Here it is, the end of August. Labor Day is just a week away. All of the local schools started back up over the past week or two. Pete Seeger singing “What Did You Learn in School Today” seems a good choice for the Song of the Week. It is also pretty easy to writeContinue reading “SONG OF THE WEEK – WHAT DID YOU LEARN IN SCHOOL TODAY”
Monthly Archives: August 2015
SONG OF THE WEEK – HIGHWAYMAN
“You don’t have a soul. You are a soul. You have a body.” We start with a famous quotation – one that I received in an email just a few days ago1 – which is often attributed to C. S. Lewis. It appears, though, that Lewis never publicly wrote or said those words. He probablyContinue reading “SONG OF THE WEEK – HIGHWAYMAN”
SONG OF THE WEEK – THAT’S ANOTHER STORY
Earlier this evening a guy named Hugh, who is in his 70s, showed me a pocket watch case that had belonged to his great-grandfather and been passed down to him. That case was special because there exist no pictures of his great-grandfather, no letters or other writings from him and no other memorabilia. So allContinue reading “SONG OF THE WEEK – THAT’S ANOTHER STORY”
SONG OF THE WEEK – PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON
This week, we are going with just a song and no social commentary. “Puff the Magic Dragon” has become a classic children’s song – enjoyed by adults, as well – and almost everyone knows the words. Even my year and a half-old grandson, Ryder, knows the words. Some evil people will tell you that theContinue reading “SONG OF THE WEEK – PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON”
SONG OF THE WEEK – THE BALLAD OF HIGH NOON (DO NOT FORSAKE ME)
High Noon (1952), a classic American Western movie, was one of the first films selected for preservation in the United States Film Registry by the Library of Congress. It tells the story of Will Kane (Gary Cooper), who, as the long-time marshal of Hadleyville in the New Mexico Territory, had cleaned up what was onceContinue reading “SONG OF THE WEEK – THE BALLAD OF HIGH NOON (DO NOT FORSAKE ME)”