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A Mystic’s Journal Entries: October 2- 9, 2005 Sunday, October2 Windgarth 11 p.m. Tonight, the sound of waves and wind, entering through the downstairs windows. Warm today, in the high 70's, and a warm night. No moon. The stars and planets clearly visible; the Milky Way. Meditated alone by the lake,...

A Mystic’s Journal Entries: September 26-27, 2005 Dolphins and The Dark Night of the Soul Monday, September 26 An e-mail from Diana, the Interviews are almost all formatted. She will send them to me snail mail. Then final decisions on the formatting. I must write those introductions and epilogues. M...

A Composer’s Journal Entries: September 22-25, 2005 Karel Husa Thursday, September 22 Called Karel today, to see if we could get together soon. I asked him how he was and he answered, “I can’t complain”, and then he laughed. Karel. He then said “I will be 86, if I make it. Isn’t that amazing”. He ha...

A Mystic’s Journal Entries September 15- 16, 2005 St. Bonaventure: Meditation Class Meditation and the Spiritual Heart: The Mind’s Journey to God Thursday, September 15 Chris & Sarah dropped by today, while I was working in the gardens. Planting asters. I was aware of the deep fragrance of myrrh...

Reflections on the Nature of Music: A Composer’s Journal Entries September 10- 12 , 2005 Saturday, September 10 Windgarth House 10:15 p.m. Walked to the Point with M. after dinner. The Big Dipper over the road, brilliant, clear, vibrant. At the Point, the Milky Way overhead, constellations arched ar...

Prayers for the Earth : A Composer’s Journal Entries: September 8-9, 2005 Thursday, September 8 Still trying to find a name for the cycle for strings and choir I am writing: Prayers for the Earth : I. Prayer to St. Michael, for Protection. II. Prayer to Our Lady, for Graces & prayers III. Praye...

A Composer’s Journal August 23 - September 3, 2005 Tuesday, August 23 10 p.m. Windgarth House In the high 60's, windy. Stopped at Happy Landing, the diner, on the way to Windgarth tonight. Was so chilly I went back to the car and threw my blue and white striped bathtowel over my shoulders to stand i...

A Mystic’s Journal August 25, 2005 The Three Phases of Illumination: Meditation Class, August 24, 2005 Thursday, August 25 Last night in meditation class, we began to study the writings of Saint Bonaventure (1221-74) from the volume Christian Mystics ; Ursula King; Simon and Schuster, 1998. Unless o...

A Mystic’s Journal Wednesday, August 24 A new meditation student e-mailed a question today, after her first meditation. She was on a beach in Australia, and a friend came up and used up the entire time she had for meditation talking. I wrote back and told her of my first meditation student, over twe...

A Composer’s Journal August 10 - 20, 2005 Wednesday, August 10 4:30 p.m. Another beastly hot day, over 100 degrees. Errands with JF. A trip to the post office. Ice cream, a new flavor: chocolate covered praline crunch with swirls of chocolate fudge & caramel. JF said it was too sweet; I loved it...

Prayer to Our Lady: A Composer’s Journal July 26 - August 9, 2005 Tuesday, July 26, 2005 Driving home from Windgarth on Sunday, M. said that Deb had had a disagreement with Larry. I asked what about ... Deb told M. that she had been walking her two dogs, Buddy and Huckleberry down the road to Windga...

The Kingdom of God and the Spiritual Intellect: A Mystic’s Journal: Entries June 29- July 12, 2005 Wednesday, June 29 1:30 a.m. Two new young meditators joined class tonight. Also a message from the woman I taught to meditate a few weeks ago: “thank you”; her life has changed, improved. She will be ...

A Composer’s Journal: Entries: July 15- July 18, 2005. Friday, July 15 E-mails from several professional groups, asking me to send them scores. This, of course, will take some time and also money - Xeroxing and postage costs. I put these e-mails in a nice little stack by the computer. Saturday, July...

A Composer’s Journal Entry: June 22, 2005 Wednesday, June 22 11:40 p.m. Went to Windgarth tonight, after M. got home from work. On the weekend I had reclipped Cindy’s heart-shaped bush, in the shade garden. Not an easy task, it was the last thing we did together. The end of last fall, I had helped h...

A Composer’s Journal: Entries June 4 - June 11, 2005 Saturday, June 4 Windgarth 7 p.m. Went to the end of the dock and meditated while M. practiced a Mozart Sonata on the old upright downstairs. The songs of the birds, and the Love from my own Heart enveloped me as I gently slipped into my meditatio...