Chautauqua 2014: the American West
Once more we were fortunate to be invited to spend a week with Jack and Peg at Chautauqua in western New York. Angela and Henry …
Colorado Rockies
In June we visited our friends Claire and Bill Stitt in Edwards and our cousins Maxann and Jay Collins in Steamboat Springs. The Colorado Rockies …
How the West Was Lost
“Nice place you’ve got here,” said Tink Tinker, member of the Osage Nation and Theologian, “how did you get it?” This startling …
Welcome Visitors
This summer we have enjoyed hosting 13 visitors for a total of 18 days. Every visitor and every day brought us joy. On …
Picture Lady
When my friend Jan Yauch moved to North Arlington in 1980, she brought with her an idea from her daughters’ previous elementary …
Mendelssohn-Bartholdy
On Sunday 13 July I will play “Duetto” from Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy’s Songs Without Words, Op. 38, No. 6, as an offertory during worship …
My Family, 1953
In a long-forgotten box in the garage, I came across a piece of tattered artwork I did with crayons when I was nine. My …
Clouds as Metaphors
I’ll never look at clouds the same way again. Not long ago 4-year old Violet introduced me to a charming picture book, …
Night to Remember
Yo Yo Ma played at the home of our dear friends, Elizabeth and Jan Lodal, on May 13, as a prelude to …
Places in the Heart, Week Two
After our wonderful Week One in Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas, Marjo and I drove north on April 23 to two national parks, Guadalupe Mountains …