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SUNDAY MORNING RITUAL
Every Sunday morning, I have a tradition or ritual, if you will, when I arrive at the Church Building. This “ritual” started as things that needed to be done by...
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CATASTROPHE
Sometimes, often, the news is devastating, shocking and altogether too familiar. We, who have lived more than a few years, are used to the fact that disasters, natural or otherwise,...
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July 15, 2025
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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...
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July 09, 2025
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TEACHERS & STUDENTS
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...
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June 30, 2025
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MICHAEL
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...
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June 24, 2025
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June 17, 2025
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YA GOT TROUBLE!
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,...
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June 10, 2025
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TO LISTEN OR NOT TO LISTEN by Rev. Ken Rickett
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...
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June 04, 2025
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THE BLAST ZONE
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...
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May 26, 2025
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AMADEUS
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...
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