A Couple of Swells

Okay, late posting, brain low on ideas, so combing to do another video post. Hitting themes of music, and the recommends jumped to Judy Garland stuff. Here's what I finally landed on, from Easter Parade: Betsy and I performed this song a few years back for a church musical variety show. It was … Continue reading A Couple of Swells →

Twelve Grades of Fun

Kids got playing Jonah: A Veggie Tales Movie today and we came across Billy Joe McGuffrey, that song by Twippo in the movie (actually by Chris Rice in real life). They don't sing all the verses in the movie, and even the special feature skips a few, so I looked them up, and here is … Continue reading Twelve Grades of Fun →

Steeped in Tea

One of my favorite childhood memories is crossing the road to my Grammy Lightfoot's house and being offered tea and sugar cookies. The cookies were big, and the tea, especially to start, was mostly milk, Tea seems to have been a part of our family tradition, part of our English roots, Not that we are … Continue reading Steeped in Tea →

Song for the Unsung Hero

There were a lot of excellent pieces sung at the North Kansas City High School Fall Choir Concert, but for me the combined choir of the Eastgate and Northgate 8th graders with the NKCHS A Capella Choir was the highpoint of the evening. As parents of an A Capella Choir student, we arrived and got … Continue reading Song for the Unsung Hero →

Ed Snowden: an ethical analysis — where would you start?

This is going to be one of those link type posts, but with a thought. If you follow these, you are really going to commit some time to this. Ed Snowden. June 2013. His revelations still ripple now. How do you view what he did? Hero or Traitor? Both?Below is the link to the TED … Continue reading Ed Snowden: an ethical analysis — where would you start? →

#31: All Creatures of Our God and King

(Part of a series singing through the hymnbook I grew up with: Great Hymns of the Faith) While this is one of my favorite songs, it is one of my least favorite to play. The tune can be used as the doxology, and whenever I am substitute organist, I keep praying they choose the other … Continue reading #31: All Creatures of Our God and King →

A Blast of the Past #28: Penguin Park at Night

One of the fun places in Kansas City North is Penguin Park. We spent quite a few fun hours over the years. Actually it is amazing that we didn't spend more. It is easy to not make the time to run to the park. But on the occasion in these pictures, apparently we did. This … Continue reading A Blast of the Past #28: Penguin Park at Night →

#23 Come, We That Love the Lord

(Part of a series singing through the hymnbook I grew up with: Great Hymns of the Faith) This hymn is a very familiar hymn. If asked to give a good example of a common hymn, this could be it (though it might not be an example of a "true hymn", per the musical experts). It … Continue reading #23 Come, We That Love the Lord →

#22 Ancient of Days

(Part of a series singing through the hymnbook I grew up with: Great Hymns of the Faith) This is a hymn that I feel should be familiar, but I really don't know. Which made singing and playing at the same time a little hard -- my eyes tried to jump verses from line to line. … Continue reading #22 Ancient of Days →

Large Tomes and Large Introductions

The main textbook for my Communication Ethics class is a 400+-page book with small print titled "Organizational Ethics: A Practical Approach" by Craig E. Johnson. And those 400 pages doesn't include the 30+ pages of brief contents, contents, and introduction. In the introduction I ran across this choice sentence: "We all pay a high price … Continue reading Large Tomes and Large Introductions →