My sister  calls me “Rain Man” because I have an uncanny ability to remember people’s birthdays.  It’s been that way for years. And while I was never bad at math, per se, I was never a luminary, either. So it’s not like I have some divine knack with numbers; I don’t (though admit to... »

On Fleeting Routines …That is what often happens. You go into an experience, live it to its fullest, immerse yourself in it until you’re almost tired of it but at the same time can little imagine any other reality but the one you’re in. You finish it, overwhelmed, exhausted, and satisfied. For awhile, nothing else... »

There comes a time when even those with restless souls must rest. When they must lay aside their want to seize a golden quiet I never thought I could so clean give up the fire burning But even warmth can grow too hot if it burns the one who trusts it and the cool, if checked, that calms her down, can soothe the one who loves it. »

An improvised piece that borrows from a 1930’s and ’40s L.A. Noir sound, a nostalgic one, and another that uses the chords present (or similar to the ones found in) in Chick Corea’s “Senor Mouse” and W.G. Snuffy Walden’s theme to 1990’s show, “My So-Called Life”. Piano by Deborah Stokol, January 2011. Noir/Nostalgia/Senor Mouse quote-Stokol... »

An interpretation of the old Showboat standard. Singing and piano by Deborah Stokol, 2001. Recorded at the Colburn School. Can’t Help Loving Dat That Man of Mine, Deborah Stokol 2001 Cover »