by Dale K. Edmondson | Dec 16, 2020 | Opinion
Were Charlie Brown’s Schroeder still with us, he would probably be bent over his toy piano today singing, “Happy Birthday” to Beethoven – his 250th! We’re not certain that the 16th is his birthday; we know only that he was baptized on the 17th at Bonn’s Church of St....
by Dale K. Edmondson | Nov 20, 2020 | Opinion
The shortening days alert us that the winter solstice is not far away. It’s a time of dramatic change. The days reverse their decline and begin again to expand. It will be the beginning of winter, when, even as the days grow longer, they grow colder. People in ancient...
by Dale K. Edmondson | Aug 24, 2020 | Opinion
When will it end? Our planet has been visited with an affliction that affects all of us. We cover our faces with masks, isolate ourselves from those we love, abstain from communal celebrations, walk about protectively, worship electronically, send our children to...
by Dale K. Edmondson | Jun 4, 2020 | Opinion
My date book showed I was to attend a performance of Brahms’ Requiem one afternoon at San Francisco’s Davies Symphony Hall. The hall, of course, is closed; there was no performance. Yet can the Requiem somehow still lift my spirits? Donning the Bose headphones my...
by Dale K. Edmondson | May 5, 2020 | Opinion
“Apocalypse.” That’s what some are calling the COVID-19 pandemic. They have in mind the images of catastrophic judgment popularly associated with that word. I find the word descriptive of our current situation, as well, but in the underlying meaning of the word:...
