by AmandaMaffeiMusic | Nov 2, 2018 | Events, Family, Literature, Media, News, Philosophy, Political, Religion, Science, Spirituality
My stepdaughter Alice lives in Squirrel Hill. We visited a couple Mays ago for her Masters graduation. We went to see Vance Gilbert at a Squirrel Hill house concert happening on the same weekend. The Tree of Life synagogue https://www.tolols.org is a five-minute walk...
by AmandaMaffeiMusic | Nov 2, 2018 | Adventure, Family, Inspiration, Literature, Music, News, Philosophy, Photography, Political, Spirituality
In elementary school we had a book report due on a famous person. Into my hands, my mom placed a Frederick Douglass book. Unable to recall what I read or wrote, Douglass’ name and face are forever imprinted in me. Jettison to last week in front of Framingham...
by AmandaMaffeiMusic | Oct 19, 2018 | Adventure, Inspiration, Literature, Philosophy, Political, Religion, Science, Spirituality
I was hunting around for outer space songs and came across a quote – actually, a proverb. I am continually humbled and inwardly embarrassed whenever I feel surprised by certain ideas and quotes coming from certain lands. I am briefly reminded of driving around the...
by AmandaMaffeiMusic | Oct 19, 2018 | Adventure, Family, Inspiration, Philosophy, Political, Spirituality
Last week a family member admonished me for the lack of ‘innocence until proven guilty’ in my Brett Kavanaugh entry – of not including Dr. Ford with him in the statement “I cannot profess to know the lies…told or the truth…skirted around.” (And I come...
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...
