I am beginning a new series for my Facebook Page (https://www.facebook.com/earlenerentz) called “What were you thinking?” If you go to my website (https://www.earlenerentz.com), you will see a Facebook icon at the top. In this new…
You know, I guess there are aspects of most businesses that are just grueling, tedious, and really difficult, BUT… going to The Lodge Studios in Indianapolis, Indiana is not…one…of…those. Instead, it is one of the…
The most bizarre thing happened in my life last week! I attended a Southern Region ACDA Convention…but that was not the bizarre thing I am thinking of at the moment. I attended the convention in…
I saw some incredible passion for a profession the other day, but the place where I found it caught me totally off-guard…the foaling of a new colt. A friend owns a horse farm, and has…
This traditional Gaelic tune, with lyrics by Eleanor Farjeon, was made popular by Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) in the 1970s. It is arranged for an array of voicings for SSATTBB, SATB, SSAA, SSA, and 3-Part Mixed….
Okay…so this was a different type of year, 2017. It was good in some ways, and totally awful in others. I can tell you with absolute honesty that I was totally delighted to see 2017…
Marvelous LexGals!! It is so important to have good friends. Lucky for me, I have GREAT friends…lovely friends who have been “God-sends” into my life during this incredibly difficult year. Even when things continue to…
This was a really tough Thanksgiving season for me. You all understand that, I know. So much has happened this past year, and like one former student said, “You’ve had a bummer of a year.”…
The cute lady in this photo is my Mom. Her name…Mildred Rentz… and she was the world’s most incredible Mom. I am really having a difficult time speaking of her in past tense, because she…
It really was an extraordinary experience. I finally attended my first James Taylor concert! I have “grown up” with JT, and have loved his music since I first heard it…back in (ahem) my “younger years.”…
The three men you see in the above photo are really special men. My late husband is in the middle, and he is flanked by two men who were “with him,” walking with all of…
Happy July 4th! 5th? Okay…it has been more than two months since the loss of my husband, and I can say with absolute joy that healing has begun! It is such a good thing,…