Singing hymns

Thread #5: Singing hymns. Ellen and I started a new thread last night, that of singing hymns together. We've realized for some time that without regular singing, our voices are deteriorating. The occasional virtual choirs that we are participating in just aren’t enough. With the voice it really is a case of "use it or lose it." So we're going to try to sing ten hymns every evening before we go to bed.  We will be using the Guilford Hymnal. Typically, I am singing the melody line and Ellen is singing alto harmony. Sometimes we sing the melody line in unison. Occasionally, Ellen will sing the melody line, and I will sing the bass harmony. If we succeed in sticking with this every night, it will take about 2 months to go through the hymnal. Hopefully, our voices will benefit from this. It also should be quite enjoyable.

I spent some time yesterday afternoon working on a spelling bee puzzle that Ellen had created. It was really a good one: a great diversity of words. Not too hard, not too easy. The middle letter was L. The other six: GYTAOU. Try it! How many words can you form with those letters - four-letter-words or more (you can use each letter as often as you want in a word and every word must have at least one “L.”) I’ll post my list in a couple of days.