http://friendship-garden.blogdrive.com/ jasmine Wed, 22 Mar 2006 16:00:00 PST http://www.blogdrive.com Copyright 2006. http://friendship-garden.blogdrive.com/archive/2.html Wed, 14 Sep 2005 22:50:03 GMT That is why now my memories of her are so bittersweet. Tainted with regret from what might have been, if only I could have understood what my heart was telling me. Yet pure with the knowledge that without ever realizing it she taught me what love was. Our relationship remains forever poised at that hyper-real moment when love for another first knots your stomach and binds your heart tight. It is frozen now at the moment that she rested her hand on mine, gently let her fingers run over my knuckles and smiled a soft inscrutable smile. Time suddenly slowed and my heart pounded in my ears like... (more) http://friendship-garden.blogdrive.com/archive/1.html Wed, 27 Jul 2005 23:20:35 GMT Lamberti's advice from 1893, from Vocal Wisdom, trans. William Earl Brown "There has never been so much enthusiasm for the singing art, nor have there been so many students and teachers as of late years.... Certain teachers are mainly at fault in that they take advantage of the inexperience of pupils, to the disadvantage of the art of the song.... The foundation of all vocal study lies in the control of the breath.... It is possible to end phrases and cadenzas so that there will be a residue of air in the lungs. It is a great mistake to end a phrase with collapsed lungs.... It is... (more)