No Words for Emily

No Words for Emily

I enjoy composing music and wish I had more time to do so. Songs about love and positive relationships often come relatively easy. Songs for family life cycle celebrations are fun to write.  Emotional events often drive me to the keyboard. In 2002, a colleague’s 16-year old daughter tragically took her own life. I did not know Emily but the sadness of her death overwhelmed me. I sat down at the keyboard and struggled with words. The music would not…

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400 Pounds and 3 Inches

400 Pounds and 3 Inches

While working out this morning, I watched with interest as a man looking about 70 years old started adding massive weights to an Olympic bar. He didn’t look like someone who could move 100 pounds let alone 400. I scanned the room for the nearest defibrillator and kept an eye on him hoping I would not have to perform CPR. The man stretched his legs, moved his arms, touched his toes and took a few deep breaths. And then he walked…

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