You guys have been so great to tell me how much you like my work.   If I don't remember to put your comments on the Guest page, just know that they're still in my heart, where they will be cherished.

      The purpose for Sondance is threefold, first of all, to give me a voice and a creative outlet.
      Secondly, to share my love for Jesus with other's.
      Thirdly, to give other's an opportunity who may not really care to have a web site, I have recognized and given pages to other's work numerous times on Sondance.
      Here are a few suggestions for getting the most out of viewing this site:
      These pages, backgrounds, etc. have been created in my favorite settings of '1024 X 768' in 'Windows XP'.   I ftp and view the pages on Internet Explorer.
      That's the only way you'll see this as I, personally, view it.
      In case this is 'Greek' to you, go to your 'Control Panel' (in 'Start') and click on 'Display'.
      Click on 'Settings' and in the 'Screen Resolution' section, click on the lines until you have '1024 X 768', click on 'Apply' and after it turns white, click on 'OK'.
      'Sondance' is my original page for my site but it's position has changed over time and is directly behind Sondance ~ Welcome!.
      I've divided the site into sections with their own cover pages to simplify somewhat.
      'My Writings' has my own writings.
      'Poetry and Prose' has the little poetry pages that I'm fond of.
      'Nostalgic Treasures' is about family life.
      'Heart to Heart' is mostly personal.
      'For the Spirit' has the more spiritual pages on it.
      'Good Humor' is just what it says, mostly church type humor, no disrespect intended.
      'We Remember Those...' covers a personal answer concerning one dying as well as the answer to the grieving one.
      'Your Gift ~ Life' is similar to 'We Remember Those...' but instead of being about dying, it stimulates thoughts for good living.
      'Friends' covers things friends should say to or about each other.
      'Words to Ponder' is just what it sounds like, phrases, whole pages with wise words to live by.
      'Stories of Warmth' is also just what it sounds like, little stories that I've gotten in emails or even written, personally, that I wanted to share.
      Although I believe this is a fine website, we aren't allowed to do very much fancy stuff but that's okay, there's a lot that we can do and still have an interesting site.
      In case you haven't discovered the benefits of the top key, F11, it makes your page lose the boundaries when viewing a page online.   A full view of a page is sometimes beneficial.
      Although many of my pages have my own work on it, some of my poems, pictures and writings, etc. have been sent to me in emails of which I'm very appreciative of.   I haven't created any of the midi's (background music).
      I realize that not everyone will be able to view my site with the same view that I have, our computers are different with different programs and speeds.   I hope it looks good enough on your computer that you'll enjoy it and return.
      I do not have spys, ads, counters, or even a brought on guest book to get into your computer.
      I cannot speak for the sites leading from this one however.
      You should always use a program to rid your computer of spys after being online even if you have a firewall.
      My son told me about a program and I've begun using it after going online.   It's called ccleaner and it's free.   You just go to ccleaner.com and download it for free.
      You can go through the whole thing initially, being careful not to uninstall anything that you want to keep for the function of your computer.   After that, just take off the files that are bogging down your computer.
      Always make sure that you're covered with virus protection, as well.   On this computer, I'm using AVG free edition.   I've been directed to their web site through the Kim Komando web site.   I've had countless help from her since 2004, when I first began receiving her emails and listening to her on the radio on Saturday mornings.   You can go to her link on my 'Other Special Places' page.
      I like to share the good things with you to give you more safe browsing.   Just the other day I found a new firewall that I like better than any I've used.   It's called COMODO Pro and it's free.   You can probably get the download from their site.   I don't know, I've gotten the one that I have from the Hippo.com site that downloads free stuff.   This firewall doesn't just show a closed computer to the people trying to hack in, it doesn't show a computer at all being there.   Just put your settings on 'loop' and it'll do that for you.   I have to warn you, while this thing is in the learning of your computer, mode, it'll agravate you, jumping in and telling you what's going on.   You just hang in there and be very careful and read whatever it's trying to warn you about.   It knows more about the internet than you do and is trying to protect you from the creepy people out there wanting to take over your computer for their own malicious purposes.   I'm sure we all have stories about when we were first starting out of the things that were hurting our computers.   Hopefully, we wise up and are able to care for our computers more as we go along.
      Remember, the computer isn't some way out mysterious thing that can't be learned.   Read books, take advantage of free short courses offered at libraries, etc.   Most of all hands-on experience is the best teacher.   You'll make mistakes but that doesn't hurt anything.   We learn mostly from our own mistakes.
      Keep up maintenance on your computer and you'll have long service from it!
      Working on this site is my only hobby at this time and is actually my passion, it's good to have a passion about something that you feel is important, isn't it?       Hopefully, you'll want to put it in your Favorites (Bookmarks).
      I'm not a quick person but have an inquiring mind so I've learned different things on my own that you may already know. It doesn't take much to be smarter than I am.
      If you would like to take advantage of what I'm learning as I hope you'll share with the rest of us what you're learning, I'll be happy to share a little now and then.
      It's the little things that make life more fun, don't you think?
      I've discovered that when you put a .jpg or other than .gif on your desktop, it'll stay in the behind screen that you see when coming on or going off.
      If you put a .gif on your desktop, the previous picture that wasn't a .gif will be the one that you'll see when you're coming on or going off.
      Not a biggie, but it did puzzle me for a long time. A .gif isn't really a clear picture, it won't even show up on some programs.
      In case you're not aware of the necessity of .gif's, it's the picture that cuts off the surroundings of the actual picture that you want. I create them all the time in my paint.net program that I got for free offline.

      In case you're interested in viewing the slideshows that I have on a few pages and aren't seeing them on Internet Explorer Browser, go to a different browser and you'll be able to view them. I use Mozilla Firefox that I get for free online at Mozilla.com. This is actually a safer browser than IE but you'll be unable to hear the midi's, (music), on Firefox as well as on some of the other browsers. I used to try out other browsers before settling on IE for my website and Firefox for everything else.
Thank you, God bless, OLH

Sondance ~ Table of Contents

The midi on this page is 'You Are Always in My Heart'