Today, on Memorial Day, we remember all those who gave their lives to serve our country. In musical form, our new music video tells the story of the Taps, which was written during the Civil War as the bugler’s call to close the day. Since then it has become tradition to play Taps as a
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For Susanna’s birthday this year, we did a scavenger hunt. But this was no ordinary scavenger hunt. We paired up in teams of two, and had to go around finding the objects three-legged race style (who comes up with these ideas?!). Just that one feature took a game from a moderate to a challenging skill
Did you ever want to be part of a re-enactment group or perhaps merely fly back through time to sample another era gone by? One of our favorite pastimes when we were little was pulling out our bin of hats and shawls and dressing up. There was also the time when every Sunday afternoon we
In spite of the changes in the past month, our celebration of Christ’s resurrection was one of deep meaning and great joy. The week before Easter, we kept up a steady schedule driving to church almost every day to record a segment for the three special services we posted on our church’s website. In our
Like the rest of the world, our plans for the month were turned around by the arrival of the virus on American turf. For our family, it meant no longer bringing music to the local retirement home where we have enjoyed many wonderful friendships through the years. It meant our ramped-up practices taking a nose
March is a slower paced month for us. We buy seeds for our garden and start building a new repertoire of music for 2020. We hear the hum of lawnmowers being tuned up for the spring and we spot the snowdrops pushing up through the winter mud. We took some time out on a sunshiny
Dad usually has ideas, lots of them, and most of the time they are good ones. This time, along with hosting a mini marriage seminar, his idea involved a romantic sweetheart’s dinner in our church basement and as usual, Dad pulled out all the stops. Our whole family pitched in, divvying up the responsibilities. Susanna
January rolled by quietly. We bundled our way through the snapping cold, breathed in the warmth of the January thaw and broke out our shovels for a brief snowy weekend. For N’gella’s birthday, we went on a family excursion to an ice skating rink where we relearned the art of gliding around on ice. We
Another Christmas has come and gone with another concert season in the books. We travelled around Connecticut to nursing homes, senior centers and churches to do 15 concerts. That meant a lot of music practice at home! Our big red van has carried us many miles and been a part of many memories in the
November spiced our lives with family fun and festive traditions. Early in the month, we celebrated Carolyn’s birthday. On her birthday afternoon, five of us took her on a surprise birthday expedition to the Mattabesett Trail. We enjoyed a hearty half hour hike and were rewarded by the sweeping views of the Meriden valley spread