I was between meetings at the county courthouse last night when I walked across the street to my church. Several people were standing outside waiting for the door to be unlocked so that they could hear a presentation by Donna Brock about her mother, the late Rev. Aileen Massengale, a pioneering female United Methodist preacher whom I am proud to say was my pastor for a year or two.

Anyway, I knew I couldn’t say for Donna’s presentation because it was at the same time as my next county meeting. But I walked across to say hello to the people on the sidewalk.

As we were making conversation, one or two of them mentioned my harmonica playing at early service a month or two ago and said I needed to do it again. Jon Brock, who is Donna’s husband and who is also our music director, had said something similar to me last Sunday. So I’ve gone back to practicing “In The Garden,” which I had played for my father’s anniversary party a week or two ago.

Meanwhile, I’ve now memorized “Red River Valley” — which would not be a good tune for church, obviously, but which I love. Since it’s public domain, I may post a .WAV file in the next week or two if I can work some rough edges off.