Wednesday
01Jul2009

Thoughts from Last Winter

My friend Jacob called on Saturday night. It wasn’t nighttime in Manila where he lies in a hospital bed, waiting, wondering how much function will return as his badly broken neck slowly heals.

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Friday
05Jun2009

The Journey

I am experiencing some great and unexpected changes in my life. I just came across this poem, which I wrote some time ago, and was struck at how I could have written it this afternoon.

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Tuesday
05May2009

while I was on chemo 

I don't write poems often, but this one presented itself at the time.

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Wednesday
29Apr2009

Saving Jingles (A Children's Story)

When our boys were little, they were part of a big group of kids of all ages in our town in Iowa who were homeschooled. They were all friends and they spent loads of time together. This is a true story from those times.

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Monday
20Apr2009

Music, music, music 

I DID end up being accepted into this summer's Cabaret Conference at Yale-and I am completely JAZZED! Here is the slightly unconventional bio I sent with my audition DVD:

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