random musings
Exciting Facebook updates from family
I have four kids in their twenties. And what I know and see of them is on facebook: Kid #1: In a relationship. Not in a relationship. In a relationship. Kid #2: Having a root canal Kid #3: Kid #4: Is graduating and looking for a job, so has deleted stupid pictures on facebook I have a…
Read More"Mean for Jesus"
I watched the Chely Wright documentary, “Wish Me Away”, the other night and one of my favorite lines in the film was from a reverend who acts as a spiritual advisor to Chely. He said “I’ve never known people meaner than those who are mean for Jesus.” I know there are plenty of “mean for Jesus” people out…
Read MoreGrowing Grass
Ha! You thought I was going to blog about marijuana, didn’t you? Noooo…I’m talking about my lawn! My grass is growing already! Darn TruGreen. They’ve already started the first of their 2000 applications. That was the early pre-spring application. 3 days later they were calling to tell me they were going to come out and…
Read MoreLife and death
Just returned from a funeral. My brother-in-law was killed in a snowmobile accident a week ago. How quickly life can change. And how precious are our relationships. The older I get, the more I realize all the different gifts people have to offer in this life. People hear me perform, and tell me what a…
Read MoreHair dryers
This week saw the death of another hair dryer. I don’t think I’ve ever had one go quietly. Hair dryers really ought to be designed with some type of warning indicator of imminent breakdown, short of setting my hair on fire. My experience is that they work until sparks start flying out the nozzle, or they…
Read MoreMental infirmity
Okay, so today I want to talk about the plethora of little black devices that sit on my studio table. These include: my cell phone, a calculator, a tuner, a metronome, and a stereo remote. When the phone rings I answer the metronome. When I need to add things, I pick up the stereo remote. Some of you can…
Read MoreThe sock mystery continued
I have gotten feedback from several of you about the great missing sock mystery. One reader is convinced that the socks escape before they even hit the washing machine. hmmm. Another thinks that my socks are at her house, as she does not recognize half the mismatched socks that come out of her dryer. She…
Read MoreLost socks
How is it possible that when I do a load of laundry…(with no children left in the home to complicate things laundrerial,) and I take the clothes out of the dryer, I can find exactly SEVEN of my very own socks with NO PARTNERs?? Where do they go? Do they just not get along anymore?? Are they happier on…
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