Over the next month and a half, Karyn and I will be in a wedding every other weekend. Not invited to the weddings…in the weddings. For one of them, Karyn is the maid of honor, and we’re providing the music for the other three.
The first gig of our ‘wedding tour’ was yesterday, as our good [...]

Sometimes I realize that I don’t write in this blog as often as I could because I am waiting for something profound or big to write about. I need to remember that life is also precious for the little things. I hope to try to bring the gloriously trivial here a little more often.
For example, [...]

Today was “field day” at the PreK-6 school where I am an administrator. Field Day is a day of everyone playing competitive games outside all day and working on their first sunburns of the year. At my school, the sixth graders plan all the games and run the operations of the day.
My job was to [...]

Thanks to the New Pantagruel e-journal, I’ve discovered a visual artist whose work I fell in love with at first sight. Jim Janknegt is an artist who integrates his Christian faith seamlessly into his work. But just like singer/songwriter Andy Osenga , who does the same with music, you probably won’t find Mr. Janknegt’s work [...]

Kings and queens are bankrupt here at the mouth of the Nile
They say the pyramids they’re all looted; Pharaoh won’t be back for a while,
Crocodiles are hungry see ‘em polish their tie pins with care
I used to understand their language, but now I’m just unaware
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Tonight I saw the International Space Station go by Charlottesville.
A friend told me that it was scheduled to fly over us at 9:31. I stepped outside at the appointed time, looked to the west, and there it was like a British rail train…a bright, unblinking star streaking across the sky in a perfectly straight line. [...]

For you, Sweets…a song (melody to come)
Come Along
Honey be my memory
And take me through the past
Help me leave what’s come and gone
Hold to what will last
Driving in a pouring rain
Staring through the mist
We try to see a bit ahead
Try to get the gist
When I woke up on this road
With you there at my side
I knew [...]

The pictures from the Casella/Bassett concert are up!
At the concert, Jeremy shared some news with us. Most importantly, he’s engaged to Kirsten Berry (the review writer from Grassroots)! An early fall wedding is planned; Phil Keaggy might provide music.
In other news, Jeremy’s been through some rough times trying to get his latest album out. [...]

Just got back from my trip to Delaware for the Joe Bassett/Jeremy Casella concert. Had a wonderful time from beginning to end…and good to see Christiana again, along with her roommate, whose name I’m embarassed to say has escaped my travel-weary brain.
First off, let me gladly report that the lights of half of Deleware did [...]