My mom was a concert-level pianist as a child but gave up practice for boys & fun in her teens. In her 50s she returned to the piano with a vengeance, taking endless music theory and composition classes determined to unleash her own creativity. She was convinced that if she just knew a little moreContinue reading “Don’t Go There Child”
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Come to Bethany
One of the things I love about a song like Come to Bethany is that it leaves people with questions. What’s Bethany? Why do I feel transported by this song? What does it even mean to sing those words? Bringing a song to life is something of a mystery, but I think I can shedContinue reading “Come to Bethany”
Protected: Put That Gavel Down, Boy: 8/5
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The Glorious Vocation of Vin Scully
So many memories, so many tributes, but his life’s work says it all. Vin was born to do and be the voice of the Dodgers—a voice that at all times delighted in children and families, captured moments in time that were greater than our own first-hand witness, and always—always—spoke of players, teams, umps, leagues, andContinue reading “The Glorious Vocation of Vin Scully”
Surely
“Surely, God’s love includes people who can’t bear it.” —Wendell Berry
Heather Choate Davis 