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Category: Anecdotes

Judentanz

My college piano teacher was a loud, brusque, 7 foot-tall wild-man whose grandfather had been the last democratically-elected president of Lithuania until the coup d’état of 1926.

James Quinn 16th-Century Music, Anecdotes, Anti-Semitism, Baltic States, Communism, Lithuania, Music, Semitism, Socialism, Soviet Union Leave a comment December 23, 2020December 24, 2020 1 Minute

The Mind of God

"Could God ever change his mind?"

James Quinn Anecdotes Leave a comment September 1, 2017September 20, 2017 1 Minute

“Tell Him I Saw His Head in a Box”

At the Art Institute of Chicago, we saw a silver, cathedral-shaped box called the “Reliquary of St. Sixtus.” It took me a moment to realize that the box held his entire head, wrapped in a golden net …

James Quinn Anecdotes Leave a comment August 14, 2017February 13, 2019 2 Minutes

My Nun and Me

If you ever take a class in music history and wonder if Gregorian Chant will ever be of use to you …

James Quinn Anecdotes, Monastic Life, Music Leave a comment August 13, 2017September 17, 2017 1 Minute

Animal Intelligence

Recently someone on TV said that the only human behavior he had never seen in another species is that we cook our food.

James Quinn Anecdotes Leave a comment April 17, 2017September 4, 2017 1 Minute

Reminiscences

I'm thinking about the time I called my mom's longtime companion Charles when we lived in Las Vegas, because I couldn't remember the formula for the area of a circle. It was the first time I had ever needed it in real life, and it slipped my mind. He said "Radius Squared Times Pi," and … Continue reading Reminiscences →

James Quinn Anecdotes, Transferred from My Old Blog Leave a comment January 10, 2006August 29, 2017 5 Minutes
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