Singer, Songwriter, Soujourner
It happened a long time ago, in a small church not so far away. The music team tried to do a special Good Friday service. We tried to coordinate clips from the film The Passion of the Christ, with readings and music. We overshot our abilities. During the service, everything was a struggle, it felt …
“It Takes the Cake” = To be the most outstanding in some respect, either the best or the worst. This is just another crazy story from my life. I went to my friend’s; we were going bike riding. I showed up with the bike pants, shoes, etc. My friend – well she wanted to maximize …
Forty years ago they introduced computer terminals in the Child Support Enforcement offices. It was a blast. We entered the data, and the system would lose the data. Eventually we had to write down everything we entered, as the computer would periodically lose the data entry for a day. Part of the job – reenter …
Listen HERE. Visit the official Watertown, Massachusetts website HERE. At my brother’s wedding in 1984, everyone told me what a wonderful and exceptional person my brother was. Prior to that day, I thought of my brother as just a great brother. After the wedding, I knew that I had an exceptional brother, and a wonderful …
You know how the say that multiple major changes in your life (moving, job change, health issues, relationship issues) can lead to stress that can lead to anxiety, sickness, depression in your life? I think that a new category should be added to the list – technology updates. I recently went through a number of …
Periodically God amazes me, and reminds me of just how close he really is……………… My father was a singer and a disc jockey and he received many records to review. Our home was full of albums and my dad used to write his name (“Ray Dorey”) in the upper left hand corner of each album. …
So my printer dies, and I go printer shopping with my friend Dawn who knows all about setting up printers. That was yesterday. Today I decided to try to quickly read my email before going out into the beautiful day. The printer program chimes in: “I want to check for Updates”. “OK” says I, but my …
I was walking home from Cambridge tonight. Along the way, I noticed that the birds in the park I was passing were squawking very loudly. I imagined that they were enjoying the warm spring sun as much as I was and that they were “coming alive” into the season. I kept walking. I approached an …
On Tuesday my father’s brother died. He was in his 70s and had led a good, full life. He was a devout Catholic and worked at his faith, especially later in life. Uncle Bobby spent a lot of time with my family when I was growing up. He never married and, consequently, never settled down. …
So I attended the wedding of somebody from my church today. I was on the dance floor for all of 10 minutes – then they said: “All of the single ladies out on the dance floor for the throwing of the bouquet.” I tried to gracefully slip away when Sarah would have none of it …
The ear piece for my cell phone died recently, so I went to Best Buy to get a new one. They didn’t have an ear piece for my old phone, but they informed me that I was eligible for a free phone upgrade. I settled on a phone that is also an MP3 player and …
I was supposed to sing in a church in Middleton on Friday night. It was a CD release concert for a band where I was the bass player/singer. I had been very stressed and quite busy at work and I had not had any time to go shopping. Alice had asked me if I had …
Reflections on my Trip to Texas and Indiana A friend once asked me if I had learned how to exhaust myself for other people. I thought it a strange question at the time. A decade and a half later I find that I am only beginning to understand the scope of that question and the …
I think I always wanted to make a CD, but my experiences in the recording studio have been awful. I’m the one who can’t sing on key and can’t seem to make my voice blend with the other voices when the “Record” button is pressed. I’ve been in the studio about 10 times and I …
Painting in September 2008 Did you ever see how little kids look after they eat chocolate cake? How they get it everywhere and then mom & dad grab the camera for the photo op? That’s how I am with paint; I get it everywhere. I have a friend (Jack) who is a master painter. I’ve …
The Closing of Phillips Church in Watertown, MA, October 2007 Years ago I remember the departure of the pastor of my church. There was the traditional last service and a dinner followed. At the table one of the attendees noted that “The funeral was well attended”. Some people were sad at his leaving and some …
A CELEBRATION OF THE LIFE OF LORRAINE DOREYWith Love by her children: Carol, Fred, Linda and Gail.For those who knew her only through others and those who knew her well…OUR MOTHER WAS:– A believer in God and Jesus Christ.– A mother who loved her children.– Devoted to our father her whole life.– Devoted to family …
Many years ago I purchased my first answering machine. I really liked having an answering machine; you never missed a call, you could retrieve the message from anywhere and you could stay connected. Life was good. Some time later I added Call Waiting to my phone. Call Waiting was also a “must have” for a …
I think I was born singing, and talking probably came early …. and often! After that came writing songs and finally writing stories. I began to notice that the things that happened to me, or that I did, were funny or crazy and I wanted to share them. I started writing some of them down …
