I’ve been thinking of those words of Dorothy’s from The Wizard of Oz the last hour or so. I’ve just arrived back home after being gone 10 days…and being welcomed home by my husband and dog is just great!

The first several days I spent at the Hymn Society Conference in Berkeley, California. Quite an interesting place to visit–and the Conference was wonderful!! Lots of music (as you can imagine)–and it was wonderful singing so many new hymns with such ease…lots of musicians make sight-singing much easier!! There’s a lot of fantastic new hymns being written…keep your ears open for them. (I’ll write more about the Conference later.)

Then I spent a week with my brother and his partner in Palo Alto. We did some hanging out, working in the yard of their house (that they just moved into the week before I got there!), visiting with some friends, doing some of the touristy “stuff”…generally just having a great time.

I’m so glad I went…and so glad to be back home as well. There is something wonderful about being able to visit other places and broaden your horizons–but there is also something wonderful about having a foundation to return to.