I Know Who I Am

In Honor of Mother’s Day- a gift to all of you! I know who I am On my left arm I wear six slim silver bracelets. A gift from my mother. They belonged to her sisters and to her. One for each of them. I know who I am because of who they are. I am … Read more

Just me.

From my tiny corner of the world, this little table, there is the view of the fountain outside, the Barista making coffee and the trash can. I hear the conversations around me- some intense, some laughter, people sharing what they are doing, what they are planning to do and all of the political news of … Read more

Noah- a movie review (kinda)

I’m not going to give you a spoiler alert. I think it’s safe to say that we all pretty much know the story. But we’ve been planning to go see the new Noah movie for quite awhile anyway. I’m not sure what we expected- Let me just say that it was interesting. Don’t you think … Read more

The Sweetest Spot

I’m giving a friend a break from conducting the church choir during Lent & Easter. This choir is much like every choir I have conducted in my life. They are wonderfully enthusiastic, committed to being there, like to laugh and love God and their church. People who sing in choirs usually are all these things. … Read more

The Assyrian Monks Sold Olive Bread

Saturday morning ritual- up before the sun and head down to the farmers market. First let’s discuss this daylight savings time nonsense. I will just take the position right now that I hate it and refuse to set my watch to the “new” time for at least another week. There. Enough said. Farmers market- you … Read more