Tag Archives: Music

Living Life

Posted on April 18, 2018 by

My Dad used to tell me stories about several people he knew who, while grieving the loss of their spouse, were worried that they hadn’t told them recently, or often enough, how much they loved them. My Dad and Mom … Continue reading →

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Celebrating A Particular Birthday

Posted on December 25, 2017 by

Long ago, when I was young, in a public high school in Ohio, a remarkable teacher taught his classes a wide range of vocal music.  At one point, we learned Johann Sebastian Bach’s Christmas Cantata: “To Us a Child is … Continue reading →

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It’s a Holly Jolly Christmas . . .

Posted on December 20, 2017 by

Christmas is just around the corner. The cookies are made (although their numbers dwindle by the day), entertaining is in full swing and festivities are on-going.  The calendar is crazily filled in. Sunday, the 24th, will be the 4th Sunday … Continue reading →

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Life in the Desert

Posted on November 28, 2017 by

In an attempt to lure you into looking at some earlier slices of life in the desert, I am going to reprint the page called The Beginning.  I would ask that when you finish reading these brief paragraphs, you click … Continue reading →

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Inheriting Treasure

Posted on March 10, 2017 by

Would you explain to me why some people want everything to be new? I have never understood that. Why would you want the things you buy to be just like what your neighbor has? I am sometimes asked why I … Continue reading →

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A Song and A Sign

Posted on January 2, 2017 by

[This blog post was written the day it happened, Thursday 22 December 2016.  I’ve debated whether this narrative should ever see the light of day.  Many of my readers don’t know me from Adam, and so might be skeptical, not … Continue reading →

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Nashville and Risk Taking

Posted on December 16, 2016 by

Four more days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and then my last day of work at my present place of employment on Thursday.   I find it rather darkly humorous that the song running through my head for the past ten days is … Continue reading →

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The Best Time of the Year, Even When it Isn’t

Posted on December 5, 2016 by

We are in the weeks before Christmas. For some, it means parties and shopping and better food than usual. For observant Christians, today is the second Sunday of Advent. We are preparing for the arrival of God, born of Mary. … Continue reading →

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The Color is White

Posted on November 6, 2016 by

I wrote a blog post yesterday and it is already on the scrap pile. A misstep and wrong direction. I begin again. Today I went to my occasional second job, playing the electric keyboard (which they call an organ) for … Continue reading →

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Just Weird

Posted on July 26, 2015 by

Life is weird. Appliances or gadgets that run quietly in the background of life suddenly quit working and suck time out of your day. Relationships that mean the world to you and that you thought were rock solid turn out … Continue reading →

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