by Dr. Bill Maynard | Jan 31, 2022 | Music
We Didn’t Start the Fire This is a song composed a few years ago in honor of my parents in law, Henry and Katie Nelson. Katie died in 2018, and Henry died today, January 31, 2022. He was 99 years old. What a life! Henry was born to missionary parents...
by Dr. Bill Maynard | Jan 23, 2022 | Music
ROAD TO HANA There’s a sweetness in the breeze that blows from ocean to shore, That’s wafted halfway ’round the world, but not been breathed before; And it mingles with the fragrance of the fruit and flowers there; And stirs them with a rich perfume that...
by Dr. Bill Maynard | Jan 16, 2022 | Writings
Written for Martin Luther King Day Today I am republishing something I wrote in 2021. A Dim Image Four years ago Bennett Jones, a hardcore narcotic addict, was paralyzed in an auto accident while driving intoxicated. The other driver, a young mother, was killed. The...
by Dr. Bill Maynard | Jan 7, 2022 | Writings
OF BODIES, BLOOD, AND BOOKS Karen had managed to stay sober for several years, but a recent relapse of binge drinking had pushed her liver over the edge. Under the renewed onslaught of rum, the normally spongy organ had hardened like a stone. Ordinarily, blood from...
by Dr. Bill Maynard | Dec 26, 2021 | Writings
Happy Returns In the summer of 2018 our family joined some close friends on a tour of Israel. My wife Faye and I had visited the country before and were thrilled to be returning, especially in the company of our sons. After a few days in Galilee and then the Dead...
