Welcome back to the Hilltop, where the deer are jumping, the flowers (at least some of them) are still blooming, and the kitty cats meowing. On Monday, I was sitting on the back patio reading through the mail that just came, and a skunk walks up to me, not six feet away, then waddles out […]

Hilltop Diary, September 6, 2023 This entry will be short!  Every day for the last two weeks I have been listening to great music and looking at great art and tinkering with notes to find the right path forward on my third movement of the new “English” Symphony No. 3, the movement titled “The Lady […]