Warren R. Johnson

Freelance Writer

Albania

I am a freelance writer publishing my interests in creative nonfiction, travel, and anything else that tickles my fancy.

For several years, I operated new and used bookstores. I have many years of education, and traditional employment primarily in sacred music, books, and medical research. I have traveled extensively – 48 states, Canada, Europe, UK, Mexico, Panama, and Ecuador.

You can find me at Medium@WarrenRJohnson

Portfolio
Medium
07/29/2025
Finding My World

One world is everyday life; two worlds are either imagination or immersion; three worlds might be some combination of the first two. Where was I?

Medium
07/29/2025
The Little Choo-Choo Train

Out our back windows, across the open space between houses, lie the railroad tracks. These run from our town to the next, a distance of about eight miles.

Published earlier in the Diapason magazine
08/12/2024
The Unruly Mr. Bach

Bach as you haven't known him

New Oxford Review
Another Side of John Henry Newman | New Oxford Review

GUEST COLUMN Warren R. Johnson is a retired church musician and formerly Organist-Choirmaster at All Saints' Parish in San Francisco. He holds advanced degrees in both sacred music and theology and lives a quiet life in the North Georgia Mountains. Ed. Note: The feast day of Bl.

US36 Expedition
Cozy Camping Along Kansas Highway 36

What’s wrong with Kansas? Nothing. There is much to see and do, particularly in Western Kansas. The Eight Wonders of Kansas Customs are not only very interesting, some are downright kooky. It’s unbelievable what some people will do to amuse themselves and us. Find the world’s largest ball of twine, the Garden of Eden, a chapel seating six people, a museum picturing those who ran for the Presidency and lost, and an Indian raid museum. Travel along with me as I explore this region.