September 21, 1934-November 7, 2016 Leonard Cohen's voice will not be "still." His music will continue to live on in the hearts of millions now and to come. Like many, when the news was released on November 10th that Leonard Cohen had passed away, I cried. Two days later, his son Adam posted a touching [...]
In my previous blog, Music to Build Bridges, I shared a message about man-made problems that divide the human race and cause needless suffering. Problems include such things as non-communication, prejudice, greed, racism, sexism, and so on. Human problems are largely about disconnection, first from ourselves and then from others. How is music able to [...]
With so many forces dividing humanity, some people figure this world should cease to be. As a matter of fact, one young man, Prince Ea, has recently gone viral advocating just that! In his first video, “Why I Think This World Should End,” he goes through a litany of woes that divide the human race, a veritable [...]
“All things bright and beautiful, all creatures great and small…” Early June 2016 For days, the little bird perched itself on a garden post, only a few feet away, and made clicking sounds as it watched me. I figured this must be the anxious behavior of a parent bird with [...]
Déjà-vus take us into the gap, the spaces “in between” where time does not exist. “This moment has happened before, exactly like this, the angle, the look, the words, the actions.” It’s like the spontaneous flash of recollection makes you stop in your tracks. You notice a pronounced feeling of strange familiarity. [...]
Omy K with Rwandan children Out of Africa A few days ago I boarded a flight in Amsterdam for Seattle, part of a long journey home to Victoria. I was returning from upwards of a month in Tanzania. Just before boarding, I was able to switch to a window seat. Lucky for [...]
Elephants and Tanzania’s Mt. Kilimanjaro, the highest mountain in Africa and the tallest free-standing mountain in the world! Photo by Amoghavarsha It takes a village to raise a child. Yes. And it sometimes takes a group of outside caring people to support that village to raise that child! Working [...]
In Memory of Anita Mui 梅艳芳 October 10, 1963 – December 30, 2003 What is a life written in water? Meaningful or empty? If it had a melody, would it sound happy or sad, or something else? Anita Mui sang the evocative “A Life Written in Water” in a 1984 Hong Kong movie called “Homecoming.” Anita was a superstar [...]
CBC’s “The Christmas Letter” is a delightful story to have you laugh out loud and shed a little tear or two! Radio Drama that Delights Here it is Christmas 2015. Happy Christmas everyone! Driving to my son’s on Christmas Eve, I turned on CBC Radio One and happened upon a [...]
Sometimes the world feels like a fearful place. Events can weigh heavily and it’s easy to lose a sense of balance, direction and personal power. What do you do to get centered and protect yourself from negativity? How do you raise your own and others’ vibrational energy fields? […]
