All
Global Article Categories
- All
Daniel Reflection: 22 Months
Daniel is a delight! His language experimentation is taking off and it is just too cute. We love our little bundle of baby...
harp, 17 June 2015 |
Walking with Vivienne
Grandparents sometimes have luxuries unavailable to parents, the greatest of which may be time. Not that I've ever felt free from...
Bottled at the Source
My airplane dinner was very good, as airplane dinners go, so I don't mean to complain. But I couldn't help noticing that the first...
Summer Time
It's summer, and I'm living at a latitude approximately that of the northern tip of Maine. Which is why it's easy to lose track of...
Afternoon Snapshot
So, it's "quiet time" here with the Swiss contingent. Vivienne and Daniel have worn themselves out and are now asleep. ...
It's the Air They Breathe
Over the years I have been astonished at the technical prowess of our grandchildren. Perhaps I shouldn't be surprised: ...
Growing While We Watch
One of our grocery stores is inside a small mall with a play place. The rest rooms are not far away, but on a different floor, so...
Mary (Perkins) Bradbury, My Ninth Great-Grandmother
Mary Perkins was born in England in 1615, and came to Massachusetts with her family in 1631, on the same ship as Roger Williams (my 10th...
Joseph Reflection: 4 Years and 11 Months and Cycle B...
While biking in the driveway with Vivienne Joseph said “I won! Vivienne, you got lost.” Another winning incident:...
Vivienne Reflection: 3 Years and 4 Months
Vivienne is excited about meeting her baby sibling. She is so happy her Grandma is here. She enjoys dressing up and dancing,...
The SHARP Solution
The SHARP Solution: A Brain-Based Approach for Optimal Performance by Heidi Hanna (Wiley, 2013) My brother...
Pentatonic Fun
A short (three-minute) video, just for fun. Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale . Enjoy.
Music for Sunday, May 24 (Pentecost)
Pentecost is always a special occasion, but its coinciding with Memorial Day Weekend this year meant our choir numbers were reduced to...
Ordination Service, May 23, 2015
On Saturday we had the privilege of singing for a special ordination service for deacons at the Cathedral Church of St. Luke. ...
Memorial Day, 2015
Yes, there is something good to be found in television. The signal-to-noise ratio may be terrible, but there's good, too, and...
Church Musicians and Other Worshipers: Take Note for...
Tomorrow is Pentecost, which means this is the last day of the Easter season. Which means ... I'm giving Stephan's new Easter...
I Never Knew His Middle Name
If this video has you scratching your head, just ignore it. It's a little tidbit for a few of my readers while I work on my next...
Anthem for Sunday, May 17: To Love Our God
One of our favorites, well worth repeating. To Love Our God (Mark Hayes, Hinshaw Music HMC1576) ...
Daniel Reflection: 21 Months
Daniel is experimenting with talking! Today I offered him a roll at lunch and he said “heh” which means yes, then said...
Anthem for Sunday, May 10: Ave Maria
The Episcopal Church doesn't give secular holidays prominence in the liturgy, hence we are never in danger of becoming, in the words of...
Pioneer Girl
Pioneer Girl: The Annotated Autobiography by Laura Ingalls Wilder, edited by Pamela Smith Hill (South Dakota...
Anthem for Sunday, May 3: Make Me an Answer to Prayer
Make Me an Answer to Prayer (Dan Adler/Dan Goeller, Gladsong, 0-8006-7440-5)
Ruth MacKensie Campbell
She was a faithful reader of this blog, and even made several comments. She wasn't always a part of my life, but one of my...
First and Fourth
I rooted for two horses in this Kentucky Derby: American Pharoah because that's the way I always misspell "pharaoh," and Frosted,...
Better than Before
Better than Before: Mastering the Habits of Our Everyday Lives by Gretchen Rubin (Crown Publishers, 2015) This book...