…Sweetheart...Happy Birthday! Here is a Cd I wrote for you...I hope you like it...It's very personal and intimate
as you can see...I look back at us in the picture...I love this picture of you...what a pretty young lady you are!!!
It seems like yesterday in some ways and in some ways it seems like a lifetime ago...So many things we've been
through...As you know, the title of this Cd was inspired by that lovely birthday card you gave me last year...
You signed it "Love You So"....That touched me deeply and here is the result...And, as you requested, the contents
of the card will remain between us...my sweet wife and heart...I still love to touch you and kiss you and dance with you at wedding receptions... Often, I hear your sweet voice say all those sweet things to me...Thank you for all the intimate graces you have shared with me over the years...I think of them everyday...What other woman would have loved me like you have? You've blessed me with your love and always were an eager and grateful lover to me...That's rare, I've come to learn...I love to cook for you and rub your back every night and help you with your discomfort..."If you don't touch, you're out of touch", as Leo was fond of saying. And now, you have a granddaughter!!! It thrills my heart to see you and little Lenci Aria together!! How she loves you!! Wow, did the apple fall close to the tree with that one!! She looks exactly like Megan at that age!! What a lovely little child she is!! And she came from our love...Remember what I told you about your ministry throughout eternity? It still stands and I will be there for you....

Track 1 - All Your Kneeling Praise - In early September 2019, I went out to visit my daughter Rachelle in Helena, Montana. We planned on taking a road trip across the state...I had never been to Montana and wanted to see the state and record some nature sounds for upcoming Cds. (I did the same type of thing with my other daughter Megan in Colorado a few years ago.) We visited Yellowstone National Park and Glacier National Park, among other places. On the day I arrived, Rachelle's cat Milo crawled into my lap and started purring. I, of course, immediately got out my field recorder and recorded him. Milo's purring can be heard throughout this song. It seems right that I would have a purring pussycat in my lap throughout the duration of this particular song. This track, like this whole Cd, is dedicated to my wife.


Track 2 - French Lessons - We've come to learn through DNA testing that one of my wife's main reference
populations is France. Hmmmm...now I understand. Bird sounds were taken in Rachelle's backyard in Helena,MT.

Track 3 - Swimming to Conceive You - This is how it happens, right? Water sounds were taken July 25th, 2012
somewhere in Colorado.

Track 4 - In This Together - The story of our life...Again, Rachelle's backyard in Helena.

Track 5 - Searching for Aunt Gloria - Quite a story here...One of the biggest regrets of my life is not interviewing (on camera) my dear Aunt Gloria before she died. My nephew and I planned to do just that...we let more time go by than we
should have, and it never got done...she passed away...This was a huge mistake and I deeply regret it to this day. In fact,
every interview I now plan to do can be subtitled "Searching for Aunt Gloria" - because that's what I'm doing. I'm
still searching for my Aunt Gloria.......Beach sounds were recorded at night in Newport Beach, California a few years ago.
Water flute, breathy flute, Shakuhachi flute and the Pad of the Orient were added with Alchemy music software. Bird sounds were recorded at Sweet and Whistler woods in Illinois a few years ago.

Track 6 - Lenci's Aria - Our little Lenci Aria...With a name like that, this had to be the title of this song, right?
What other title could there have been? I put this track here because of the deeply close bond that my wife shares
with little Lenci. They are best friends already and love each other's company.

Track 7 - Gentle With Me - Appeared on a previous Cd of mine...I love to listen to this gentle song and it reminds
me of my wife's gentle ways with me.

And finally, a story for you...I read recently that during one of the visions of the Virgin Mary, one of the Fatima
children asked her "How is it that you are so beautiful?" "Because I love", she answered.

For you, dear...