http://www.significatojournal.com/rss en The Significato Journal 2006 120 http://www.significatojournal.com/bliss/a-murmuration-of-movies/whistle-down-the-wind I love the depiction of daily life in this movie too. The homely scenes at tea, with the family seated around the table eating slices of homemade bread from china plates and drinking their tea from china cups... ]]> Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:49:00 -0500 http://www.significatojournal.com/bliss/a-murmuration-of-movies/whistle-down-the-wind http://www.significatojournal.com/bliss/a-concatenation-of-software/convertxtodvd-a-film-and-a-fedex-receipt ~ a capsule review of the ConvertXtoDVD v4 Authoring Program ~ On December 29th, 2011, at 4:15pm Eastern Standard Time, in the city of Portland, Maine, I looked at a FedEx receipt that I had just been handed, and couldn’t decide whether I wanted to jump up and down in the Kinko’s store, or go immediately to bed. ]]> Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:50:00 -0500 http://www.significatojournal.com/bliss/a-concatenation-of-software/convertxtodvd-a-film-and-a-fedex-receipt http://www.significatojournal.com/bliss/a-concatenation-of-software/two-backup-methods ~ with Macrium Reflect & Microsoft's Robocopy ~ Have you backed up your data recently? No? Aha! :-). You're not alone, unfortunately. But... don't you want to join the ranks of the Fortunate Few who DO back up their data? Here are two very quick ways to do just that. ]]> Sat, 07 Jan 2012 18:28:00 -0500 http://www.significatojournal.com/bliss/a-concatenation-of-software/two-backup-methods http://www.significatojournal.com/film ]]> Fri, 30 Dec 2011 23:00:00 -0500 http://www.significatojournal.com/film http://www.significatojournal.com/columns/musicviews/wonderful-open-mic-night-with-maine-songwriters-association Venue: One Longfellow Square, Portland ME ~ December 14, 2011 ~ I could imagine Emmylou Harris recording any of their songs -- “Forgive Me,” “Hard Time”, “Night Falls”, “Pink Peonies”. Sheila’s songs are passionate and insightful and she conveys them with a voice full of power and emotion. I thought I knew where the melody of a song was headed and then it went somewhere else. ]]> Mon, 26 Dec 2011 18:59:00 -0500 http://www.significatojournal.com/columns/musicviews/wonderful-open-mic-night-with-maine-songwriters-association http://www.significatojournal.com/columns/musicviews/meteora-suspends-our-hearts-in-the-air Holiday Fine Arts Open House at the Maine Coast Artist Studio, Friendship Maine Dec 17, 2011 Meteora is a gem of a folk trio, comprised of Will Brown, Jim Loney and Kat Logan. Right off the bat, their main asset is their excellent voices. From the first note of their first song, “Little Brown Bird”,... their three-part harmony moved me to tears. ]]> Mon, 26 Dec 2011 17:35:00 -0500 http://www.significatojournal.com/columns/musicviews/meteora-suspends-our-hearts-in-the-air http://www.significatojournal.com/bliss/a-parliament-of-quotes/we-are-divinity Taken from "Anatomy of the Spirit" by Caroline Myss We contain the scripture. We contain Divinity. We are Divinity. We are the church, the synagogue, the ashram. ]]> Mon, 26 Dec 2011 15:29:00 -0500 http://www.significatojournal.com/bliss/a-parliament-of-quotes/we-are-divinity http://www.significatojournal.com/bliss/an-illumination-of-art/front-page-images/winter-sunrise Wintery Sunrise in Maryland - A sublime moment on a quiet winter morning, taken by photojournalist, Maureen Spagnolo ]]> Mon, 26 Dec 2011 15:14:00 -0500 http://www.significatojournal.com/bliss/an-illumination-of-art/front-page-images/winter-sunrise http://www.significatojournal.com/columns/musicviews/eric-bettencourt-leads-tight-rockin-band Venue: One Longfellow Square, Portland ME ~ November 17, 2011 ~ He delivered song after song in tight arrangements with an interesting relay going on between alternating drummers Seth Kearns and Charles C. Gagne, and alternating backup singers, Amanda Gervasi, Monique Barrett, Megan Jo Wilson and Sara Hallie Richardson. ]]> Fri, 23 Dec 2011 16:24:00 -0500 http://www.significatojournal.com/columns/musicviews/eric-bettencourt-leads-tight-rockin-band http://www.significatojournal.com/columns/musicviews/scott-peterson-poetic-opener-for-eric-bettencourt Venue: One Longfellow Square, Portland ME ~ November 17, 2011 ~ capsule review ~ He piqued my interest when he said that during a period of writer’s block, he found an old book of poetry and decided to set some poems to music. ]]> Thu, 22 Dec 2011 17:59:00 -0500 http://www.significatojournal.com/columns/musicviews/scott-peterson-poetic-opener-for-eric-bettencourt http://www.significatojournal.com/bliss/an-antiquity-of-bygone-writings/thanatopsis by: William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) Yet not to thine eternal resting-place
Shalt thou retire alone, nor couldst thou wish
Couch more magnificent. ]]> Mon, 31 Oct 2011 16:57:00 -0400 http://www.significatojournal.com/bliss/an-antiquity-of-bygone-writings/thanatopsis http://www.significatojournal.com/columns/musicviews/heather-maloney-at-the-freakfest Venue: One Longfellow Square, Portland ME ~ October 28, 2011 ~ capsule review She seemed at home on the stage, comfortable in her own skin, precise and practiced on the guitar and possessed a voice that can’t be pigeon-holed. ]]> Sat, 29 Oct 2011 20:11:00 -0400 http://www.significatojournal.com/columns/musicviews/heather-maloney-at-the-freakfest http://www.significatojournal.com/columns/musicviews/caravan-of-thieves-freakfest Venue: One Longfellow Square, Portland ME ~ October 28, 2011 ~ The Caravan of Thieves blasted off with “I’m Gonna Eat Ya” (which they could have written for Deborah Harry) and “Love Made a Monster Out of Me”. Then we were swimming in the Talking Heads’, “Psycho Killer”. Adorable lead guy, Fuzz, flirted and cajoled the audience into hissing like snakes and snapping our fingers. Soon, we were all a-snakin’ and a-snappin’! ]]> Sat, 29 Oct 2011 19:35:00 -0400 http://www.significatojournal.com/columns/musicviews/caravan-of-thieves-freakfest http://www.significatojournal.com/columns/musicviews/alash-returns-to-portland Venue: One Longfellow Square, Portland, Maine ~ October 21, 2011 ~ capsule review The music was entrancing, particularly a piece named for the mountain for which it was written, Bai-Taiga. That composition was orchestral in depth and breadth, taking us beyond time and space and nearly inducing us into a shamanic journey. ]]> Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:35:00 -0400 http://www.significatojournal.com/columns/musicviews/alash-returns-to-portland http://www.significatojournal.com/bliss/a-parliament-of-quotes/once-the-soul-awakens From "Anam Cara", by John O'Donohue From then on, you are inflamed with a special longing that will never again let you linger in the lowlands of complacency and partial fulfillment. ]]> Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:31:00 -0400 http://www.significatojournal.com/bliss/a-parliament-of-quotes/once-the-soul-awakens http://www.significatojournal.com/bliss/an-illumination-of-art/front-page-images/moody-autumn Our dear friend Maureen Spagnolo, a photojournalist from Washington DC, has caught Deep Creek Lake in its many moods. We've paired it with a stanza from a Sara Teasdale poem.

"The leaves fall patiently
Nothing remembers or grieves
The river takes to the sea
The yellow drift of leaves."
- Sara Teasdale ]]> Tue, 25 Oct 2011 16:31:00 -0400 http://www.significatojournal.com/bliss/an-illumination-of-art/front-page-images/moody-autumn http://www.significatojournal.com/columns/back-porch/bathed-in-gods-love A Visit to Psychic Medium, Kat Logan What a lovely woman! The feeling of kindness and sincerity was palpable. We entered the house, which was beautifully arranged with art, plants, musical instruments and a wholesome feeling of care and calm. Tears came to my eyes almost immediately because I felt such a loving and accepting spiritual atmosphere. ]]> Sun, 23 Oct 2011 17:46:00 -0400 http://www.significatojournal.com/columns/back-porch/bathed-in-gods-love http://www.significatojournal.com/columns/back-porch/grandmas-beauty-shop There were gigantic hairdryers that made the ladies look like subjects of brain experiments. Their heads, imbedded with goo, curlers and plastic bags, were tucked beneath the armadillo underbellies of the roaring dryers. ]]> Sat, 22 Oct 2011 14:51:00 -0400 http://www.significatojournal.com/columns/back-porch/grandmas-beauty-shop http://www.significatojournal.com/bliss/an-illumination-of-art/front-page-images/autumn-attracts-me-like-a-neglectd-girl Photojournalist, Maureen Spagnolo, caught this gorgeous portrait of autumn at Deep Creek Lake in Maryland. These lines from the poem, "Autumn", by Alexandr Pushkin, came to mind:

I love (the days of autumn) -
their unassuming light, their quiet beauty.
Autumn attracts me like a neglected girl
among her sisters. And, to be quite honest,
she is the only one that warms my heart.
]]> Thu, 06 Oct 2011 16:37:00 -0400 http://www.significatojournal.com/bliss/an-illumination-of-art/front-page-images/autumn-attracts-me-like-a-neglectd-girl http://www.significatojournal.com/bliss/an-illumination-of-art/front-page-images/shenandoah-hayfield This gorgeous black and white shot was taken by photographer/filmmaker Caleb Austin, from Bruington, VA. He says, "While driving through the Shenandoah valley I noticed this freshly cut hay field. The hay was laid out in windrows which made for a great photograph, with the lines of grass leading up to some magnificent clouds." ]]> Thu, 01 Sep 2011 17:00:00 -0400 http://www.significatojournal.com/bliss/an-illumination-of-art/front-page-images/shenandoah-hayfield http://www.significatojournal.com/bliss/a-soupcon-of-foodieness/the-falkenberg-lobster-roll-recipe ~ a gourmet lobster roll recipe ~ Every lobster roll we ate was the same unattractive mixture of a hot dog bun, cold iceberg lettuce, mayonnaise and varying amounts of lobster meat. We couldn't fault the lobster meat, but the rest of the very expensive "treat" was, in the words of Hercule Poirot, "an uninviting delicacy." ]]> Tue, 23 Aug 2011 21:49:00 -0400 http://www.significatojournal.com/bliss/a-soupcon-of-foodieness/the-falkenberg-lobster-roll-recipe http://www.significatojournal.com/columns/musicviews/an-enthralling-evening-with-vishten Venue: One Longfellow Square, Portland, ME ~ July 14, 2011 ~ I was swept away from the first note and heard myself let out a big sigh after the first song. The tension was leaving me and I was all ears and heart, awaiting the onslaught of more beauty. ]]> Tue, 02 Aug 2011 19:32:00 -0400 http://www.significatojournal.com/columns/musicviews/an-enthralling-evening-with-vishten http://www.significatojournal.com/bliss/an-illumination-of-art/christina-siravo-whimsical-art I had to have the goldfinches and put them on immediately (of course, I bought them first!) and went on to receive numerous compliments on them whenever I wore them. ]]> Sat, 23 Jul 2011 16:21:00 -0400 http://www.significatojournal.com/bliss/an-illumination-of-art/christina-siravo-whimsical-art http://www.significatojournal.com/bliss/a-meditation-of-spirituality/listen-beloved The main blockage to happiness and accessing Divine love is not hearing the guidance you ask for. You do not wait. You can have anything you want, and you can ask for anything. ]]> Sat, 23 Jul 2011 15:50:00 -0400 http://www.significatojournal.com/bliss/a-meditation-of-spirituality/listen-beloved http://www.significatojournal.com/bliss/an-illumination-of-art/front-page-images/he-maketh-me-to-lie-down-in-green-pastures Any way you look at it, this line from the Psalms of David is incredibly poetic and seems to fit this image of countryside in New Zealand. Oh, to just lie down there and be! Wow! Taken by photojournalist, Grace Brown, author of The Continuous Wander blog. ]]> Fri, 15 Jul 2011 20:36:00 -0400 http://www.significatojournal.com/bliss/an-illumination-of-art/front-page-images/he-maketh-me-to-lie-down-in-green-pastures http://www.significatojournal.com/bliss/a-parliament-of-quotes/humor-from-the-healing-runes-by-ralph-blum-and-susan-loughan “Pushing yourself too hard? Doing too much for others? Break the pattern. Have a giggle. Lighten up. And always remember: Humor is the mildest detergent of them all.” ]]> Fri, 15 Jul 2011 17:13:00 -0400 http://www.significatojournal.com/bliss/a-parliament-of-quotes/humor-from-the-healing-runes-by-ralph-blum-and-susan-loughan http://www.significatojournal.com/columns/musicviews/maura-oconnell-teachers-me-to-be-a-better-listener Venue: One Longfellow Square, Portland ME ~ June 3, 2011 ~ Those low notes held me captive and fascinated. I wanted to lie down on them -- they made me think of a soft bed. I realized that as a singer, she catches my attention and helps me hear things on more than one level. ]]> Fri, 15 Jul 2011 15:05:00 -0400 http://www.significatojournal.com/columns/musicviews/maura-oconnell-teachers-me-to-be-a-better-listener http://www.significatojournal.com/columns/culture-of-heart/a-mystical-search-meaning-of-crayons-white-paste ~ the first day of the first grade at age fifty-six ~ For me, life has been a long process of finding out who I am and what I love. I feel rather like a man who was covered in honey and rolled in flour, across the years of my life, collecting bits and baubles and dabs of dirt all the while, and then dumped in the desert completely naked with the decree to "figure it all out" in my own good time. ]]> Tue, 12 Jul 2011 01:08:00 -0400 http://www.significatojournal.com/columns/culture-of-heart/a-mystical-search-meaning-of-crayons-white-paste http://www.significatojournal.com/stories/short-stories/the-epiphany-of-zebediah-clump Zebediah Clump was doomed. Knowing this, his interest in life had taken a sharp left turn into the toilet of resentful destiny. All that was good was flushed away.

He had never been a happy man. Aging, overweight and bald, Zebediah had spent decades drinking from a glass that was half empty. Every bird dropping that fell on his fine new automobile convinced him that Chicken Little was a depressingly prescient bird of death. ]]> Tue, 05 Jul 2011 18:29:00 -0400 http://www.significatojournal.com/stories/short-stories/the-epiphany-of-zebediah-clump http://www.significatojournal.com/bliss/an-illumination-of-art/front-page-images/fahrvergnugen-the-german-word-for-driving-pleasure "This small lady bug was crawling up a stalk of grass when I noticed it in my backyard. I liked how the bright red bug popped out against the green grass. I used a macro lens to get right up close." This photo was taken by the just-graduated artist / musician / filmmaker, Caleb Austin. The polished, bright red lady bug seems to be driving on the grass, enjoying the pleasure of the moment. Or maybe she's looking for breakfast. Whatever she's doing (or he?), we can feel the warmth of the summer day. ]]> Mon, 13 Jun 2011 20:28:00 -0400 http://www.significatojournal.com/bliss/an-illumination-of-art/front-page-images/fahrvergnugen-the-german-word-for-driving-pleasure