Just Plain Oatmeal

83. Just Plain Oatmeal Two things recently intersected on vacation in Ocean City, New Jersey, The first thing was that I finished the book, The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind by William Kamkwamba and Bryon Mealer. In it I had read of the near starvation of many people...
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Coma and Other Conditions – Keep Talking

82. Coma and Other Conditions—Keep Talking In my years as a music therapist, I worked a number of times with persons in coma; or persons with brain conditions where they had little response; or with persons who appeared to be dying. Those experiences have convinced me that it’s...
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Control

81. Control I wrote a song in 1976 that was supposed to be a reminder to me about control and it has been just that kind of reminder. It tells me that oftentimes control is an illusion anyway. It tells me that I can be more relaxed, more...
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Exploration of Normal

80. Exploration of Normal Normal is a setting on a dryer. I heard that somewhere. And I need to write it again: Normal is a setting on a dryer. Sometimes I get to questioning myself and wondering about what I do. I get to thinking: Is this normal?...
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How My Brain Works

79. How My Brain Works I have written now for many years and I’ve discovered something that I think is true about how brains work, or at least how my brain works. When I have a deadline, especially one with a given theme, I look it up several...
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A Poem on Pronouns

78. A Poem On Pronouns I have a college friend from Butler University in the 1950’s and her name is Myra Britton. Through the years we have stayed in touch, she and I and her husband, Don. The three of us saw each other in July of 2009...
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Story of “My Words”

77. Story of “My Words” A number of years ago, I worked with a pastor where mid-way through the week I would ask him what he was preaching about. He would give me a scripture and a general direction on where he was going. And I would create...
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Lighten Up

76. Lighten Up There is an Irish proverb which says “A good laugh and a long sleep are the best cures in the doctor’s book.” I believe that—plus the admonition to lighten up, but I have a hard time implementing both. I remember once driving back from Boston...
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Read the Psalms and Write

75. Read the Psalms and Write I did a workshop once with Kathleen Norris, and have subsequently read a number of her books—Dakota: A Spiritual Geography; The Cloister Walk—and others, and in these books and in person she talked about taking retreats in a Benedictine abbey and finding...
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I Love Your Necklace

74. I Love Your Necklace I can’t remember who taught me this simple concept—when you get a compliment, accept it graciously. You know the times when someone says, “Oh, I love your necklace,” and you’re a little embarrassed at the compliment so you say, “Oh it’s nothing.” In...
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Daybook of Personal Faith

daybook of personal faith

Daybook of my personal Faith is written for everyday of the year, with chants, songs, mandalas to color, poems, stories, prayers, and reflections.

Mama and Me

Mama and Me

Mama and Me---Our last three years together and beyond is a book about a relationship, built over 50 years and culminating in Mama’s death.

Graces To Sing

Graces To Sing

Graces To Sing to Tunes You Know is filled with familiar tunes with new words to celebrate times with family and friends, good food and thanks.

Trilogy of Cancer

Trilogy of Cancer

Ann's story of her cancer journey...filled with stories, poems, songs. You will laugh, cry....

Shadorma’s

Shadorma’s

This is a book that puts each of the 150 psalms in the psalter into a shadorma poetry form. Some of the longer psalms have several shadormas.

Women Songs | Peace Songs

Women Songs | Peace Songs

Woman Songs|Peace Songs is a collection of inspirational and powerful music still speaking to our times. Originally recorded in 1980.

Wisdom of Children

Wisdom of Children

Wisdom of Children is a collection of stories of the Grandchildren in Ann's life, their wisdom and her reflections for God.

Do You Love Me

Do You Love Me

Do You Love Me is a wonderful children's book. A conversation between a Grandmother and Grandson.

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