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Dan Fogelberg Tribute Show at Custer Road

Connections Band has another show coming up and I wanted to be sure you knew about it. We're going to do our great Tribute to Dan Fogelberg Show again. Here are the details: (Read the rest. Click here)

When There Are No Answers

Sometimes, when a horrible tragedy happens, there are simply no good answers. Or, if there are, it takes weeks --if not months-- for them to emerge.

This morning, I am thinking, of course, of
the shocking events at Virginia Tech yesterday. And it strikes me that the one thing we know is that we don't know very much.

But despite all we don't know, as usual, there has been an immediate rush-to-judgment; especially by the media.

When things like this happen, there is a natural human reaction to want to regain control, and to regain it immediately. Each one of us has our own natural responses that help us feel as if we have regained control again. Each of us has a natural desire to do something to be helpful
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Current Favorite iPod Songs

File this under, "Why didn't I think of this years ago?!"

I have created an "iMix" of my current favorite iPod songs. These are the songs that are getting the most ear-play on my own iPod.

You can find it
here.

I've also added this link to the navigational window to your right, so that you can find it in the future too. Because I will update the songs list every-so-often, as the mood strikes.

Enjoy
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Kathleen Baskin-Ball

Kathleen Baskin-Ball has cancer. She's been fighting cancer for several months, and I have a good idea she's going to beat it.

There is a benefit concert for her coming up on April 22, and I wanted you all to know about it.
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A Conversation About Art and Soul

A while back, I wrote you about a great new podcast here in our area, called Art and Soul of North Texas. I'm writing you about it again today because I was the featured artist for March. Because of our vacation, we didn't get the interview done until late in the month, and I wanted to have this notice displayed on the April page of this blog, so it would get more visibility for a longer time. So, I waited until today to mention it to you... (Read the rest. Click here)