I’ve been fortunate enough to see David Marino perform in New York, and God has really given him a great gift of a voice, as you will clearly see here. Today, when we celebrate Ash Wednesday (which I wrote a poem about— see below), is not only a day to repent of past sins, but to be eternally grateful for God’s grace in sending Christ to save us from our sins. Lenten comes from the word lengthen because it is... Read more
Here are a selection of clips from the first 4 seasons of the Chosen which show how Jesus handled confrontations. This is powerful, but it also shows why he provoked so much opposition, especially in Jerusalem. Read more
There are many good reasons to visit Greenville, not the least of which is to go see the beautiful single A Red Sox ballpark where the Greenville farm team plays…. Yes they have their own smaller version of the Green Monstah like at Fenway. And they have a famous native son baseball player— Shoeless Joe Jackson whose’ statue stands just outside the park, as does his former home. Another major attraction in Greenville is frankly the largest BBQ restaurant I’ve... Read more
Greg and Kathy wanted to take me to a little chapel up in the mountains near Greenville, called Pretty Place, the Fred Symes Chapel, where lots of retreats had transpired over many year. Along the way the devastation of the terrible storm from last Fall was evident everywhere with gigantic trees uprooted, houses crushed, and more. The road had just barely been clear, and the storm called Helene had gone by four or more months before. One driver of a... Read more
Greenville S.C. is an up and coming place, with many people moving there— too many according to various of the long time residents. The gentrification of the downtown is something to behold, with seemingly endless new condos being built, not to mention the Grand Bohemian Lodge, which is the main subject of this post. There is a river that runs right through downtown Greenville, the Reedy River, that comes from springs just up the road in Traveler’s Rest S.C.... Read more
In this post, I include some of the explanations of the instruments, as well as some information about the makers and the owners. There are also some ancient record players….. Read more
As we said in the last post, keyboards dominate this museum in terms of what’s on display, and rightly so. Many of them are works of art. But there are other stringed instruments, for instance lutes or mandolins, The instrument above is a hurdy-gurdy (cue the famous Donovan song about the hurdy-gurdy man) Where’s Ravi Shankar when you need him? And all sorts of horns and woodwinds as well…. And here’s an instrument that one requires only a wave... Read more
This is General Nathanael Greene, the only revolutionary war general that I know of for whom 2 cities are named— Greensboro N.C. and Greenville, S.C. This statue stands in the park in Greenville where the Music Museum is that we will visit in this and subsequent posts. I was the guest of my cousins Greg and Kathy West, and about to do a retreat for a Methodist Church in Greenville. More on that later. For a musician like myself, this... Read more
Meanwhile there are now dozens and dozens of cases of avoidable measles among school children in Texas due to the avoiding of important, helpful and necessary childhood vaccines. Way to go parents for listening to Robert Kennedy and other quacks when it comes to vaccines. Read more
Since Stan Lee passed, and since Disney took over the Marvel Universe, the movies have been up and down, and mostly down since the Avengers climax. Now we are being told of a reboot of the Avengers, with the former Falcon now filling the role of Captain America. On the whole I’d give this iteration of the franchise about a B-, mainly because while the plot is lame, the acting is pretty good, starring Harrison Ford as the U.S. President... Read more
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