ENCOURAGEMENT
POT HOLES
I don’t know if you’ve seen the “11 Seasons of Indiana” (here they are, for your information): Winter Fool’s Spring Pot Hole Period Second Winter Spring of Deception/Pot Hole Season...
THE CHURCH
PERSPECTIVE
I am missing Marge and Tom in different ways and at different times each passing year. The grieving doesn’t lessen, it just changes. Marge and Tom are known to me...
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
AGE & INTROSPECTION
That’s what my life is now. I know, that by some standards, I’m still young…but as my Doctor tells me; though my years may be 60 (soon to be 61),...
ENCOURAGEMENT
LEONARDO
We are approaching the Birthday of one of my favorite personalities in all of the world’s artistic history: Leonardo DaVinci (April 15th). One of my personal heroes, Leonardo was one...
THE CHURCH
THE ASHES
LENT: the sacred observance in preparation for the Easter Season and Easter Sunday specifically. LENT, in the early church, was the time that new members prepared themselves for baptism into...
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JAZZ: PLAYING WELL WITH OTHERS
As we approach this last Sunday before Lent, sometimes called “Shrove Sunday” – but what we at Central know as “MARDI GRAS SUNDAY” – my thoughts go to one of...
ENCOURAGEMENT
THE ORCHESTRA PLAYER
A good friend from church sent me a link to a wonderful clip with Imogene Coca and Sid Caesar from “Our Show of Shows”. The link is below if you...
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
MOZART
One of my favorite plays and films is AMADEUS. It has been one of my favorites since I first saw the film in the theatre, in 1984. In college I...
ENCOURAGEMENT
THE PRIME OBJECTIVE
As THE ALLEY THEATRE, here at Central, puts up the second-to-the-last show of the season, I watch all the players onstage and the crew backstage as they prep, rehearse and...
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
LESSONS FROM THE POLAR VORTEX
Lessons from the Polar Vortex: I’ve learned some things about myself during these cold days…I don’t enjoy being an adult, a home owner or a landlord during this kind of...