It’s happened. It’s finally happened. After seven and a half months of waiting, I have finally received an encouraging word from one of the music publishers to whom I sent several scores late last year. Until now, all I had received for my efforts was one cordial “thanks but no thanks” letter from Augsburg Fortress
As another school year is about to begin, I find myself thinking about a very powerful learning moment for me which did not occur in the hallowed halls of Carthage College or in any other school of higher education- but rather in the music room at Somers Elementary School, where my young niece Lorelai was
I have to hand it to the folks at the Kenosha Public Museum: they know how to throw one heck of a party. They marked their 75th anniversary with a 3-day celebration in which the museums stayed open for 75 hours straight for special exhibits, games and activities, live music, an international fashion show, storytelling,
By the time this week is over, I will have conducted morning show interviews with Carthage president F. Gregory Campbell, Apollo astronaut Al Worden, pediatrician and TV host Dr. Yvonne Bohn, New York Times reporter Tim Clavin, and Wintersilks founder Frank Farwell. Talk about a group of heavy hitters! But the heaviest hitter of them
I really missed out on an interesting opportunity by not calling up the good folks who produce the TV reality show “Hoarders.” I have a feeling that if I had shown them my office at Carthage, they would have featured me in a three-pwrt mini-series. That’s how bad my office is right now . .
I have been a lonesome bachelor this week while my wife is out in Colorado with friends- but at least I’ve had some cool things to which to devote my time and energy. . . and I don’t mean cleaning my office or watering the flowers, although I’ve spent plenty of time with both of
We spent a big day in Chicago, seeing all kinds of cool stuff at the Shedd Aquarium, dining on delicious pasta and pizza at Lou Malnati’s, indulging in a sinfully delicious dessert at the Hershey Store. . . but of everything we saw and experienced that day, nothing stays with me quite as much as
Kathy and I spent most of this past Friday at one of our very favorite places - Chicago’s Shedd Aquarium. Evidently, half the population of Chicago and its outlying suburbs had the same great idea because we stood in line for 45 minutes just to get in the front door - and once we were
Some random thoughts from this past week, when I was on vacation with Kathy and her family in Mishicott, just south of Door County . . . . . . The Fun of Family . . . I just looked over that first sentence and realized that making reference to Bob, Polly, Mark and Lorelai
I’ve just finished up yet another weekend with the Grace Institute, and once again i am reminded of what a glorious gig this is for me. (If it’s not irreverent or disrespectful to talk about this obligation as a “gig.”) There are so many things in our lives which we undertake out of a sense
