Music therapy.

Brian Crain’s “Song for Sienna” is a tune that moved me to tears the first time I heard it. I think I was listening to a Pandora station when it came on, and whatever I was doing was immediately paused. It’s a simple composition that sounds full of hope and sorrow, triumph and loss, patience […]

The Sparrow’s Prayer

I saw it at the last possible second, and couldn’t tell whether it was a piece of trash getting caught up among speeding cars, or something else. It was something else. That “something else” was a tiny sparrow. While they’re known for quick, exact movements, the idea of a sparrow trying to fly across the street […]