by AmandaMaffeiMusic | Sep 21, 2018 | Media, Philosophy, Political, Science, Spirituality
Can’t remember well what life was like before so many screens. I get lonely. Do you? I warded screens off for years. I remember when our youngest was younger I rarely used computers and had no phone until maybe 6-8 years ago or so. Now I spend more time on screens...
by AmandaMaffeiMusic | Sep 14, 2018 | Media, Music, News, Philosophy, Political, Spirituality
A musician friend, Tom Smith, sent his newsletter with links to a wonderful set he and his daughter performed at Passims. https://www.tomsmithmusic.com/?p=4078 In it, Mally sang Joni Mitchell’s ‘The Fiddle and the Drum” – a lyric excruciatingly apropros to our...
by AmandaMaffeiMusic | Sep 14, 2018 | Adventure, Family, News, Philosophy, Political, Religion, Science, Spirituality
I am opening for John Davidson September 28that The Me&Thee in Marblehead. https://meandthee.org/concerts/john-davidson/ Upon receiving the offer from The Me&Thee, I googled Davidson and found a curious fact. John Davidson refers to himself as a...
by AmandaMaffeiMusic | Sep 7, 2018 | Events, Family, Inspiration, Media, News, Philosophy, Political, Spirituality
Peter and I were driving up to Waterville Valley last Saturday morning when NPR started broadcasting John McCain’s funeral at the National Cathedral. His daughter, Meghan McCain, gave her eulogy. Though I never voted for the man I always sensed he was someone one...
by AmandaMaffeiMusic | Sep 7, 2018 | Adventure, Art, Inspiration, Literature, Media, Philosophy, Poetry, Political, Religion, Science, Spirituality
Some years ago I purchased a couple resources on Sacred Geometry: “Sacred geometry may be understood as a worldview of pattern recognition, a complex system of religioussymbols and structures involving space, time and form. According to this view the basic patterns of...
by AmandaMaffeiMusic | Aug 17, 2018 | Family, News, Philosophy, Political
I cringed when I saw another ‘thin blue line’ United States of America flag flying on the back of a pick up truck yesterday. They miss the point. It’s not about police being upheld and respected. As a nation, they are. It is about righting a wrong to a group of us...
