The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: A New York City subway train holds 1,200 people. This blog was viewed about 4,300 times in 2014. If it were a NYC subway train, it would take about 4 trips to carry that many people. Click here to … Continue reading 2014 in review
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Listen to the Mocking Bird
This is one of those happy songs about death; Merry tune about a loved one in her grave. It is such a catchy tune and fun to sing that it is easy to lose track of the lyrics. The verse is written unison, with a solo at the beginning of the chorus, followed by a … Continue reading Listen to the Mocking Bird
Home! Sweet Home!
This song is familiar/popular enough to have made its way into the Broadway musical "The King and I" in a certain format. The tune evokes the sense of sentimentality for home that is a dream for many, a reality for some. Even the life of its composer didn't match the hopes of the song itself. … Continue reading Home! Sweet Home!
With a Song of Thanksgiving
Here is the lyric and sound tracks for the Medley "With a Song of Thanksgiving" that I sang Sunday at Avondale United Methodist Church. At the end I include the track from the choral anthem, "Glorious Things of Thee Are Spoken." Come, ye thankful people, come – Raise the song of harvest-home; All is safely … Continue reading With a Song of Thanksgiving
Leap years, leap days, and missing days — the importance of calendars
Avondale United Methodist Men's club had a fairly good rolling conversation around the table Thursday night. My son Nathan described it as the same methodology used in a podcast, except without the recording. A group of people who are talking. They start with one topic, and then either build off of it, expanding to other … Continue reading Leap years, leap days, and missing days — the importance of calendars
“I don’t drink beer” — the new tea-totallers’ theme song
Okay, I found this one fairly cute. So for all you tea-totallers out there (including those tea-totallers that don't actually drink tea) ...
Great Hymn(al)s of the Faith
Following this link will take you to a good blog on various hymnals and their strengths. The author lists 5 hymnals influential to him, and then asks people to list hymnals of meaning to them. I included my own, with the below comment: Great Hymns of the Faith (Brentwood-Benson Music Publishing 1968) is what I knew … Continue reading Great Hymn(al)s of the Faith
Tips and Tricks for Book Shopping
This is a good synopsis of how to "judge a book by its cover" -- plus a little bit more ....
See Santa arrive Saturday — in Bass Boat!
Tomorrow, Saturday, November 15, 2014, we might get 1-3 inches of snow. I will also be singing at Bass Pro for Santa's Arrival, as part of Carolers of Note. I have sung there the past several years, to clear, warm weather. This looks to be the first year where Santa's arrival might make more sense … Continue reading See Santa arrive Saturday — in Bass Boat!
Australians and American sweets … comments on Indian sweets
One of my Facebook friends posted/shared a video about Australians taste-testing American sweets. I thought it was a good idea for a blog, and that I'd share that video, and then write about some observations I had myself about American sweets vs. Indian sweets. But by the time I got to the end of the … Continue reading Australians and American sweets … comments on Indian sweets
At The Rainbow 