Tagged With: music
100-Word Stroll for 8/16/16: I BELIEVE I’LL STICK WITH JESUS
Grab your coffee and walk with me . . . I’ve sung all my life. There was always music in the Boone house. “Reveille”: piano. “Amazing Grace” and “Shenandoah”: harmonica. “Honey In The Rock”: mandolin. Harmony wherever two or more of us happened to be. I love most contemporary praise & worship lyrics. They’re soul-lifting … Continue reading
QTMs for 1/19/16: Kitty Jane and Joel Clyde
My mother’s parents. Those were their names. Kitty Jane Kingsland and Joel Clyde Wise. Grandpa Wise was a big, strong man with a mercurial temper and a wide mean streak, an old railroader from a hard-drinking family, all of whom were incredibly gifted with making music. Much of our family’s musical acumen came through his genetic offering. With his sons … Continue reading
COURAGE To EMERGE
Everybody’s wracking their brain to come up with something unique with which to challenge everyone else while 2016 is still in diapers. I’m not. I was grazing through resources, reading and mining this or that when I found a terrific, thoughtful statement by someone I’ve never met that jarred my soul. Think about it. I’m a man … Continue reading