THE CHURCH
TRADITIONS
Well, the tree is up, some parties have happened, some snacks have been snarfed…the season is in full swing. AND, the Christmas music is playing in my car, on my...
ENCOURAGEMENT
SONO QUI
On a recent trip we were surrounded on all sides by families with children. As I age, I have a “love/hate” relationship with crowds. I like to watch people, especially...
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
JUKEBOX
It’s no secret one of my favorite places to hang out after a rehearsal, performance, church or to write and work (while eating and drinking) is SCAMPY’S. For those of...
ENCOURAGEMENT
ART FOR ART’S SAKE
It’s possible that many have never heard of Herb & Dorothy Vogel. Herb was a Postal Worker in Manhatten (he passed away seven years ago), and Dorothy a reference librarian...
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
POOR GOD
I’m a history buff…I really enjoy “historic trivia”, as you know: interesting but useless information. Of course, I can’t seem to remember Birthdays, Anniversaries, my license plate number or important...
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
LIZZY
I tell this story regularly, so I apologize but I love the story. I tell it again now because we need to tell our stories and pass them down. The...
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
IN DEFENSE OF REMEMBERED SIN
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...
ENCOURAGEMENT
FROSTY PUMPKINS
It’s that time of year again, when I think about this poem: WHEN the frost is on the punkin and the fodder’s in the shock, And you hear the kyouck...
SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT
TRUE COLORS
Ah, Autumn in Indiana – the crisp 94-degree air – the bugs which, because of the lack of cold, have grown to the size of German Shepherds. I keep saying...