Moving and Back to Writing

I’ve been missing in action lately. I apologize. We are moving. In fact, we’ve been moving over the course of the last three weeks, and we still have more moving to do. This explains my absence. I know, excuses, excuses.We now live 200 miles south of our previous address, and the unpacking and searching for … Continue reading Moving and Back to Writing

Meet Chester

Meet Chester, my first snowman. While on vacation in Arkansas, it snowed a good four inches, and my sister-in-law Karry and I had a blast building Chester. He is sporting my scarf and my mom’s black hat. Having never built a snowman, it surprised me how much work it turned out to be. Lots of … Continue reading Meet Chester

Music Fundamentals update

December 20, 2021, sees the end of the music fundamentals class in Haiti via Go-to-meeting. Though technical difficulties fraught to dissuade us; once rooted out, the joy of teaching music prevailed. Every week, the students pray for each other and me, and we end the class by singing to the Lord. To hear them sing … Continue reading Music Fundamentals update

Music Fundamentals for Haiti

I’m heartbroken for the people of Haiti. Haiti is in chaos—gas prices are in the teens per gallon, gangs have taken over, food is scarce, and people are being kidnapped and held for ransom. Please, keep the Haitians in your prayers. Because of these factors, this online, international Music Fundamentals class is taking longer than … Continue reading Music Fundamentals for Haiti

Music Fundamentals, Haiti

We begin our story about a quarter ‘til one on Monday, October 11, with some technical difficulties. My first-day attempting online teaching was daunting, but my husband does this for a living, so he set me all up.  Earlier in the month, my husband, Kevin, and I purchased a desk-top stand for my laptop. He … Continue reading Music Fundamentals, Haiti

Class is Monday

As you never know what will happen in the coming days, be prepared. Teaching music for many years, I stored up quite a library of flash cards, books, and music games, etc. Lots of material I could have used for this Music Fundamentals class I start teaching on Monday. In January of this year, I … Continue reading Class is Monday

All Things are Possible

Honing your gift is essential if you want your talent to be your business. They (whoever “they” are – wink, wink) say that you must put in your 10,000 hours. So true! Put in the time. Learn your craft. Read books, go to classes, spend time in your art or music studio. Don’t just throw … Continue reading All Things are Possible

Sleeping in with Sofie

A crash and subsequent rumblings startled me out of a deep sleep about 5:30 yesterday morning. My husband, already up and awaiting his first cup of coffee, stood in the kitchen, unaware of the commotion behind our bedroom walls. I related what I had heard, and he immediately went into action. Grabbing a flashlight and … Continue reading Sleeping in with Sofie

Composing

For nearly forty years, composing songs (lyrics and music) has been my gig. Perhaps I will return to this love, but for now, I am enjoying writing poetry and a novel. I've been having a blast writing poetry nearly every day since before National Poetry Month (April.) New forms of poetry are a fascination and … Continue reading Composing