Even though I’ve been doing monthly recaps on my blog for some time now, this is the first time I’ve ever done an annual review of the writing I inflict upon the internets. Since I’m not feeling especially loquacious at the moment – believe me, it can happen! – here are some self-curated links to some of the more notable things that I’ve posted this year, all organised into a few handy categories.
mixes
- musical diptychs.
- drinking hot chocolate by a snowy windowsill.
- sugar rush and (don't stop).
- vaguely pretentious songs for breezy summer days.
- classical summer.
- a moveable feast.
- mellow like a cup of tea.
- garden state mix.
- the isabelle and anselm ep.
musical appreciation/fangirling & concert reviews
- mozart's requiem at the philadelphia orchestra.
- happy 255th birthday, wolfgang!
- ellie goulding at the 9:30 club.
- learning to love ballet.
- franz liszt: a bicentennial appreciation.
- ra ra riot at the 9:30 club.
- the “H.O.L.I.D.A.Y. Music” project: introduction, part i, part ii.
travelling the world – or just the continental united states, really
- an encomium to new york city.
- a grand old time in new orleans.
- what are men compared to rocks and mountains?
- the second annual pembroke-in-new-england reunion.
possibly contemplative things
- mozart he said there's nothing to composing, and that's all we do.
- on canadianness.
- 9/11.
- thoughts that follow reading a 1,079-page novel.
- interesting times indeed.
- five things i've learned from repeated twice-weekly encounters with a treadmill.
personal milestones
