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IRONY
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IRONY

After moving into our home in Anderson, a 9-inch X 12.5 inch by 2” solid metal block was found outside…weighing 62.8 pounds. How can something a little larger than a...

TEACHING
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TEACHING

Miss LaClaire, Miss Just, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Van Dyke, Mrs. Goranson, Mrs. Stankman, Mr. McNamara. When the school year comes around, I go through these names and memories again. I may...

THE FACE OF JESUS
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THE FACE OF JESUS

Warner Elias Sallman, a first-generation American (his parents were immigrants from Finland and Sweden), sang in his local church choir in Chicago.  It was there he met his wife, Ruth in 1916. ...

LEONARDO
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LEONARDO

I have just left the home of one of my heroes: artist designer, composer, inventor, sculptor – LEONARDO DaVINCI. Leonardo was one of those few sparks of miraculous talent who...

THE PIANO
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THE PIANO

So, there was this guy, an instrument maker in Florence (where I am currently sojourning) with the great name of Bartolomeo Cristofori di Francesco.  Anyway, somewhere around 1700 Bart decided...

TELL YOUR STORY
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TELL YOUR STORY

Usually, during this holiday weekend, I perform with the Indianapolis Jazz Orchestra (the “big band” I’ve been singing with since 2000) as we performed last night a THE JAZZ KITCHEN in Indy....