(Part 10 of the series on my only solo concert to date: A Concert of Sacred Metaphors, 2006). I realized it has been a long time since I put posts up on the first 9 parts of this concert, and with 12 total parts, I should probably finish the series out some time. So here … Continue reading A Concert of Sacred Metaphors: Call to Reapers
Mullen continues tradition of excellence
Today is going to be a quick promotional for my Alma Mater -- Houghton College. In this story the announcement is made that President Shirley Mullen was elected to another 4-year term as college president. She has already served 9 years. Now Houghton College has a long history of long terms for presidents. They have … Continue reading Mullen continues tradition of excellence
Memorial Day — An eclectic review
Okay, this might be one of those link type posts that get me out of having to write and think too much -- or it might be a brilliant gestalt of what I saw on Monday online. Why is everyone able to offend, and be offended, so much on Memorial Day? In this first story, … Continue reading Memorial Day — An eclectic review
AUMC Graduates
Its graduation season, and Avondale United Methodist Church did its annual honoring of graduates Sunday, which included a reception in Wesley Hall. The church listed all the graduates within the church family in the bulletin, and read the names and accomplishments off, with the reception following the service at noon to honor the two high … Continue reading AUMC Graduates
#12: Great God of Wonders!
(Part of a series singing through the hymnbook I grew up with: Great Hymns of the Faith) 1 Great God of wonder! All Thy ways are matchless, Godlike, and divine; But the fair glories of Thy grace More God-like and unrivaled shine, More God-like and unrivaled shine. CHORUS Who is a pard’ning God like Thee? … Continue reading #12: Great God of Wonders!
It was a cool and overcast morning…
when Oceans of Fun opened for the season today. Since we became season passholders to Worlds of Fun and Oceans of Fun back in 2001, we have attempted to make the opening day, before opening, every year. We have managed to miss a number of the Worlds of Fun opening days, but for Oceans of … Continue reading It was a cool and overcast morning…
GIMPing along with GIMP
I use a lot of photos, and find I can get most of the edits that I need with Picasa (TM) -- mostly thhrough the "I'm Feeling Lucky" edit option -- but I do adjust angles, rotate, crop, etc. But for class they are having us learn GIMP, because its freeware, and more powerful. Well … Continue reading GIMPing along with GIMP
Dining cost — feed a family of 4 for $10
Well, we are 130 meals into the all-season dining plan, and down to under $2.50 per meal cost. And curious as it seems we have reached the readingess for a break. Eating park food every day has come up with a lack of variety. The more varied restaurants aren't open as often as the "standard" … Continue reading Dining cost — feed a family of 4 for $10
Playing around — for Class
Well, this one is an interesting twist: I have been instructed to play around with video editing for my master's class. We needed to take a 4 minute furnished video and cut it into a 30-60 second video that has titles, transitions, photos, etc. The key is to play with the functionality of the software … Continue reading Playing around — for Class
A quick writing tutorial
Well, back to class now. Fortunately for many of you, this class doesn't have all those textbooks with their wonderful chapters that I can summarize. This is a practicum class where we will practice writing and doing audio/visual website/blog creation. So we get wonderful things like a "twenty most-common errors" writing tutorial from Dartmouth. I … Continue reading A quick writing tutorial
