There are so many striking sounds and images from today’s events in Washington - but for as impressed as I was by Barack Obama’s speech, by the touching and heartfelt benediction, by the gathering of such an impressive array of dignitaries, by the gigantic throng gathered on the Mall, by the beauty and dignity of
The special music (what a strange term that is) for the 8:30 service yesterday was none other than Carl Storck, a member of Holy Communion Lutheran Church with Down Syndrome. Now in his fifties, Carl has been a part of the usher corps for as long as I’ve been at Holy Communion - but every
Yesterday afternoon was my third time seeing the film version of John Patrick Shanley’s “Doubt” - and I am as hooked as ever. I first saw the movie version on Christmas Day night - driving up to Milwaukee to see the 9:15 showing because I just couldn’t bear to wait any longer. (The Bergs often
We are in the middle of a massive reorganization of several different rooms in our house, and it makes us feel like prime candidates for one of those shows like “Clean Sweep.” What set all of this in motion was the purchase of our new television set, which necessitated that we move our entertainment center
Well, I have finally taken the proverbial plunge and have become a full-fledged citizen of Facebook after three or four years with a completely dormant page. (I set it up then at the urging of someone who just wanted me to see something there, but I had done absolutely nothing with it since.) I’ve watched
The second half of my physical was this morning, and the Waiting Room more than lived up to its name today. I showed up at 10:05 for my 10:15 appointment, and then sat there until 11:10 before I was called back to the doctor’s office. And once I had my blood pressure and temperature taken,
Whew. Today should have been a rather quiet morning at WGTD. I was recording a forty-minute interview with Gateway Technical College president Bryan Albrecht - and after that a thirty-minute interview with the interview of a fun book of mathematical puzzles called “Professor Stewart’s Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities”- during which I would also be playing
I spent a few minutes yesterday afternoon wishing the Carthage Choir bon voyage as they left for their 3-week European tour, which of course brought back memories of a similarly cold January afternoon back in 2000 when the choir left for tour with me as their not-so-fearless leader. . . and those memories are a
I hadn’t been to Razor Sharp Fitness Center is almost a week, so I needed to make up for lost time today and then some - but fortunately, I had an especially good book to read. . . . and an hour and forty minutes and over five miles went by before I even thought
Warning: this is my second opera post in a row, but it’s not as much about opera as it is about weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth. Today was yet another high definition simulcast from the Metropolitan Opera - an opera called “La Rondine” (which means “The Swallow”) by Puccini, the same guy who
