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Super sick for the Super Bowl, so Miss Jenny and I missed the planned cioppino feast and plopped on the couch nursing the nasty bug with cranberry juice and seltzer water while the 49ers dove, then soared, then came up one – or perhaps two – play calls short. Disappointed? Sure. Dismayed? Hardly. It’s hard to get there, but all the pieces are in place for a few return trips. And next time I’m sure I’ll be exclaiming and exhorting once again … can’t remember having ever sat silent watching an entire 49ers game.

Mount Madonna School presented its 37th production of “Ramayana,” a panoramic colorful story that deeply delves into a 2,600-year-old Indian classic, June 5-7.

While watching the Grammy Awards on TV, the host made a big deal about nominating your favorite music teacher for the Music Educator of the Year Award and I thought about the retiring Gilroy Unified School District’s treasured teacher Phil Robb and how much beautiful music he has helped make through the years with all the choirs. The Grammy Music Educator Award is given “In recognition of the significant role of teachers in shaping their students’ musical experiences … and will be given out during Grammy Week 2014.”  The nomination process is open and detailed at www.grammymusicteacher.com. Deadline for submissions is April 15 and the winner receives a $10,000 honorarium. What would be especially cool is if the GHS/CHS choir could sing back-up on stage at the Grammy Awards for one of the bands. Now that would be some swan song for a great retiring teacher.

By Colleen Grzan

A couple columns ago, I wrote about the Aquila Loop Trail, a short loop near the Sierra Vista Open Space Preserve parking area. In that column, I promised to return to walk the longer loop that reaches deeper into the preserve.

Broadway by The Bay always is a grand surprise. When Artistic