Once again, it has been a while since I have posted on this blog. Another summer has passed and school is back in session. I love September in Wisconsin. The air is fresh, a far cry from this summer which was brutal. The leaves are just now starting to change color. And I am back to a somewhat normal routine. The only difference is that I am taking a sabbatical from the Milwaukee Symphony Chorus after 13 seasons. I needed a break. No sooner had I started that sabbatical that I was invited to join the Bel Canto Chorus as an alternate section leader. I agreed to do just that. I wanted to give my voice a rest, but I couldn't say no to an opportunity to sing a new piece called "The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass" in October. It's a really unique and fun piece.
I'll get to see my son in the flesh for the first time in nearly two years this week as he comes from western Wisconsin to visit the family. I miss my boy, but I'm proud of him. He's working hard to make his place in the world.
It's been three years since my major illness, and I am feeling great. I've dropped nearly 60 pounds since September '07, something I had thought I couldn't do before the gallbladder operation. Lifestyle changes make all the difference.
I just celebrated my two-year anniversary of being the morning host for the World Classical Network. I would, however, like to return to a radio studio and be a DJ, interacting with the sudience. Jobs, however, are scarce. In the past three years, opportunities arose at classical stations in Chicago, Rochester, NY, and Boston. I applied for them all and was interviewed, but struck out each time. It is competitive, to be sure. I know God has a plan for me, and I will continue to seek His will.
And I continue to work in the spreading of His Kingdom by serving my parish, my diocese, and the Episcopal Church in leadership roles. I will be associate coordinator of a Faith Alive weekend in Detroit in November, and serving on a Faith Alive team in Ames, Iowa in December. I continue to serve on the diocesan Executive Council, and am hoping to be elected as a deputy to the 77th General Convention in Indianapolis in 2012 at our upcoming diocesan convention in October in Milwaukee, where we will be graced by our Presiding Bishop, the Most Rev. Katharine Jefferts Schori.
May God continue to bless you richly, as He has done with me. Pacem.
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