Rise Up

Over the weekend, we attended a local production of the Stephen Sondheim musical Assassins. My husband and I have not stopped talking about it. Sondheim has a way of writing about things no one wants to talk about, and, yet, we couldn’t stop going over every aspect of the evening. This play centered on various […]

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Something is Stirring

In the Sondheim song from Merrily We Roll Along, the lyric says: “Something is stirring, shifting ground. It’s just begun.” The words continue: “Edges are blurring all around, and yesterday is done.” I can’t think of better words to describe what I’m feeling right now about what is happening in the United States. Without getting […]

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