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 | Nov 12, 2021 | Music
Roads Go Ever Ever On Roads go ever ever on Over rock and under tree, By caves where never sun has shone, By streams that never find the sea; Over snow by winter sown, And through the merry flowers of June, Over grass and over stone And under...
by Dr. Bill Maynard | Jun 23, 2021 | Music
PORTRAIT OF A LADY Cross over on a bridge of gold and walk the streets where lovers stroll A landscape ever living, a still life never still. A quaint café, a starry night, a church and river bathed in light, Blended with an artist’s skill. But the...
by Dr. Bill Maynard | Jun 19, 2021 | Music
This is a tribute to all fathers and all sons on fathers’ day. A STORY ‘BOUT SPACE (For David and Daniel) Let me tell the story of two bold men, whose names were David and Daniel. Capturing aliens, bringing ‘em in, these two wrote the manual. A...
by Dr. Bill Maynard | May 8, 2021 | Music
Written 5/8/21 for Mothers’ Day 2021 (Art work by Faye Maynard) Fruitful You’re beautiful, now may you bloom in beauty. And blossoms of your loveliness abound Like sprouting seeds of springtime flowers Strewn like petals all around. ...
