Volume 11: The Trumpet Chronicles is Now the Saxophone Chronicles

Since this website used to reside at a different address, until the idiots who run my web hosting somehow didn’t notify me of a domain name renewal, I doubt many of you (well, the one or two who’ve visited so far) are familiar with the Trumpet Chronicles.  This was a series of articles I wrote as I wandered my way through the intricacies of trumpet selection and mouthpiece searching.

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There Is Therefore Now No Condemnation

To those of us who struggle with guilt due to the past sin we’ve committed, or guilt from not being able to resist fleshly temptations… Continue reading “There Is Therefore Now No Condemnation”

Vehicles I Have Owned

The first vehicle I drove regularly was a real classic… it wasn’t technically mine, but I drove it to work at Kentucky Power during college and to the Bluegrass Restaurant in Ashland, KY, where everyone went to cruise on the weekends.

It was a dark blue 1962 Rambler American, two door, with a flathead six cylinder engine.  Zero to 60 in 3 days.

And everyone said, “Oooooooo….”…  Y’all are just jealous. Continue reading “Vehicles I Have Owned”

We Are Now The Forerunners

My pastor preached a sermon on John the Baptist this past Sunday.  It got me to thinking about John and his mission in life, given to him before he was even born.  John was a forerunner. Continue reading “We Are Now The Forerunners”

Volume 10 – The Trumpet Chronicles (Has It Really Been 5 Months?)

Iolds-ambassador-trumpett’s frankly amazing how quickly time goes by.  I logged in to this site today just to see if there were any software updates that needed to be applied.  My last posting was in February!  Several things have happened, so…. Continue reading “Volume 10 – The Trumpet Chronicles (Has It Really Been 5 Months?)”

Volume 9A – The Trumpet Chronicles

mendez1I started to just update Volume 9 after last night’s practice, but figured I would “thrill” the couple of you who actually read these chronicles with a new entry.

I called it “Volume 9A” since it is a continuation of Volume 9.  Catchy name, huh?

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