Dear Richard Baker, President and CEO of Kansas City Starlight Theatre, this past summer, 2017, was the 21st season as Kansas City's Starlight's season ticket holders for my wife and I, and it will probably be our last. I can recall when we moved to Kansas City in 1997, our daughter just a few months … Continue reading Goodbye Starlight …
A Blast of the Past #118: Jellystone
Part of our 2009 trip took us camping at a Jellystone Campground near Geauga Lake in Ohio. Here are a few pictures where we met the Jellystone characters after an evening stage show:
A Look Ahead…
We have the Kansas City Renaissance Festival's Final weekend of the year coming up, and the continuing Halloween Haunt at Worlds of Fun Witches & Wizards – October 14th & 15th, 2017 Kid’s Pumpkin Scramble Join us for this fall themed version of musical chairs! Be the last one standing on a pumpkin to win. … Continue reading A Look Ahead…
#235: Pass Me Not
(Part of a series singing through the hymnbook I grew up with: Great Hymns of the Faith) 1 Pass me not, O gentle Savior – Hear my humble cry! While on others Thou art calling, Do not pass me by. CHORUS Savior, Savior, Hear my humble cry! While on others thou art calling, Do not … Continue reading #235: Pass Me Not
Concert of Sacred Metaphors: A Compilation
Three years ago, for a period of about a year, I ran a very sporadic series of blog posts about my one and only solo concert: A Concert of Sacred Metaphors. Today, I am going to put the links for all those posts into one post, so you can follow them easily to get a … Continue reading Concert of Sacred Metaphors: A Compilation
Fitness Update: On the Run
Well this past week I got on the run with two 5K distances. My total run for the years is now 275 miles of the 500 miles I had set for a target. Don't think I'll run enough for 500 miles, but expect to get past last years 300 miles run. I also put in … Continue reading Fitness Update: On the Run
#234: Wonderful Words of Life
(Part of a series singing through the hymnbook I grew up with: Great Hymns of the Faith) 1 Sing them over again to me – Wonderful words of Life; Let me more of their beauty see – Wonderful words of Life. Words of life and beauty, Teach me faith and duty: REFRAIN Beautiful words, wonderful … Continue reading #234: Wonderful Words of Life
Social Media does not promote ‘full disclosure’
People seldom truly post the full extent of what they believe on social media. That's true for a lot of reasons. I'm going to reflect, more indirectly than normal, on that fact, why it is, and how social media affects how people do or don't state what they believe. That's a big topic, and I'm … Continue reading Social Media does not promote ‘full disclosure’
A Blast of the Past #117: NBC
Within the week at Corning that summer, are these 4 pictures taken at North Baptist Church:
Review: Driving Miss Daisy
(Note: Recommend you start the video at the bottom to listen to the music while reading this blog.) We attended the Wednesday matinee performance of Driving Miss Daisy at the New Theatre Restaurant in Overland Park, KS. -- as some of the youngest people there. The matinees, and especially the Wednesday one, are the shows … Continue reading Review: Driving Miss Daisy
At The Rainbow 