I am a woman, a musician and artist, living on this earth for almost half a century. Is the story of my life interesting? We will see but that concern is secondary to me in my motivation to write and publish. I feel a need to address the first line of my cv, my main professional accomplishment, trombonist in the United States Army Band, "Pershing's Own," and not only "a trombonist" but in fact the first woman trombonist in the history of that organization, because it needs a huge asterisk. I cannot claim credit for something that was a huge failure and so I will use this space to explain and give context.
