Over the past few years, several people have asked me what inspires me to keep writing, performing, and recording songs. Some are...

Ever since I was a little boy, I've loved the water. I remember seeing a photo of me as a five-year old in Giessen-Wieseck, Germany...

On Tuesday April 1st (April Fool's Day), I helped to continue a tradition begun at Walker Church ten years ago by my friend Mary Parker....

Golden Nuggets Stew Songbook At the end of April, I will be coming out with my tenth CD of original songs. One thing I enjoy almost as...

2024 was a very difficult year for me. During that time, I attended two Minneapolis hospital programs four different times for mental...

News Junkie! I consider myself a dyed-in-the-wool news junkie and an MPR (Minnesota Public Radio) addict! I've got my radio turned on...

Recently, I joined a group of Vail Communities members in order to attend the annual NAMI-sponsored Day on the Hill event at the...

Recently, I started taking a community ed class in modern dance and storytelling at Roosevelt High School. The young instructor, whose...

A few of months ago, while visiting the Hennepin County Central Library on a Saturday afternoon to work with their computers, I stumbled...

In November, I will be giving a sermon at Walker Church on the topic of the link between creativity and spirituality. Back in the 1990s,...

One thing I've noticed as I've gotten older is the diminishing control of my bladder and sphincter muscle. I often find myself in need...

When I've talked with people about my background and education, I've often been told that they admire my intelligence and the wonderful...

In reflecting over the past 79 years of my life, I've noticed that there have been a few significant occurrences -- I like to call them...

I suspect that everyone has a few things they would call their favorites. And I surely have mine. Let's begin with physical things. My...

I've always been big on celebrating birthdays. Unfortunately, my birthday comes at a most inopportune time since I was born on August 7,...

The picture accompanying this blog, is a sketch I drew about ten years ago depicting a cute little chipmunk playing a harmonica. Except,...

That winter and spring,everything went well for a while. Micromouse enjoyed the tasty morsels that Penny and Tommy provided him, as well...

From then on, Penny and Tommy took good care of their new pet. They always made sure to feed him every day and leave enough water in his...

For the rest of that winter, mouse and rat lived a happy and carefree life. With his rat friend to protect him, the little mouse no...

For the following few blogposts, I will depart from my usual format to relate an original children's story in four parts called...