Ripples and currents

c. 2001 6:30 a.m., at a little church in Johnston, Iowa

there's a light on in the balcony. 
a sleep-deprived 40-ish woman sips her QuikTrip coffee zombie, trying things out on the organ

a little improv -- wow! that was solid!
quick, get it down on manuscript paper before it vaporizes

i play it again, i miss the intended note but the one i play sounds even better.
good, keep that!

scribble, scribble
erase, erase
replay
scratch, scratch
hmm... this might be a keeper.

the sleep-deprived woman is me

later on i share this piece with my amazing mom, Jean Folkerts
she likes it.
she hardly ever likes things.
but this she likes!

(gloat, gloat)

a copy gets passed around
a ripple goes out.

ten years later a friend and colleage, Carl Gravander, plays this piece at Plymouth UCC
and another friend sends me the bulletin to let me know.

Twilight at Grant Park Christian

Today I played a worship service at Grant Park Christian Church on Des Moines' east side. News is that they are disbanding on June 8 of this year -- too much upkeep, too little money, too few church members.  Despite all I had a fine time there today.  After drawing every interesting stop combination I could think of, I settled on a flutey mix and played one of my new little pieces "If you but trust in God to guide you".  It has a nice eighth note pedal part and a sweet little ritornello theme if I say so myself!