By Brenda Dowst,
MSI Board Member
Pictou, Nova Scotia
The potential for making great connections is everywhere, and I seem particularly attracted other music lovers. Just before I returned to New Hampshire from Nova Scotia, about a week ago, I met Mike Cheney. Mike was playing a gorgeous Native American two pipe flute at a local craft fair at his display of some thirty handmade wooden flutes. We spent about 1/2 hour talking, listening,handling the flutes and learning about his interest in Native American flutes. Mike lives in what Nova Scotian’s refer to as the “Valley” on the Bay of Fundy. He is a delightful person, an excellent performer and a superb flute maker. I gave him our web address and told him about the Chimu Inka’s tour. He expressed an interest in being associated with Mountain Spirit Institute, and making a connection with the Chimu Inka flute players. I suggested we exchange links to each of our web sites. His web address is: www.northmountainflutes.com. We talked briefly about how to include music on our web site and Mike suggested a video clip of the Chimu Inka as a beginning. I wanted to purchase one of his flutes, but just couldn’t make up my mind about which one. Mike is in the process of producing his first CD, and I can’t wait to hear it. He is a trained piano player and has a deep understanding of the role that music plays in our health and well being.
Archive for November 23rd, 2008
North Mountain Flutes
23/11/2008This week’s Living on Earth at NPR
23/11/2008
Living On Earth, Sunday Mornings: NPR
Living on Earth, the brilliant environmental show on Sunday mornings on NPR had some very interesting and relevent pieces today. If you didn’t get a chance to hear the show, check them out at their website where you may listen to their realplayer or mp3 versions. Here are some of the interviews I found important and worth a listen.
Fire Retardants Stoke Controversy
The wildfires in California have been contained, but controversy over the use of fire retardants continues to blaze. (more…)
Yes Magazine Does it Again, Keeping the Face to the Sunshine
23/11/2008By Randy Richards
A Native American phrase, “keep your face to the sunshine and you won’t see the shadows”, is apropos for todays’ daily doses of bad news. Edward Griffin who wrote the Creature From Jekyll Island was once asked in a radio interview how he was able to keep such a positive attitude with all the information he had learned and written about over the years regarding the shadows of power in American society and government. He replied that he had made up his mind a long time ago to keep the information separate from his outlook on life. He then mentioned he had learned the hard way, inferring he had a rough time early on. In the interview, he look remarkably at peace and well balanced, unlike some of my friends that can’t sleep at night because of what they know.
- Yes Magazine by Positive Futures Network
If you’ve not picked up a copy or subscribed to Yes Magazine, I suggest you do so yesterday. We have reprinted one of their articles in one of our newsletters, with the magazine’s gracious permission. The Winter ’09 issue cover story is titled “Sustainable Happiness”, with the subtitle “The Good Life Doesn’t have to Cost the Planet”. Articles include “10 things Science says will make you happy”; “No Gifts? One Family’s Amazing Green Holiday”; “Why is the Dalai Lama Always Smiling?”, and “Dee Williams Lives Large in 84 Square Feet.” One thing that caught my eye in this issue was the graph on page 20 entitled: “Who Has The Money” Who’s Happier?”. The graph states, “There is no correlation between a country’s per capita GDP and its score on the Happy Planet index”. “On a bang-for-buck basis, the US is the world’s biggest loser,” states the magazine. You can order a copy and learn more about the magazine at www.yesmagazine.org.
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