I have put off writing about my sister, Barbara because it was hard to go through it again. She passed away on March 3. I found out about it from a text message when I woke up that morning. There was no point in going back to the hospital. Connie and her husband cleared her personal belongings and all the… Read more →
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Barbara King – “So long, it’s been good to know you”
My sister Barbara (Lehndorff) King passed away March 3, 2017, from an aggressive brain tumor. I still am coming to terms with it. As readers of this blog may remember, Barb and I were very close. She was my big sister. Nine years older than me. Barbara was the fearless one who traveled the world but who was by your… Read more →
More Updates: Putting the Oy in Joy
December had its ups and downs as you will see. As part of my open-mic therapy tour, I signed up for spots at two Boston area clubs: The Lizard Lounge in Cambridge; and The Burren in Somerville. In between I wanted to go to the Infinity Hall open mic again and probably something local with Charlie. Lizard Lounge Open Mic… Read more →
Playing at The Bitter End
My Facebook friends are usually the first to know when I have a musical adventure or gig of some kind. I don’t agonize over grammar or punctuation on social media as much as I should. I post. Therefore, I am. Feel free to join Peter Lehndorff’s Music at facebook.com/standupfolk/. I’m just beginning to use Instagram, but I use Facebook more to let people know when and where… Read more →
Ashes. Ashes. We all fall down.
Ring around the rosy, A pocket full of posies; Ashes! Ashes! We all fall down. I kept going back and forth about Kathy’s ashes. If you remember, her ‘cremains’ arrived on September 22. A friendly postal worker delivered them in a cardboard box from Harvard Medical School. I had over a year to mull it over: from the time she passed away;… Read more →
Kathy’s reception
Kathy’s reception and life celebration. I loaded up the car with a few sculpture and furniture things on Friday night. Earlier that day I went to the library to double-check some things. I wanted to make sure the ConcertWindow streaming would work okay. And I wanted to make sure I knew how to use the video projector, DVD, and sound system… Read more →
Kathy’s voice
As I prepared for Kathy’s art exhibit reception this coming Saturday, I knew there was a video tape somewhere of Kathy talking about her art. In 1990 or 1991 she was working with Pam Wilkins, an artist representative specializing in corporate and healthcare art placement. One of her pieces was sold to MassMutual Insurance for their headquarters in Springfield. To introduce… Read more →