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Archive for October, 2007

Deb’s Pumpkin Tartlets (Thanks to Libby’s & Waitrose!)

Posted in Uncategorized on Tuesday 9 October 2007 | 1 Comment »

 
Every year around Harvest Sunday I am asked by friends if it’s true that Americans make pumpkin pies. They want to know what they taste like, not quite sure if the pies are a savoury affair or sweet. Our first year in London I could not find Libby’s Solid Pack Pumpkin — I was still [...]

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Harvest Thanks and Church Gardens

Posted in Uncategorized on Sunday 7 October 2007 | Leave a Comment »

We just had Harvest Sunday. On the Friday before, the children at the village school walked to the church and had their annual Harvest worship service. As is their custom, they collect and bring home grown veg and fruits, tinned goods, biscuits, pastas, and other goods for donations. During their service they lay their gifts up at the altar. Afterwards, [...]

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Welcome to Notes from Deb!

Posted in Uncategorized on Friday 5 October 2007 | 1 Comment »

Welcome to my new blog site. I thought it was about time for a change! Plus there are some features with WordPress that I really like. With this blog I could easily add a Calendar and some special pages, such as the Repertoire page. The TNIV Daily Bible is still easy to use — just place your cursor [...]

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Those magical musical modes

Posted in Burl Ives, John Jacob Niles, Thomas Merton, children, choir, composers, music, songwriters on Tuesday 2 October 2007 | Leave a Comment »

This will date me terribly, but when I was about 7 or 8 years old, I developed a really keen passion for the sounds of modal scales, and began adding folk music to my repertoire of Mozart, Schubert, and Grieg. If my memory serves me faithfully the musical source I turned to again and [...]

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