One reason I love the Independence Day holiday is that I'm a big fan of John Philip Sousa and marching bands. Everyone have a great holiday.
The Pirates of Penzance at OTSL
The Opera: Frederic has turned 21 which marks the end of his apprenticeship with the Pirate King (he was supposed to be apprenticed to ...
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*Part of my continuing blog series leading up to the 250 th anniversary of the founding of St. Louis in February 2014. In October...
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Every year I read other people's "best of" lists but I've never done one myself. I'm a little ambivalent about the wor...
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Since it is Independence Day I thought I would republish a story from long ago. This is the story of the family of my paternal grandmother w...
