Years ago, I sponsored a woman named Michele in AA. She eventually moved away to another part of Maine, but gave me a beautiful hand drawn poster as a parting gift. I've been thinking how prophetic the wording on it was. It showed a pure white egg that had a spiderweb of faint cracks. Underneath, she had written in neat calligraphy "Sometimes when you think you're cracking up, you're really starting to break through." Wherever you are, Michelle, thank you for that gift.
It is so terribly easy to forget what keeps my soul whole and that I really do fit in with the human race in some pretty neat ways. If there is one force/energy that can get me in touch with whatever is buried inside and recharge my spirit, it is music. Great Cesar's Ghost! I own over 60 gigabytes of it and I hadn't listened to more than a passing tune on the radio in months. Tuesday, I decided it was time to start listening while working in the library, so I pulled a few CDs from my stash at the house and played them softly. After running through the ones I had, I started pulling old favorites from the library collection. Listened to another couple hours on Wed., ditto on Thursday and again today. The incremental spiritual movement toward wholeness was amazing to experience. When I got home tonight, I decided to use my monthly Emusic credits to fill in some stuff from artists I listened to during the week. I own pretty much everything by Sixpence None The Richer, one group I listened to a lot, so I went on to Marshall Styler and found a terrific new CD called "A Face In The Clouds" (which I'm listening to as I write). If you are unfamiliar with this artist and like spiritual new age piano music that lets tension flow away while getting you closer to a power greater than yourself, this guy can do it every time. He has some YouTube videos that I haven't seen yet, but I bet they're as good as the stuff I'm listening to right now.
I listened to Best of the Guess Who and Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys (my all time favorite album from the 1960's) before getting back into some new age stuff, starting with 2002. This husband and wife duo create amazing, soul lifting stuff. Their sound track to a DVD of Hubble photos of the universe is a real God-convincer. I gave my copy to the library and often suggest it to people I think have embarked upon a spiritual path.
No music fest would be complete without some of my all-time favorite performer, Medwyn Goodall. My third book, "Married With Familiars" was heavily influenced by his Winds Across The Pacific album, so I played that as well as his Dolphin album. I'd bet there are at least 30 of his songs that trigger a specific memory when I play them.
Today was the beginning of the FEDCO Tree sale, a two day event I look forward to every year. They sell their surplus trees, bushes, vines, etc. to the public. This year, they used the big blue steel building right off I-95, so parking was easy even in a downpour. Aside from the great stuff for sale, I noticed a nice intangible; I was amidst a crowd of people who value the earth, love nature and like to grow things. That realization opened me up to the positive energy flowing out of everyone and somehow the fact that it was a dreary day with rain pouring down became almost immaterial. I came home with ten more gold raspberry plants the deep purple lilac Beth wanted, a cherry tree, a couple Thunbergia, three different cherry tomato plants, kale seedlings and a smile.
It is so terribly easy to forget what keeps my soul whole and that I really do fit in with the human race in some pretty neat ways. If there is one force/energy that can get me in touch with whatever is buried inside and recharge my spirit, it is music. Great Cesar's Ghost! I own over 60 gigabytes of it and I hadn't listened to more than a passing tune on the radio in months. Tuesday, I decided it was time to start listening while working in the library, so I pulled a few CDs from my stash at the house and played them softly. After running through the ones I had, I started pulling old favorites from the library collection. Listened to another couple hours on Wed., ditto on Thursday and again today. The incremental spiritual movement toward wholeness was amazing to experience. When I got home tonight, I decided to use my monthly Emusic credits to fill in some stuff from artists I listened to during the week. I own pretty much everything by Sixpence None The Richer, one group I listened to a lot, so I went on to Marshall Styler and found a terrific new CD called "A Face In The Clouds" (which I'm listening to as I write). If you are unfamiliar with this artist and like spiritual new age piano music that lets tension flow away while getting you closer to a power greater than yourself, this guy can do it every time. He has some YouTube videos that I haven't seen yet, but I bet they're as good as the stuff I'm listening to right now.
I listened to Best of the Guess Who and Pet Sounds by the Beach Boys (my all time favorite album from the 1960's) before getting back into some new age stuff, starting with 2002. This husband and wife duo create amazing, soul lifting stuff. Their sound track to a DVD of Hubble photos of the universe is a real God-convincer. I gave my copy to the library and often suggest it to people I think have embarked upon a spiritual path.
No music fest would be complete without some of my all-time favorite performer, Medwyn Goodall. My third book, "Married With Familiars" was heavily influenced by his Winds Across The Pacific album, so I played that as well as his Dolphin album. I'd bet there are at least 30 of his songs that trigger a specific memory when I play them.
Today was the beginning of the FEDCO Tree sale, a two day event I look forward to every year. They sell their surplus trees, bushes, vines, etc. to the public. This year, they used the big blue steel building right off I-95, so parking was easy even in a downpour. Aside from the great stuff for sale, I noticed a nice intangible; I was amidst a crowd of people who value the earth, love nature and like to grow things. That realization opened me up to the positive energy flowing out of everyone and somehow the fact that it was a dreary day with rain pouring down became almost immaterial. I came home with ten more gold raspberry plants the deep purple lilac Beth wanted, a cherry tree, a couple Thunbergia, three different cherry tomato plants, kale seedlings and a smile.
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