Tag Archives: music
FMM 3 25 2022 I will remember you
“Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.” ~ Maya Angelou. My childhood was filled with all kinds of music, from hymns and gospel music; soundtracks of musicals; calypso and jazz; classical and blues; reggae and rock and roll; it wasn’t until I went […]
FMM 10 29 2021 Can we Talk?
“Only humility will lead us to unity, and unity will lead to peace.” ~ Mother Theresa. The first time I visited New Jersey was on my way to New York city on a Greyhound bus. To be honest we were just driving through it, but took an unplanned break in Newark. My father had decided […]
FMM 3 12 21 Will it go round in Circles?
“The longer one is alone, the easier it is to hear the song of the earth.” ~ Robert Anton Wilson. Every once in a while I will hear someone singing a song and say “Oh, that’s what that line says?” I’m sure it has happened to you too. There used to be a segment on […]
FMM 4 10 2020 A Social Conundrum
“There’s a difference between solitude and loneliness.” ~ Maggie Smith. My father was an eclectic music lover. Brought up in a Welsh chapel, he had an abiding love of hymns, especially as he grew up to be a minister of religion. In his collection of LPs (long-playing records, from the olden days!), and then later […]
FMM 2 14 20 Sing me a Song
“My music had roots which I’d dug up from my own childhood, musical roots buried in the darkest soil.” ~ Ray Charles. The road trips of my early childhood included many a song. My family had a repertoire of songs which distracted and entertained on the long journey which would take us from the city […]
FMM 9 20 19 Think in Harmony
“How could you have a soccer team if all were goalkeepers? How would it be an orchestra if all were French horns? “ ~ Desmond Tutu. On our first trip to Jamaica, we were accompanied by a banjo. By that I mean that, deep in the hold, along with countless bags, boxes and trunks, there […]
2 15 19 Mulling and stewing
“Your sacred space is where you can find yourself again and again.” ~ Joseph Campbell. When I was young, one of my aunts sent me a book of poetry. At first I was a little upset. I loved to get books of short stories, fairy tales, children’s magical adventures. Poetry not so much! It was […]
FMM 9 21 18 Do your Thing
“Music washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.” ~ Berthold Auerbach. One of the challenges of writing a message every Friday morning, is trying to knit together the variety of threads that catch my interest during the week. Some weeks random items come together in a harmonious message, eventually; at other times […]
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