“Actually, I’m a failed opera singer,” Ruta Sepetys says with a smile, but it’s the kind of smile that lets you know it still hurts. That was chapter one. Chapter two: she went to Los Angeles and worked in the…
We moms and dads do learn a few things along the way, thank goodness. Today’s post features a recent email exchange between two fathers… Jack: Where is your daughter in school? Bill: She’s still a junior in high school but…
“Brad Paisley, you can almost Start Me Up, but we are here for the Rolling Stones!” – Kobie Pretorius, Facebook, from LP Field, 6/17/2015. And from George Cassidy, author and rocker (reposted from December 2014): A Prince Among Stones by Prince…
I once had the chance to hear Paige Bainbridge sing with Holly Williams (daughter of Hank Williams Jr.) at Blackberry Farm. Outdoors at Yallerhammer, under the stars, Holly asked for a bit of help from the audience. I volunteered my…
I might not have made it past page 50 if this weren’t “the new Judy Blume,” but I felt an emotional attachment to the author and to finishing it. By the end, I was so glad I did. Judy Blume still has…