Hey, Ron: Glad that Jan in home, and hopefully will continue to improve.

The times they are a'changing indeed. It seems like many of us in here are dealing with change (the most dfreaded four letter word for most people.) Last night I got a call from a dear friend of mine telling me that the Director of one of the Male Choruses I sing is i leaving... actually he is leaving today. The retired Director was still active at the church until about a month ago, when he died, so there is no musician or Director for the Male Chorus, or the other choirs. Talk about change. There are a couple of other changes taking place in my life that are disturbing, that I'm trying to deal with. And then of course, there are the health problems that strike close to our hearts.

But yesterday, I was driving in the car, trying to figure out what's going on in my own life right now, and The message I put in a Christmas card a few years ago came to mind.. "Step out on faith." And that's what we all have to do, many times in our lives. When you can't see where you're going, or understand why things are happening to you, you just have to suck in your gut, and "Step out on Faith." Gotta be a song in there...

For you doo woppers, I just bought a rare CD of 30 tracks of doo wop done a capella by well known groups who never released songs that way. It's a fantastic CD, with such familiar songs as The CLoser You Are by the Channels, Sunday Kind Of Love by the Harptones, Sh-Boom by the Chords, and My True Story by the Jive Five. There are even three cuts by the Moonglows, a capella. I think most of the tracks were recorded informally, as there is a party atmosphere in the background of several of them. Some may have been audition tapes. With one or two exceptions, the sound is very good. And, without instrumental accompaniment, the bass singer has to lay the foundation and is far more creative than they would be iaf the song wasn't done a capella. I'm behind on getting out CDs at the moment, and am busy getting ready for our trip, but you never know what might appear in your mailbox, someday.

Nah... I ain't leaving the table yet, except for our trip. As long as people stop by once in awhile, I'll keep the pot on. But, all good things run their course, in time.

Jerry