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THE RECITAL
I began playing the piano regularly, around 62 years ago this year. Not only is that number astounding to me, as is looking in the mirror these days, but I’m...
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BAH! HUMBUG!
I am, as I do every Christmas season, reading my favorite Christmas book, Charles Dickens’ “A CHRISTMAS CAROL”. Through the years I’ve had several copies of this story, one is in...
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A CHRISTMAS CARD TO REMEMBER by Pastor Ken Rickett
As a growing lad, I enjoyed going to the mailbox on our rural route, especially just before Christmas. Why? I was the first to see the Christmas cards that were...
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COME AND SEE. GO AND TELL.
My parents always said they knew I’d eventually work in the theatre. They knew from the moment they got in the car with me after my first “theatre experience”, because...
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CHRISTMAS. TRADITION.
Well, the tree is up, some “gigs” have already happened, some snacks have been snarfed…and although December begins tomorrow, the season is in full swing. AND, the Christmas music is...
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PILGRIMS!
No matter how THANKSGIVING DAY is celebrated at my home (away, home, crowded, or quiet) I really love it. As was proved THIS year, it doesn’t matter if there are twenty people...
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TRUE COLORS
A few weeks back I stood at the grave of a friend at Anderson Memorial Park, close to I-69. It was a brisk, early fall, day; clear, sunny, a bit...
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ELECTIONS
Well, our Republic has “flexed its muscle” once again, as Mid-Term Election Day has come and gone. Whenever (and I should say wherever) I vote I always remember the first...
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SOME CALL IT AUTUMN
A BLOG by PASTOR KEN RICKETT “And the Angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a flame of fire out of the midst of a brush; he looked, and,...
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THE DRUMMER
I used to be a percussionist, in Middle School/High School. I played a multitude of percussion instruments in both orchestra and band. Percussion is fascinating, and for anyone with a...