Christmas Dinner Deconstructed

For years my friends Lance & Vikki hosted a Christmas dinner for all and sundry. Lance is no longer with us, but Vikki has kept up the tradition. This year, she decided it would be fun to serve Beef Wellington to the 15 or so who had RSVP’d and asked me to help. Neither of [...]

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Shining on the Inside

I’m a big fan of Christmas and Christmas decorations. Every year I go with a group of friends to a Christmas home tour in Waxahachie, TX to gawk at beautiful homes and over-the-top décor. Every year I haul out my own collection of Christmas items and spend hours (often days) decorating my house. Every room [...]

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From Somewhere Deep Inside the Mind of a Singer…

As previously mentioned, this year I’m involved in 14 Christmas concerts. Now, you may not have had the pleasure of doing the same concert over and over and over, sometimes twice in one day, so you may have wondered, “What do those people think about while they’re sitting up there?” Actually, that question probably never [...]

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Sing We Joyous All Together

Sorry to be conspicuous by my absence lately, but I’ve been spending all my free time here: It’s the Morton H. Meyerson Symphony Center in Dallas, home of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra and Dallas Symphony Chorus. We’re deep into this:   Actually, this is my third Christmas concert event this season. I began with the [...]

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