Preface (partly for William): I have for months been planning on at least two long posts on “The Gospel According to Puccini”. (Remotely similar to Donald Miller’s Christian interpretation of “Romeo and Juliet” by William Shakespeare.) One interpreting “Turandot” terms of the passionate love of God (Calaf) for humanity (Turandot). Another interpreting the aria “Nessun [...]
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Toward a general theory of country music (which I am learning to like)
How embarrassing. I am starting to like country music. Not only have a set one of the stations in my car to 101.5 FM – I actually turn to it sometimes when I am tired of NPR. This is largely because of a general characteristic of country music songs which my wife first pointed out [...]
Growing urban-rural tension (or) Random thoughts from trip to Branson
My wife threatened to tell everyone at the church that “my husband has gone country”.
Nooooooo!
Well – sort of. There is a serious point coming. See below.
Got back last night – whole trip back on one day – from our first purely fun family holiday and to Branson Missouri. We had a fantastic time. One [...]
