It goes without saying: wisdom comes with time, experience, and age. An aching in the heart for absolute truth to prevail. A desire for conscience-shaking, purging, and cleansing. Why? Because humanity is overdue for it and is wired for it, whether we acknowledge it or not. I recently revamped and refreshed my MuSinGer blog, reviewing…
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Wounded in a Dark Wood
Did you know that 2020 marks the seven hundredth anniversary of the completion of Dante’s Divine Comedy? How apt. This post was not going to be about that, but I stumbled across this fact as I was searching for a metaphor about being ‘wounded’. Lost in a dark wood? Bingo. Little did I know in…
How not to waste your COVIDays… COVIDaze?
I find myself writing more often for this blog now (hmmm, one wonders why, more time perhaps?). This is not only for creative purposes, mental health and stability, and to escape the dire news pouring out of my radio, television, and Internet screens, but to document what is an extraordinary time in life and history….
Isolated, But Not Alone
Dear MuSingers, I didn’t want to write a post like this. I never believed that I would. Not in a million years. I wanted to be telling you about how good my study life had started to feel, how my mind had been expanding and my brain cells jumping as I learnt new things about…
Planet of the Fakes
I like positive posts (writing them and reading other people’s), and this is part of the reason why I started The MuSinGer, but sometimes having a good rant feels… well… invigorating. Seriously though, taking the time to think about why we do what we do as humans and as a society can help us to…
Book review: ‘You Are Enough’ by Mandy Hale
A few posts ago I reviewed Mandy Hale’s book Beautiful Uncertainty. Her newest book, You Are Enough: Heartbreak, Healing, and Becoming Whole, is the subject of today’s post. If you have read Beautiful Uncertainty, you could not ask for a greater contrast between that book and this new one, and perhaps even wonder if this…
Our Epidemic
Today’s topic is not something which many of us choose to talk about, but I think we seriously need to look at it. Loneliness. I’m not talking about choosing to have periods of time alone or intentional silence – that can actually be a very good thing for you, and many of us can cope…
Happy New Year and first book review: ‘My Ikaria’ by Spiri Tsintziras
Happy New Year! I hope that you are feeling revived after Christmas and are enjoying your summer or winter break, depending on where you live in the world. If you are new to The MuSinGer, take some time to check out what this blog is all about. I also have The Music Room, The Library,…
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