Paul O'Rear -- Sunday, December 14, 2008, 12:18 AM (3 Comments)
Categories: Christmas, Santa Claus
Tags: Baptism, Christians, Christmas, Church, Elves, God, Gospel, Jesus, Lord's Supper, North Pole, Papa Noel, Reindeer, Romans, Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, Saint Nick, Santa Claus, Statler Brothers
[PART 1 OF 5]
“Do you believe in Santa Claus?”
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Paul O'Rear -- Sunday, December 7, 2008, 2:18 PM (5 Comments)
Categories: Music
Tags: Americans, Australians, Bagpipes, Bettie O'Rear, Celtic music, Clint O'Rear, College Station Texas, Colorado, Danny Boy, David O'Rear, Englishmen, Fred Weatherly, Irish diaspora, Irish music, Irishmen, James Flannery, Jewish, Larry O'Rear, Londonderry Air, Malachy McCourt, Marjorie Konner, Mark O'Rear, Mark Vittert, Mel Konner, Minneapolis Star Tribune, Robert Armstrong, Sinn Fein-ers, St. Louis Business Journal, St. Louis Missouri, Thanksgiving, The Three Irish Tenors, Tim Bennett, Ulstermen, Wes O'Rear
[PART 3 OF 3]
In my first Danny Boy post …
- I shared with you the fascinating history surrounding the tune to which the words of “Danny Boy” were set, back in the early 1900′s;
- I explored the possibility that this song may have played an important role in my own family’s history
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- I shared my long-held desire to someday record a four-part harmony version of the song with my four brothers, in honor of my sweet Dad.
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Paul O'Rear -- Tuesday, December 2, 2008, 4:49 PM (2 Comments)
Categories: One-Minute Writer
Tags: Alice Texas, Larry O'Rear
When I was a little boy (with three brothers), one day we decided to play Cowboys and Indians. For some reason, I didn’t have a toy gun, so I improvised. I got a pair of blunt-ended elementary school scissors, unfolded them, and — voila! — a makeshift gun (what a smart little boy I was!).
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