Author:owly

Christian wife, mother, grandma "Ugma", musician (keyboards, ukuleles), pet owner (dogs, parrots), enjoying life near the purlicue of the mitten, Bay City, MI.

VIDEOS: Music Monday – Jan 26, 2026 Edition

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Well, golly! Thinking about multiple things at once as I was recording, I didn’t even notice until they were transferred and I was editing them that I had a produce sticker on my sleeve😂🤣😂! First time for THAT! As always, this is to share with my friends, not a performance. But I hope you enjoy …
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GUEST POST from Don – Put Away Your Pets

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PUT AWAY YOUR PETS People get ~strange~ when it comes to their phones and their pets.  Don’t tell them to put either away, right! As a former service tech (the following was not something I could say aloud at the time):  “Please put your pets away BEFORE the service tech arrives!”** (**Professionally trained and certified service dogs …
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GUEST POST from Don – Six Lessons

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SIX LESSONS from history we ignored in 2020 Ancient scientists were often wrong.  So are modern ones, but the ancients got a few critical things right. Greek philosopher Thales taught that the Earth was suspended on water.Aristarchus however believed the Earth orbited the Sun – and he was dismissed by his contemporaries. One was wrong.  How can …
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VIDEOS: Music Monday – Jan 19, 2026 Edition

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CREATE IN ME A CLEAN HEART words and music by Mac Lynch FAITHFUL MEN words and music by Ron Hamilton FOR ALL THE SAINTS words by William How, music by Ralph Vaughan Williams FOR GOD SO LOVED THE WORLD words by Frances Townsend, music by Alfred B Smith

GUEST POST from Don – The Unsettling, chapter 1

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PREQUEL to BLURRY MOUNTAIN: “THE UNSETTLING” ©️2026 Donald Whelpley Several mentioned they wanted to read “more” about Blurry Mountain*, a short story from Christmas 2024.  I thought I would, then I thought maybe I should write how we got here.  Who founded the farm?  Looking back at the early 1800s I had fun and learned much.  Not only who, …
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VIDEO: God Leads Us Along/He Leadeth Me

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You will notice that I took liberties with the first 2 stanzas of He Leadeth Me, carrying over the timing from God Leads Us Along over as a sort of bridge to the second song. I rather like the sound of that, actually! God Leads Us Along words & music by G.A. Young He Leadeth …
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