The Adventures of LitBoy: Bill Brent's Blog

Cooking on All Burners

My partner forwards me articles and such all the time. This is one of the most inspiring links he's sent me in months:

Barbara Cook:
Heartbreak and Healing, Sometimes Both at Once

The New York Times

ARTS / MUSIC   | November 21, 2007

Music Review

by STEPHEN HOLDEN

The concert found this Broadway lyric soprano not only alive and kicking but in great voice.

If you can, watch the video. (Click on the "multimedia" link within the article.)

While we can't really know what is going on beneath the surface, I will keep looking for examples of folks like Cook who seem to be cooking on all burners (pardon the pun). Role models, perhaps. Sources of optimism. I think this is especially important in times of stress, such as we are living through now. If we cannot look to our national leaders for this strength, we can always find it elsewhere.

Transcendence, energy, humility. Enduring qualities, all. And she's 80.

Here is a related article

that includes audio clips of Cook singing.

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone.

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Wishing you a beautiful day,

Bill Brent

[this page last updated: 2007.11.22, 10:45 a.m. Hawaii time]

LitBoy.com is a professional blog. Keeping it online costs me $200 per year. That's before paying me for my writing, photography, or anything else I do here. If you enjoy this blog, please use the Tip Jar at the top of this page. Your two-dollar minimum donation helps keep this banner-free site alive. It's quick and easy!

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Watch this and be happy.

Probably you've heard this song before, but not for a while. This is a cover version. I thought the outer-space graphics were really cool.

I'll do a real update sometime soon. I've been writing a lot, just haven't felt very chatty as of late.

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Wishing you a beautiful day,

Bill Brent

[this page last updated: 2007.11.18, 7:20 p.m. Hawaii time]

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LitBoy.com is a professional blog. Keeping it online costs me $200 per year. That's before paying me for my writing, photography, or anything else I do here. If you enjoy this blog, please use the Tip Jar at the top of this page. Your two-dollar minimum donation helps keep this banner-free site alive. It's quick and easy!

80.99 / $199.90 (40.5%)

This meter displays this year's contributions to date in U.S. dollars (after the funds processor takes its cut). Make a donation, watch the meter rise! Usually I post your contribution on my next blog post.

All original materials here on LitBoy.com (writing, photos, drawings, graphics, etc.) belong to Bill Brent. If you want to re-use something here, please ask. Higher resolution images are available.