No, this photograph has not been altered by Photoshop or some other software. (Trust me- I don’t begin to know how to do that.) This picture authentically captures what Pastor Jeff looked like as he gave the announcements today at Holy Communion. And the woman in the foreground is Elaine Lewis, one of the altos
I mean “needle” as in “needle in a haystack.” I am delighted and relieved to have found one of my previous Glenn Burleigh interview tapes last night after “only” a couple of hours of looking. Kathy was off seeing a play and then going out afterwards and my friend Marshall had already departed after having
Or should I title this entry Life On the Plateau? There’s a reason why I haven’t posted a weight-loss update in quite sometime - - - there hasn’t been any to report. I’m not ballooning (is that a word?) - I’m holding nicely steady after having lost just over thirty pounds - but by no
I snapped this picture earlier today while rehearsing with one of Carthage’s finest singers, soprano Caitlin Smulski, as we practiced for her senior voice recital which is coming up on Sunday. Caitlin is someone who has come such a long way since her arrival here, almost four years ago, and her recital promises to be
So this is the challenge that is before me. . . . Monday for the morning show, I’ll be talking with the choir man at UW-Parkside, James Kinchen, and the director of Racine’s Choral Arts Society, Jim Schatzman- about a good friend of theirs who recently died, composer Glenn Burleigh. (A special memorial concert is
This morning I sang for the funeral of LaVerne Guttormsen, the mother of our good friend Lynda Guy. (Lynda was married to my long time WGTD colleague Bill Guy.) She was 86 years old yet her death came unexpectedly; fortunately she left behind very specific instructions for her funeral - and among them was that
I was right in the middle of Bryan Chung’s voice lesson this afternoon - about 1:40 - when there was a spirited knock on the door and then a complete stranger stuck his head in and said “I’m sorry, but we are evacuating the building.” Huh? There was something about the guy’s manner that made
Friday night when we saw “beauty and the beast” in Waukesha, we first went with Doug Instenes to grab some supper at Fuddrucker’s. ( That happens to be one of my favorite restaurants - but boy, you really have to type the name carefully ! ) Anyway, on my way back to our table after
Late yesterday afternoon, as I was on my way to Pick n Save to pick up something for Kathy, I saw something which I’d never seen before- and I ended up driving around the block several times just to make sure I had seen it correctly . . . and then the last time I
One of the part-time pastors at Holy Communion is an amazing preacher by the name of Steve Wohlfeil- and he may very well be the most gifted preacher I have ever encountered. . . and in light of the preachers in my past and present life who have been truly outstanding, this is quite a
