YMAA Retreat Center

It's truly amazing how the time seems to be moving by quickly. There are only eleven weeks remaining in this semester and the first year...

Happy Vernal Equinox! It's official--Spring has sprung? Despite the cloudy, dreary, and rainy day here today, it is warmer than it's been...

There's a hint of spring in the air. Just last week it was bitter cold for several days to the extent that I had to put makeshift inserts...

Listening to Lee Konitz & Warne Marsh's "Background Music"... Today is the final day of my sixty-sixth year on the planet. This time...

In my most recent post, I forgot to mention a visit with my hand grip strength coach, Arnold Tobin. He's the inventor of the Thenar Glove...

After more than fifteen hours of travel/wait time, I finally arrived at the Retreat Center early Sunday morning a week ago. It's now a...

As I write, I'm listening to "Wise One" by John Coltrane on his Impulse album, Crescent, with the famous John Coltrane Quartet. The next...

In four short weeks, this first semester here will end. I have experienced so much in a relatively short time period. All of my learning...

We seem to have officially entered rainy season early here. Most days it's a downpour with minor breaks where the clouds give way to the...

It's been six and half weeks since I arrived here and four weeks since my last post. It's Sunday--my day off from any formal training....