by AmandaMaffeiMusic | Apr 20, 2018 | Adventure, Events, Family, Inspiration, Media, News, Philosophy, Political, Religion, Science, Spirituality
It’s in the news and well it must be. Let’s get it out on the surgical table, open it up and get to work. It’s tricky, complex and potentially life threatening but absolutely necessary for survival. Starbucks is taking a small, hopefully seed sowing, step into the...
by AmandaMaffeiMusic | Apr 13, 2018 | Adventure, Art, Events, Family, Inspiration, Literature, Music, News, Philosophy, Poetry, Political, Religion, Science, Spirituality
Miriam Therese Winter, a catholic nun from Hartford, Connecticut, has written a collection of four books reworking catholic texts: WomanPrayer/ WomanSong; WomanWord; WomanWisdom; WomanWitness. https://www.hartsem.edu/faculty/miriam-therese-winter/ Those four books...
by AmandaMaffeiMusic | Apr 2, 2018 | Adventure, Events, Philosophy, Religion, Science, Spirituality
Apparently April Fools Day originated in Europe. France moved from the Julian to the Gregorian calendar and began celebrating New Years on January 1st instead of March 25 to April 1st. http://www.newsweek.com/april-fools-history-origins-easter-calendar-867215 Folks...
by AmandaMaffeiMusic | Jan 26, 2018 | Adventure, Art, Family, Inspiration, Literature, Philosophy, Religion, Science, Spirituality
Ursula LeGuin has long been a mentor of mine through her two works Earthsea Trilogy https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/oct/23/david-mitchell-wizard-of-earthsea-tolkien-george-rr-martin and Steering the Craft....
by AmandaMaffeiMusic | Jan 26, 2018 | Events, Family, Philosophy, Political, Religion, Science, Spirituality
It was last Sunday between masses and I was the cantor for our church. On the way over from the rectory my young organist friend informed me that in the case of a United States governmental shut down (which we had just been discussing rather heatedly), Congress’...
by AmandaMaffeiMusic | Jan 12, 2018 | Family, Inspiration, Philosophy, Poetry, Political, Religion, Science, Spirituality
“Make everything in you an ear, each atom of your being, and you will hear at every moment what the Source is whispering to you, just to you and for you, without any need for my words or anyone else’s.” Rumi Hard to believe Rumi lived 800 years ago. And in a foreign...
