It was five years ago that I posted this article on my Facebook page: A case for the pipe organ. Jonathan Aigner, who posted the original article, made the following points: • It sustains and strengthens congregational singing.• It fills a room naturally. • Its range is massive. • It facilitates a wide range of musical styles.… Read More Why the pipe organ?
How many times have I heard that? It’s true that when people retire, they often think about writing a book about their life’s experiences. Hey, there’s even a book on how to do it! (I have not read this book, so I have no idea whether it’s any good or not!) Well, instead of writing… Read More You ought to write a book!
Now in my seventh decade of life, I just learned something about myself. I just received a shipment of Cornet Barcelona glasses, inspired by the colorful windows of La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona, the basilica which I visited in 2016. Ordering these glasses are a terrible indulgence (!) especially when I consider that I should… Read More If only I knew …
If you have been reading this blog for awhile, you may know that learning Spanish has been a pandemic project for me. Oh, I actually started a little over two years ago, but since last March, I’ve stepped up my daily Spanish practice. I often equate learning a musical instrument with learning a foreign language… Read More Learning a new language
The meaning of the phrase back to square one is to return to the beginning of something, either due to failure or because things did not go as planned. I guess I don’t have to remind you that the move to this new site has been a nightmare. I realized today that the email addresses of people… Read More Back to square one
This morning on my daily walk, I was listening to a Spanish podcast in which the host (Australian) was interviewing a recent immigrant from Spain. She expressed her fear of moving from Spain to Australia, whether she would find any new friends, whether she would find a job, where she would live, whether she knew… Read More Like moving to a foreign country!
Yesterday, while millions of people watched the Super Bowl (of which I have zero interest), some people went back to attending church in person. I picked up the newspaper from yesterday this morning (I’m one day behind in reading my local newspaper!), and one headline caught my eye. “Ruling cancels ban on indoor services.” The… Read More #inpersonservice ?
Welcome to Another Year of Insanity’s new home! You’ll notice many similarities to my original blog, but some differences. For one thing, I’ve renamed this blog, to differentiate it from the original, and am calling it “Yet Another Year of Insanity.” All the original posts have been imported into this blog, meaning that the “old… Read More Welcome to our new home!
If you have been reading this blog in the last few days, you know that we have been experiencing serious problems with our Media files and the thousands and thousands of photos and PDFs were causing a serious overload problem. Besides, I have been having a problem with the network in my apartment in that… Read More Pay attention! WE ARE MOVING!
In my last post, I described some of the problems we’ve been having with this website—our Media Library of photos was just too HUGE and we were getting a bunch of errors. (and I just LOVE photos on my blog! That’s what makes it interesting, right?) Consequently I have been refraining from adding any more… Read More A ticking time bomb?