THE MIRROR
The older I get (and I just marked one more journey around the sun a few weeks...
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It was just a few days before my 20th birthday when I found myself standing with...
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Usually during this holiday weekend I am performing somewhere, as I am this weekend. We pull...
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Mrs. G. has become one of my favorite teachers, in memory. I was seven or eight-years-old when...
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Our home is like a beautiful “storage room”, we have a lot of stuff. But I can...
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Each June (PRIDE month) I think about my friend, Michael. Michael was a conductor, chorus master,...
Continue ReadingTHE SONG I HAVE BEEN GIVEN
So, the other day I saw something on television that triggered a memory of a particular...
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One of the best things about bacon (and my other addictions: popcorn, Fritos, and crackers) is...
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It was May 18, 1980, when Mount St. Helens erupted. It was a Sunday, early in the...
Continue ReadingTHE BEST OF DAYS, THE WORST OF DAYS
What I have always called, “the best day/the worst day” actually began the night before. It...
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