Sergei Rachmaninoff's choral music changed my life, too ... he was a man of deep faith, in a time when the faith was being denied in his homeland ... he wrote several of his works on the verge of the Soviet period, during World War I ... and they are his BEST work. When I write choral music now, Rachmaninoff is often in the back of my mind!

I walk 4-6 times a week, but in order to take more care of my mother, I switched last summer from afternoon walking to morning, and often I have errands I need to work in. So, a pure afternoon walk, even a short one, is now rare ... but if I get to do one and even get time to work in my journal and pray, I am grateful. That afternoon was exceptionally beautiful, and so, made the cut for Q-Inspired! Staying connected to the peace that comes from God in the beauty of His creation is a big part of how I keep going!