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STILL COUNTING by Rev. Ken Rickett
Upon moving to Anderson in July 2017, I set out two peach trees, each of them only a foot high. Now they are about 12-15 feet high and have been...
Upon moving to Anderson in July 2017, I set out two peach trees, each of them only a foot high. Now they are about 12-15 feet high and have been...
She was as colorful a person as you would like to meet; my first piano teacher, Mrs. Beardsley. With a smoker’s cough, low voice, and a pink living room (I especially...
Each June (PRIDE month) I think about my friend, Michael. Michael was a conductor, chorus master, lecturer, author, musicologist, accompanist, and my vocal coach when I performed opera. He was...
My favorite Broadway musical of all time is “THE MUSIC MAN”. There is something about the combination of the setting: America at the turn of the century, the story-unique boy-meets-girl, the music-ballads,...
One day when I was around 10-12 years old, my brother and I would play under a big apple tree while our grandmother worked in the nearby garden. It was...
It was May 18, 1980, when Mount St. Helens erupted. It was a Sunday, early in the morning, and I was living in Seattle. What I remember is that I heard...
One of my favorite plays, and films, is AMADEUS. It has been a favorite since I first saw the film in the theatre, in 1984. In college I performed in a...
Detectives and investigators “dig deep” in search for factual information. Medical laboratory scientists “dig deep” in search for causes of diseases AND for medications that may mange, if not eliminate,...
What is it about PIZZA? I know that I’m not in college, nor am I in my 20s, anymore but PIZZA still seems to be “God’s Perfect Food” (aside from...