. This is really, really good news. Also, Baby Thomas, mentioned in my previous post, has been released from the hospital and is doing fine.Janehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03893341464969743583noreply@blogger.com0