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Flocks of Melodious Songbirds at the Belfast Free Range Music Festival

Sat, 19 May 2012 10:39:00 -0400

The thirty five (yes that’s right, count ‘em folks, thirty five!) bands and eight venues worked a staggered schedule. The first performers of the day were a mid-coast Maine jazz band, called Gypsy Caravan.

Green Leaves and Rubies

Sat, 12 May 2012 16:47:00 -0400

In the center of the most beautiful place in the world
there nods a tree
of unknown measure.

Know Your Tools

Sat, 05 May 2012 19:38:00 -0400

“It’s not like I saw it,” I heard a woman recently exclaim to her companion at the tidal basin in Washington DC. She was looking at the screen on her small digital camera, having just taken a snapshot of the cherry blossoms highlighting the Jefferson Memorial.

Bulgogi Bliss: A Capsule Review of the Korea House Restaurant in Portland, Maine

Sat, 05 May 2012 17:24:00 -0400

Korea House
630 Congress Street, Portland, ME 04101
(207) 771-2000 I love bulgogi. For the uninitiated, bulgogi is a Korean dish consisting of thin strips of beef marinated in a spicy sauce, served with white rice, kimchee and assorted side vegetables.

Julia Cameron - "Our True Note"

Thu, 03 May 2012 15:54:00 -0400

"As we journey within to find our own voice, creativity both isolates and connects. Because of this we must find the courage to voice our True Note..."

Jaunty Springtime Birdhouse

Thu, 03 May 2012 10:58:00 -0400

A jaunty birdhouse, a fence of flowers, fluffy clouds, and cathedral spires in the distance - what a happy image of spring! Taken by our own photovoyant, Maureen Spagnolo of Washington, DC. (for a bigger look, click on image)

Video Blog: A Rich Life of Joy and Beauty

Tue, 01 May 2012 19:42:00 -0400

~ an alternative to philosophical and religious totalitarianism ~ One of the questions facing the world today is how to mesh the moral imperatives of religion with the rights of all individuals to pursue happiness in a free and democratic society.

Significato Films

Tue, 01 May 2012 10:47:00 -0400

Uncommonly Joyous and Sweet Night with Rani Arbo and daisy mayhem

Mon, 30 Apr 2012 17:17:00 -0400

Venue: One Longfellow Square, Portland ME ~ April 20, 2012 ~ They finished with a spirit filled version of "Travelin Shoes."... Rani Arbo and daisy mayhem made it their own and their version makes one almost look forward to death!

Max Garcia Conover - CD Reviews

Thu, 26 Apr 2012 12:12:00 -0400

Max's guitar fingerpicking technique is very bright and clear and his voice is as unabashed as a bird. The songs sound like they popped into his head and he began to play them simultaneously - almost the way a bard or minstrel might have...

Single Blue Blossom

Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:05:00 -0400

The face of a single, blue periwinkle -- (aka Vinca major)-- so exquisite in its simplicity. Taken by Photovoyance columnist, Maureen Spagnolo, of Washington, DC.

Video Blog: The Magnificent Divinity of Women

Tue, 17 Apr 2012 10:26:00 -0400

I believe that one of the great disorders of the world is a misunderstanding of the value and role of women. This misunderstanding has been propagated by men and accepted by far too many women.

Free Rice Website Supports the UN World Food Programme

Wed, 11 Apr 2012 20:15:00 -0400

Free Rice has two goals: Provide education to everyone for free, and help end world hunger by providing rice to hungry people for free.

The Inspiration of Eileen Caddy

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 13:58:00 -0400

"That divine spark is within every heart but before the transformation can take place it has to be fanned..."

Video Blog: Moments of Love

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 21:10:00 -0400

A video blog, based on the column of the same name.

How dreadful and painful are the words, "I do not feel loved."

The Wilderness Passion of John Muir

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:19:00 -0400

These are the best bedchambers the high mountains afford – snug as squirrel nests, well ventilated, full of spicy odors, and with plenty of wind-played needles to sing one asleep.

A Very Merry Unbirthday to You!

Mon, 09 Apr 2012 15:20:00 -0400

A most sumptuous birthday feast in the meadow for our friend Lesley Austin - photo by her son, Caleb Austin. So that nobody feels jealous and we can all celebrate, we'd like to remind everyone of the Mad Hatter's tea party in the Disney film version of Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland:

Mad Hatter:
Ah, but there are
Three hundred and sixty four
Unbirthdays!

March Hare:
Precisely why we're gathered here to cheer

Alice:
Why then today's my unbirthday too!

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P.S. Check out Lesley's inspiring website, wisteriasunshine.com

Video Blog: What is the Culture of Heart?

Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:09:00 -0400
This is the first video blog in the Culture of Heart series.

Maps to Ecstasy by Gabrielle Roth

Sat, 24 Mar 2012 18:25:00 -0400
teachings of an urban shaman "Imagination is the force that pulls your physical, emotional and mental energies into dynamic harmony, giving wings to your soul..."

Knoxville 1915

Fri, 23 Mar 2012 10:08:00 -0400
Excerpt from “Knoxville: Summer of 1915”— from James Agee’s essay "Knoxville" and the introduction to his Pulitzer Prize-winning posthumous novel, A Death in the Family "On the rough wet grass of the back yard my father and mother have spread quilts. We all lie there, my mother, my father, my uncle, my aunt, and I too am lying there..."

Cherry Blossoms Sing of Spring!

Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:03:00 -0400
The gnarly cherry trees in sight of the Jefferson Memorial in Washington, DC, as captured by photovoyant, Maureen Spagnolo. We couple this scene with a spring Haiku written by Basho during the 17th century.

Baby mice in their nest
squeak in response
to the young sparrows

Letting Go Leads to Inner Flowering

Mon, 19 Mar 2012 23:09:00 -0400
~ be free by letting go ~ Have you ever suffered while brooding over something that happened, or something that someone said? Have you brooded over a broken relationship? If so, you are not the only one.

Reverie Land

Sun, 18 Mar 2012 08:59:00 -0400
When our dear dog, Sparkie, was euthanized a year ago, I found myself searching for images of her to chronicle her life with us...

Moments of Love

Sat, 17 Mar 2012 19:29:00 -0400
How dreadful and painful are the words, "I do not feel loved." With these words, our breath seems to stop. Our life implodes, and hope dies. Some people feel that way all the time, and have felt unloved for so long that they have become brittle and old, in spirit and in heart.

Green and Blue Spring Stream

Thu, 15 Mar 2012 14:14:00 -0400
The greens and blues of spring excite us with expectation! We thank our dear friend, photojournalist Maureen Spagnolo, for another lovely photo for our cover. We also welcome her to the Significato Journal as she begins her own column called, PhotoVoyance. More about that in our next newsletter!

Lawdy, Lawdy, Guy Davis is a Miracle!

Mon, 05 Mar 2012 16:33:00 -0500
Venue: One Longfellow Square, Portland, ME ~ March 2, 2012 ~ That man’s bones are made of music! Wearing a red shirt, jeans and cap, he picked up his twelve-string guitar and with finger picks and slide, commenced to play it like an otter in a waterfall.

Trapped Deer

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 11:41:00 -0500
Boots crossing the brown sugar field
at twilight
dog pulling on the leash
and sun angling down like a lure on a hook
low in the sky...

The Unintended Psychological Underpinnings of a Hershey Bar

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 11:32:00 -0500
In my father's nightstand
is the drawer
Where he keeps a man-sized
Hershey bar...

Thoughts on a Winter Evening

Sat, 03 Mar 2012 11:05:00 -0500
While walking at twilight one evening, I heard a large congregation of birds in the trees beyond some railroad tracks. They were far away, high in the bare trees against the night sky.

Human Longing Makes Us Holy

Fri, 02 Mar 2012 17:00:00 -0500
~ John O'Donohue ~ "For too long, we have believed that the divine is outside us. This belief has strained our longing disastrously."