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<lastBuildDate>Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:44:17 -0700</lastBuildDate><item><title>Ghost Ranch 2008</title><dc:creator>info@ztheband.com</dc:creator><category>Tom</category><dc:date>2008-08-14T23:43:15-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ztheband.com/blog/files/71f76fe686b61bb124c174ab115e829d-6.php#unique-entry-id-6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ztheband.com/blog/files/71f76fe686b61bb124c174ab115e829d-6.php#unique-entry-id-6</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[So how can I sum up an eventful summer &ndash; wow. I am still relishing the profound impact of both weeks at Ghost Ranch Abiquiu, New Mexico. Family Week was crazy, fun, and moving. I&rsquo;m looking forward to next year on that one. The Peace and Justice week opened such hopeful light. I met so many passionate people across different faiths (a rabbi and some muslims) as well some deep thinkers from my own Presbyterian tradition that all believe in peace with justice. I am compelled to write simply to report some of my observations. I saw the rabbi and muslim embrace each other. I have heard the way muslims always follow the name of Mohammed with something like &ldquo;blessed be his name.&rdquo; I had the priveledge of hearing a muslim speaker discuss her study of some of the Christian scriptures but was quite unprepared when I heard her say &ldquo;Jesus, blessed be his name&hellip;&rdquo; I found myself weeping at the idea of this muslim affording such respect. This of course is no shocking revelation to any muslim because they all revere Jesus. I may have known this fact but I was overjoyed to be reminded in this way. The truth is out: people of different faiths CAN get along &ndash; even laugh together and are working for peace with justice &ndash; may it come quickly.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Love Never Ends</title><dc:creator>info@ztheband.com</dc:creator><category>Tom</category><dc:date>2007-11-19T13:43:31-08:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ztheband.com/blog/files/26085fef7f9b4fb20c6c2c75355fac4c-5.php#unique-entry-id-5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ztheband.com/blog/files/26085fef7f9b4fb20c6c2c75355fac4c-5.php#unique-entry-id-5</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[So great to get some singing help on our latest recording effort; thanks Trace, Dill, Eva, Violet, Ruby, Mom, E the Gibbster, Keythe, Alan, Jim, & Darmini! We now have quite a collection of tunes ready for mix. I&rsquo;m looking forward to getting our one Christmas-themed song &ldquo;Angel&rsquo;s Song&rdquo; up and ready for download in the next month. Come on back to check it out.<br /><br />As my first blog entry on the new site, I want to say thanks again to our web guru Jim Rispin for dialing everything in. I also want to share a certain optimism I sense despite the heart-gripping losses to our family. The first Thanksgiving without our brother Chet is not going to be easy. God bless the Liptons for all they do! I just had the pleasure of plowing through a number of squash dishes Sharon, Mom and Lolo cooked up over at the Misners the other night. Why? Because Lolo had &ldquo;all this squash.&rdquo; We sat around the table to laugh and engage in spirited discussions about the good stuff: religion, politics and old family stories. I thoroughly enjoyed myself. I still miss Chet. I still miss Dad. I still miss KJ. And I&rsquo;ve come to cherish spontaneous togetherness. Love does never end.]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>All in the Balance</title><dc:creator>info@ztheband.com</dc:creator><category>Tim</category><dc:date>2007-10-09T21:47:49-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ztheband.com/blog/files/5301a102ffb3cb26b74c35f40b1223a6-4.php#unique-entry-id-4</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ztheband.com/blog/files/5301a102ffb3cb26b74c35f40b1223a6-4.php#unique-entry-id-4</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[Last night my brother and I hashed out some cello parts in time for today&rsquo;s cello session; it&rsquo;s an intriguing multi-level balancing act, this &ldquo;producing together&rdquo; thing, especially when it comes to the cello parts we write out. I LOVE the cello! &ndash;the canyon-wide range, soaring heights, smooth deeps as well as the jagged edges. In our context for Zehnder, it&rsquo;s that third vocal, that third stringed instrument, the magic three -somebody stop me before I start calling it the holy spirit of this band&rsquo;s trinity :0/  All that to say, my challenge is to write less; I&rsquo;m easily swayed into letting the cello burst all over the song; and yet, it needs to breathe and be more than just the long sustained notes that Adrienne has affectionately referred to as &ldquo;laying eggs.&rdquo; It needs to add and not detract; and, the real challenge, be a part that both Tom and I agree does all that. Now THAT&rsquo;s walking the wire over Niagara, ain&rsquo;t it? But I must admit, it&rsquo;s a real pleasure to strip away all the really good ideas and wind up with the essence of what needs to be there; it&rsquo;s an adventure I would not want to take with anyone else, not that anyone else could stand to go with me; thank God for twin brothers!]]></content:encoded></item><item><title>Death &#x26; Life</title><dc:creator>info@ztheband.com</dc:creator><category>Tim</category><dc:date>2007-09-04T19:23:36-07:00</dc:date><link>http://www.ztheband.com/blog/files/b0410afd3afe87f5e04bc0177950acb5-3.php#unique-entry-id-3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://www.ztheband.com/blog/files/b0410afd3afe87f5e04bc0177950acb5-3.php#unique-entry-id-3</guid><content:encoded><![CDATA[It&rsquo;s been about a month since Chet, my brother-in-law died at 45 of cancer and over a year since my dad died of another cancer&hellip; life has taken on a certain immediacy; just the other day, mom had me and my brother going through dad&rsquo;s closet looking at shirts/shoes I might need- always thought it convenient we (that&rsquo;s dad and his two sons) were roughly the same size. I had completely put out of my mind that my mom still had all these clothes that my brother and I had jokingly referred to as &ldquo;must-steals&rdquo; when dad would hold it up out of the gift box on some Christmas morning. We told stories; many were the familiar and a surprising number were newly delicious. The night ended with me muscling hangers and bags heavy with memories, &ldquo;stealing away with the must-steals,&rdquo; a pun I can just hear my dad saying. And I realize as I write this, I have managed to wear something of dad&rsquo;s every day since. I guess I always will.]]></content:encoded></item></channel>
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