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Thanks to a Christmas gift from my brother and sister-in-law, I was at Symphony Hall this past Friday afternoon with Fr. Roland. Marcelo Lehninger conducted two Beethoven pieces, the Overture to the Creatures of Prometheus and the Emperor concerto, and finished with the 5th symphony of Tchaikovsky. Javier Perianes was the featured… Read More »Music and the human spirit

Undoubtedly, there are advantages to reading from a tablet or an iPad. Cost, convenience while traveling, storage capacity, font flexibility all favor the electronic device over the traditional book, to say nothing of environmental concerns and the elimination of all that paper. Clearly, electronic is the reasonable way to go.   But sometimes rationality… Read More »A book in hand

Shane Lowry, the Irish golfer who recently won the British Open, made an interesting observation about how he dealt with the pressure of entering the final round with a four stroke advantage over the field. The context for the reporter’s question was a similar lead several years back going into… Read More »Putting God before golf, and everything else