Stewart Brinton
Stewart Brinton is an American expatriate living in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, where he practices his saxophone every day.
— From November 2008
Essays, Memoirs, & True Stories
Bad Luck Is Good Luck
I’ve been hired to play my saxophone at a wedding in Mazatlán, Mexico, and I decide to drive rather than fly there from my home in Boulder, Colorado. I buy a secondhand Volkswagen van from a smooth-talking salesman: a 1981 model with a fuel-injected engine, sparkling chrome, and an azure paint job — perfect for a trip through the Southwest.
November 2008
Essays, Memoirs, & True Stories
God Bless The Child
Compassion filled the car with a tangible presence. He was dying; but it seemed to me they had all come to terms with it. All three of them had accepted the inevitable, and each moment together was precious. Neither I nor my saxophone would be forgotten.
October 1986
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