My Problem

[John Steinmetz]

Dear BJ,

How are you? How are your kids doing? I expect your house is 
transformed once again. I just bought a few storage boxes today, but 
I know I must be a lightweight in terms of number of storage boxes 
accumulated.

I have been working hard (for me, anyway) on a new composition, a 
concerto for bassoon and orchestra, that will premiere in May here in 
L.A., with a friend playing the solo bassoon and another friend 
conducting the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra.  A week later Eric 
Stumacher will premiere it in Keene, New Hampshire!  It's the biggest 
project I have attempted so far.

Meanwhile, Eva is applying for high schools--she wants to go to a 
girls' school, a good idea, I think. Leo is in 1st grade. Both are 
doing music. Eva played volleyball and now basketball. Kazi's garden 
and orchard are growing up nicely. Life is good, if complicated.

Happy holidays!

	John