Samuel A. Johnson

A Little Piece of Peace and Comfort

Theme 364 – 2026

Theme 373, a peaceful piece for the Equinox.

Theme 373 – 2026

A Cold Wintery Day Drove Me to the Keyboard

Theme 372 – 2026

A Pleasant Little One-Minute Etude

First with only the piano, then with trumpets. Hmmm…

Theme 370

Theme 370 with trumpets

Another new piece to ease your mind

Theme 369 – 2026

Resolutions

Here is a piece that I call Resolutions because as it winds along, you have to try to guess when each segment will resolve. Give it a try.

Theme 367 – 2026 – Resolutions

Nice Melodies, From 2008 to 2024

Theme 3 – 2008

Theme 36 – 2015

Theme 74 – 2018

Theme 231 – 2022

Theme 294 – 2024

Themes 365 and 366

See what you think.

Theme 365 – 2026

Theme 366 – 2026

Well, many years ago, before computers and the internet, I wrote a short story about a man who carried an enormous length of garden hose up a mountain with the goal of starting a siphon to run water from a lake to his cabin below. His only friend, a water attorney (?!?!), warned him that stealing water could get him in a lot of trouble. But, undeterred by this cautionary advice, he proceeded to climb to the lake and start the siphon. Meanwhile, his friend cooked breakfast in the cabin below. By the time the hose was hooked up, his friend had set fire to the kitchen and lost control of his wits. Just when it looked like the cabin would be burned to ashes, the hose began blasting water, and he was able to save the house. This was the first of several short-short stories in a series that I called Mountain Breakfast, in which each tale involved cooking or eating breakfast in the wild. It was all about humans, all about nature, and all about human nature. I’m still at it, still hiking and thinking and writing tales, although they’re longer now, and not about eating breakfast.

Author: Samuel A. Johnson

A Poem and a Piece of Music