Ben and West played in a violin recital last Saturday. Ben played the cadenza and fourth movement of Shostakovich’s first violin concerto. West played an excerpt of the first movement of Barber’s violin concerto. Steve recorded their performances (audio only): West: West Ben: Ben I also videoed clips on my camera. They don’t sound great …
We had an amazingly violent storm go through here yesterday afternoon. I think it probably didn’t qualify as a tornado but there certainly was a tornado watch on for while and it was the most violent weather I’ve ever seen here. The worst part only lasted a few minutes but once it had passed, tree …
Ben starts high school on Wednesday. Ben took one course at the high school last year (math), so he already has some familiarity with it. I won’t say he’d rather be at school than on vacation, but apart from that he seems to be looking forward to it. West goes back a little later; she …