Of Music, Storytelling, and Unity
Ray and I got up well before the crack of dawn yesterday morning to attend a most unusual event, held so early that we easily made it back to church by 9:00 a.m. We arrived in Cookeville, Tennessee, about 6:00…
Ray and I got up well before the crack of dawn yesterday morning to attend a most unusual event, held so early that we easily made it back to church by 9:00 a.m. We arrived in Cookeville, Tennessee, about 6:00…
Wednesday was such a delight for me. Our younger daughter invited me to accompany her and her children to a performance at Nashville Children’s Theater. This theater is the oldest continually-operating professional children’s theater in the U.S. NCT began in…
On Wednesday we talked about the men who composed “Silent Night” and about people around the world singing the carol for the last two hundred years. Artists have also honored Jesus. Perhaps today you would like to show your children how…
England’s Dame Gillian Lynne has enjoyed a 70-plus year career as a dancer, choreographer, director, writer, and more, but she was once a wiggly student whose school sent a note home to her parents saying they thought she had a learning disorder.…
Now it feels like Christmas because yesterday Ray and I attended the Cookeville Community Band’s Christmas concert. In my opinion, the crowning moment of their Christmas concert each year is when they play “Sleigh Ride” by Leroy Anderson. I love to…
Sometimes — but not so often as to be annoying — we found ourselves clueless in Boucherville. We were clueless at those times because we were listening to someone speaking in French. A French speaker told me the other day that it takes longer…