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MY FRIEND, MICHAEL
Each June (PRIDE month) I think about my friend, Michael. Michael was a conductor, chorus master, lecturer, author, musicologist, accompanist, and my vocal coach when I performed opera. He was...
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THE SONG I HAVE BEEN GIVEN
So, the other day I saw something on television that triggered a memory of a particular day I hadn’t “pulled out of the file” for a long time. I saw...
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SALTY
One of the best things about bacon (and my other addictions: popcorn, Fritos, and crackers) is salt. You can keep your sugar…even chocolate does not have the same appeal as...
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THE MOUNTAIN
It was May 18, 1980, when Mount St. Helens erupted. It was a Sunday, early in the morning, and I was living in Seattle. What I remember is that I heard...
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THE BEST OF DAYS, THE WORST OF DAYS
What I have always called, “the best day/the worst day” actually began the night before. It was when I was a sophomore, majoring in music performance, at the state university...
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CROSSFIT
In my office at church I have a wall filed with crosses. Some are big, some are small, some metal and some wood. Some are hand-made, others a little more...
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INCUBATOR by Rev. Ken Rickett
I am old enough to remember when, in 1957, Alan Shepherd was lifted into space and returned safely, although he did not orbit. Communication with the spacecraft was by “radio”,...
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Recently I was in Inverness, Scotland. It was my first trip to the U.K. and my first destination on this first trip. I was taking it all in, enjoying what...
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THE TITANIC, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, AND JULIUS CAESAR
Ahhh…April 15th…TAX DAY! Is it a coincidence that the TITANIC sank AND Lincoln was assassinated on April 15th? I don’t think so. Filling out those forms reminds me why I...
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HARMONY
One of my very first memories is my dad lifting me up so I could see over the balcony of our American apartment in Frankfurt, Germany, and hear the carolers...