Promises to the bear

Promise me that you won't get into trouble like you did years ago. Yes. Yes, I know what you did in the spring of 2004. I've known about it for nearly two years now. But I promise you I won't tell a soul about it. And I promise you that no matter what you have done in the past and no matter what you will do, I will always be your friend.

Nearing the end of an era

With the prospect of my dear friend--my self-proclaimed promoter and a "passionate and excellent instructor"-- leaving by the end of the term, I will have to start looking into filing away all my sacred and liturgical sheet music into long-term storage. Sigh! It was indeed all just too good to last.