I got in the car the other day and turned to 89.1, Portland’s local classical station. Playing was the most delightful piece for piano trio. It had the qualities of Haydn but there was this folk element—”Is that gypsy music?” (…)
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Discovering Dean Koontz The “Mansion” section of The Wall Street Journal on Friday, 11 July 2014 featured a story by suspense novelist Dean Koontz about the magnificent (my adjective) home that he and his wife Gerda built in Newport Beach, (…)
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