Entranced by a Wood Thrush

It’s that time of year again when I’m serenaded through the open kitchen window as I prepare supper each evening. The flute-like harmonies of the wood thrush sound out from the deep woods around our house, entrancing me each evening. The sound is pure loveliness. These birds thrill me! It is the sound of summer [...]

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Riding the Train

When I was about 7 years old, my mother brought me to Chicago from our post-war suburb of McHenry. What an adventure! Though my father rode the train every day to his job so that my mother had use of our family’s one car, this was my first train trip. I remember the gentle rolling [...]

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Thinking About Waves

No, not the ocean waves rolling and clapping, ebullient in white summer sunshine.
I’m thinking about sound waves.
That’s not entirely an odd thought for me, proud mother of an acoustic engineer. As a girl, great fun was shared with my dad, also an engineer, as we played with his oscilloscope. And wasn’t it me who sparked [...]

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