perfect good-bye

The perfect good-bye would be sad and happy. I was surprised with joy. A beautiful care shawl and so many cards and nice expressions. This was so good. God bless. (my photo by Joel.)

end near--Eric's last lesson

Last lesson with me, that is. We spent half the lesson recording the three hymns he played for the service last Sunday. Here's the music. Click play or download. He's playing the C. B. Fisk Opus 51 organ.

end near--eat

Next to last day on the job. The staff takes me out to lunch. I choose where. And I choose Souderton Family Restaurant, downtown, across from the new Java joint which I'd prefer but which doesn't have real lunches. This image is what comes up on google images for Souderton Family Restaurant, but it's really the logo for a hair salon across the street from the restaurant.

Iraqi song

One of my final jobs--going over the Iraqi song with Barb Musselman. Here a link to where the news note appears in The Mennonite.

sunset time

This is a sunset in time-lapse from the west window of my house last evening. But with my last day on the Zion staff being February 15, it's kind of a poetic statement of the end of my time here.

snow art

Barb stopped by for a photo of her playing the Iraqi song I arranged. She suggested a pic of the topping of snow that had fallen overnight. Look carefully at the window (near bottom) and see the snow.

art after church

What to do on a clear day after church? Yesterday Dorcas and I drove down the Schuylkill Expressway and stopped in at the Philadelphia Art Museum for lunch and some good art.