I love Thanksgiving — my favorite holiday of the year. Partly it’s because I usually don’t have any services to play, and I can concentrate on decorating, cooking and enjoying food and the company of my friends. Every year I try to do something a little different, and this year I bought several new items… Read More A day of feasting
Yesterday was Thanksgiving and as I survey the stemware that has to be washed this morning, I am reminded of when we started having such elaborate holiday dinners. Back in 1992, my husband Carl and I attended a conference of the Association of Anglican Musicians in Portland, Oregon, where the featured speaker was Jeff Smith,… Read More “We have forgotten how to feast!”
I’ve just returned home from attending the 42nd Annual Advent Procession at the Lutheran Church of Honolulu, and a number of people came up to me to say that they had remembrances of Carl Crosier tonight. It was not only in the choice of music—I believe there was only one piece which director Scott Fikse… Read More Shades of Carl
Just the other day, someone asked me if I had somewhere to go on Thanksgiving. “Oh, yes, I’m taken care of,” I answered. You see it has been almost 40 years that Carl Crosier and I always celebrated the major holidays (Thanksgiving, Christmas and Easter) with Frank and Sue Haas. When our son Stephen was born,… Read More A lifetime of feasts and friendship