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  • Honor Flight

    This was an amazing experience, and I only saw a sliver of it. My grandfather, SSG William C. Perry, was in World War II and experienced it through parts of Germany and France. On Wednesday, September 6, nearly 73 years later, he and my father flew to Washington, D.C. together as part of Honor Flight [read more]

  • Cleartune

    Cleartune

    I’m constantly forgetting my tuner at rehearsals. This has become a pain, because I leave it at home on my music stand, then rush out the door without checking. So, I’ve started looking for a tuner app for my iPhone. Cleartune is my app of choice. It’s amazing! This is the best tuner I’ve come [read more]

  • Featured Image Replacement

    Use this snippet of code to display an image when the featured image isn’t set. Works with images inserted in posts (and galleries!). [read more]

  • To anyone dealing with hardship or loss or that feeling of failure, I just want to say you are strong! I don’t believe in the universe only giving us what we can handle, because the moment someone says that, I usually feel dismissed, followed by uncontrollable self-doubt. Sometimes in life we really are given more [read more]

  • There will always be someone telling you you’re wrong. The choice is yours to listen to them or not. [read more]