tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post1910733773820543127..comments2023-12-25T03:15:00.044-08:00Comments on Rants From The Rookery: Has the country finally gone completely mad?ellroonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11335409429673647381noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post-68493397484785363182013-02-03T14:56:23.627-08:002013-02-03T14:56:23.627-08:00I understand the mourning for lost expression. To...I understand the mourning for lost expression. To have your voice silenced is horrible and I'm so sorry. I am comforted by a conversation I had with a fellow artist who said there are other ways of expressing yourself because they are all from the same muse. I hope your love of all things musical can be satisfied in other ways.<br /><br />Hugs to you, Steve.ellroonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11335409429673647381noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32487323.post-74859095741688130402013-02-02T19:09:05.158-08:002013-02-02T19:09:05.158-08:00All day long I staved off crying as I faced a succ...All day long I staved off crying as I faced a succession of pieces of music from my childhood, music I shall never play again. To many this is no tragedy and no victory; to me, it was. Then I listened to Rep. Giffords's short speech, delivered with a passion I would not have thought possible... and I fell immediately into tears.<br /><br />We've got to stop killing our children. I don't know how, but we've got to do it. The issue is not political; the action is not optional: stop the killing or see our society collapse. We must do this.Steve Bateshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07587223243120009776noreply@blogger.com