Raymond Carver Archives – Thomas Froese

Something to get quiet about

Here’s a fun fact. “The Sound of Silence,” the hit song by Simon and Garfunkel, has turned 60. Its birthday slipped by somewhat silently (naturally) several weeks ago. It’s a reminder about the importance of silence, how we need it like we need food. Or air.

The music of my life

3 Comments / Daily Dad / March 26, 2015 / 2015, birthdays, Dr. Jean Chamberlain Froese, Handel, humour / satire, marriage, music, our Ugandan home, Raymond Carver / 3 minutes of reading

Some days I wish I was more musical, at least as musical as the rest of the family. I think the dog wishes the same for himself. Sensing this, yesterday I let Zack listen to Handel on my i-pod. It was Handel’s Concerti Grossi Op 3. I held the buds in his big German Shepherd dog ears. He

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