The. family was at Worlds of Fun today at opening. The lot wasn't exceptionally full. We passed the Spinning Dragons -- still being tested and not open. Went to the Patriot -- not open and no estimate of when.  Just beyond that was the Steel Hawk, the new ride of the season. We had seen … Continue reading Memorial Day at Worlds of Fun →

It  wasn't a scheduled event, but today the parents of our organist came to visit him from Utah, the mother of our music director was also there, along with the parents of his fiance. David and Colleen Bott, parents of Seth Bott, organist, were there, along with Aaron Redburn's mom and Shannon Lowe's parents (If … Continue reading Musician Parent Sunday at AUMC →

With this post I am halfway through this intermittent series.  This is a series about my one solo concert, and the 12 songs I performed. This is song number six.  I had six songs in the first half, six songs in the second half. The first half of the concert were all songs by Michael … Continue reading A Concert of Sacred Metaphors — Job →

Is it crazy to decide to do a triathlon without training for it? I mean, Just 4 weeks ago I got drafted into participating in my first 5K. My company needed someone in my age bracket/gender to compete in the Kansas City Corporate Challenge 5K. So without any practice besides the weight lifting and swimming … Continue reading From 5k to Triathlon →

As the fifth in the intermittent blogs about my one solo concert, this blog features song number five from the concert. Valley of Dry Bones. This is the Ezekiel passage, where he sees the dry bones come to life.  I is quite a neat setting. Interesting to contrast it to the Negro Spiritual, which uses … Continue reading A Concert of Sacred Metaphors — Bones →

Following up to yesterday's blog, this is the processed video -- first section. Nathan leads off, and can be heard again at 9:31 doing the Henry VIII I Am . See the link here. The latter is in a fun section that includes the Ballad of Davy Crockett and a song from the Chipmunks. The … Continue reading More Top 40… →

My nephew James Robert Lightfoot (a.k.a. Bobby) graduated Monday from Indiana University Southeast in New Albany, IN. The 46th annual commencement was scheduled for 4 p.m. outside by the amphitheatre. They had a tent set up for the faculty members of the platform party with the thousand graduates given seats at the front facing the … Continue reading Thunder Applauds Graduation →

Pixie Noir, By Cedar Sanderson I picked up this book after running across its author, Cedar Sanderson, on one of the blogs where she writes, and finding her comments about writing and other topics very appealing. In one of those blogs she mentioned the release of Trickster Noir, the second book in this series. Since I … Continue reading Plan a free weekend before starting this book …. →

(Had some issues with the sound rendering from my recording device delaying today's blog.) Today's special music was a trio of Suzy Conaway, Betsy Lightfoot and Shannon Lowe doing Lift Thine Eyes from Elijah. The Anthem was  "A Mother's Love." Here are the Lyrics for the Elijah number:   Lift thine eyes to the mountains, … Continue reading Lift Thine Eyes from Elijah →

The Gilford, NH school board had an interesting way of demonstrating the state motto "Live Free or Die" On May 5 when William Baer, a parent, spoke to the board objecting to the graphic content in a book that was required reading for his 14-year-old daughter, the board had him arrested for disorderly conduct for … Continue reading Old NH State Motto: “Live Free or Die” vs. New NH State Motto: “Sit Down and Shut Up” →