From the Poker Weekend

Ivor's Adventure (PDF) at Indian Rock and on our hike to Chilnualna Falls.

I'm actually getting quite competent at saying and spelling "Chilnualna." It's not an easy word to internalize, somehow.

Tamaki Kawakubo

Tamaki Kawakubo. (Google search)

I saw her play the Mendelssohn Violin Concerto in E minor at the "Blue Hair" San Francisco Symphony matinee this afternoon.

[actually—yesterday afternoon. It's late]

Mahalia Jackson

In the Upper Room (first on the third CD of "How I got Over")