The first hint that something was up was before first service, when Pastor Jeff found me perched on the steps leading up to the back balcony, working on some music. “It’s good to see you safe and sound,” he said - which struck me as a rather strange greeting. He went on to explain that
We have had a wonderful Thanksgiving weekend thus far. The holiday itself was spent entertaining Kathy’s family, and the next day we were delighted to host my dad and Sonja. And today brought still more fun when we met Marshall and his folks, Roger and Amme Anderson, in Lake Geneva (a nice halfway point between
Something from a recent blog entry came back to haunt me when I went to get my latest haircut. About the only thing nuttier than braving the aisles of Toys’r’Us or Target this weekend is to try and get a haircut during this holiday weekend - but my hair was starting to look like it
Among a plethora of things for which I am thankful today, near the top of the list is that last night’s preview performance of the RTG’s “Beauty and the Beast” went so spectacularly well. For a couple of weeks now we have felt like we had a huge hit on our hands, but there was
It was 20 years ago today that the phone rang on a Saturday afternoon as I hosted Saturday by Request at the radio station. It was my dad calling to tell me with trembling voice that my mom had died quite suddenly and unexpectedly just a few short minutes before. . . at the age
I was down at Tremper High School again today, rehearsing with a couple of my sister-in-law’s choirs. (I’m playing piano for their Christmas concert next week.) As always, it was exciting to see Polly in action because she does such good work, so efficiently- and makes it fun. (My favorite moment was when she chided
So Kathy and I are lying in bed yesterday morning, right around 6 - in no hurry to get out from under our nice warm covers and the comfort of the world’s best bed. (It’s nothing fancy, and it doesn’t have a $12,000 mattress from Sweden or anything- it’s just a wonderfully comfortable bed to
Sunday was the celebration of the 4th birthday of our niece Lorelai - or should I say Princess Lorelai? She has been on something of a princess kick, as apparently are most little girls her age, so that was the theme of the day - and what a delight to be one of many loved
(with apologies to Auntie Mame, and that immortal line “Life is a Banquet.”) I am a bachelor tonight and tomorrow while Kathy is out of town with several friends- and the best thing I could come up with for some wild entertainment was a trip to Waukegan, Illinois to eat a satisfying meal at one
I have come to see music and theater and the arts in a whole new light over the last few weeks, during what is starting to look more and more like an economic disaster befalling the United States of America and much of the western world as well. As I am sitting here typing this
