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Bill's Broadsides
POSTED:Thu, July 30, 2009 @ 3:30PM
A Simple GiftWe had recently corresponded — I in my capacity as the newspaper's religion editor, and she in her capacity as pastor of House of Zion Ministries in Fonda — and she followed up kindly by sending me a nice note and a print of one of her paintings. Click on the image at right to get a closer look at the piece, which is titled "In that Great Gettin' Up Morning." I was tickled to get this. Maybe Denise guessed that I enjoy visual folk art as much as I enjoy folk music. Getting this piece of art — whose title is the name of a spiritual — reminded me of another spiritual, the famous Shaker song "Simple Gifts." Here are the lyrics: 'Tis the gift to be simple, 'tis the gift to be free, 'Tis the gift to come down where we ought to be, And when we find ourselves in the place just right, 'Twill be in the valley of love and delight. When true simplicity is gain'd, To bow and to bend we shan't be asham'd, To turn, turn will be our delight, Till by turning, turning we come out right. PREVIOUS POST: Going in Circles
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Bill Ackerbauer Assistant City Editor Johnstown native Bill Ackerbauer began his journalism career in 1996 as a reporter with The Leader-Herald. He has been an editor and writer for newspapers in Schenectady, Saratoga Springs and Dover, N.H., and returned to the Leader in 2007. 'Bill's Broadsides' has twice won first-place awards (2007-08 and 2008-09) in the New York State Associated Press writing contest for newspapers in the Leader-Herald's circulation category. Bill teaches English as an adjunct instructor at Fulton-Montgomery Community College, and he has taught journalism courses at the University at Albany. In his spare time, Bill plays folk music on guitar, banjo, fiddle and other traditional instruments. He lives in Johnstown with his wife, Jen, and their two sons, Liam and Carter.
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