Tag: spirituals

• Playing with My Circle of Pianos

  I can’t remember a time in my life when I haven’t had a piano as one of my best friends. I was born into a household that had a big old upright piano living in it. Big Red. I remember trying to read its name scrolled in Old English typeface – Bush & Gerts, Chicago…

  Marian

  November 8, 2017

  Celebrations, Music, Reflections

  All Saints Day, baby grand, Baldwin, Big Red, Clavinova, digital piano, gospel music, gospel song, grand, grand piano, Lyon & Healy, matchmaker, music, piano, piano friend, piano tuner, Pink Elephants, Psalms, Sohmer, spirituals, Steinway, upright

• “I Saw Jesus”

  Early one morning a few days ago, I walked by Emma’s* room on my way to the kitchen to make a pot of coffee. I heard Emma talking, so I stepped inside her room to be sure she was okay. Emma is one of our two assisted living residents. She is 91, has dementia, and…

  Marian

  February 20, 2012

  E-Retreats, Lent, Music, Reflections

  angels, assisted living, e-retreats, God’s love, gospel songs, hymns, Lent, reflections, retreats, spirituals, The Scandal of Lent, visitors from heaven