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Earworms

April 18, 2019 by Lanita Boyd

I grew up listening to music and singing with my family as well as at church. These days, some of those songs I used to know can pop up in my mind at the oddest times. Sometimes I have an earworm that’s current songs I enjoy, but here are a few of the ones from … [Read more…]

Posted in: Singing Tagged: Bicycle Built for Two, earworms, school days, singing, songs

Sunday in Quechee

September 18, 2018 by Lanita Boyd

Remember how you feel when you visit someone whose house smells like your grandmother’s house smelled? Or you see those crocheted doilies and immediately you’re back in your childhood? That’s kind of the way I felt on Sunday. We were traveling through Quechee, Vermont, watching for a church to stop at. We knew Churches of … [Read more…]

Posted in: nostalgia Tagged: church, hymns, nostalgia, singing, Vermont

A Song in My Heart

July 25, 2017 by Lanita Boyd

I love to sing! I grew up in a singing family. We sang in the car, we sang in the living room, we sang as we worked. Usually we sang hymns, but we sang other songs as well. As my singing voice declines with age, I seem to treasure those singing times even more. Last … [Read more…]

Posted in: Singing Tagged: "My God and I", earworms, family singing, singing, songs

Thoughts on Three Funerals

June 30, 2015 by Lanita Boyd

Funerals vary so much it’s hard to keep up. From very formal to allowing an open mic, from suits and ties, heels and pearls to jeans and t-shirts, from the family scattered around the room to a receiving line–today anything goes. I’ve attended three funerals this month, and the surroundings, the families, and the speakers … [Read more…]

Posted in: end of life, funerals Tagged: end of life, funerals, heaven, singing

Delight yourself in the Lord and He will give you the desires of your heart.
Psalm 37:4

I enjoy my roles as wife, mother, grandmother, teacher, speaker, writer, sister, niece, aunt, and friend. As the title indicates, these are just the musings I might share with you over a cup of coffee.

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