Homecoming with Jessica

Wherever you are in the world, if you open the window you may notice that the sky looks a little brighter, the air smells fresher, the insects are more numerous as they alight here and there. Amidst t...

27 Mar 202035min

Inspired by a sound recording of the renowned poet, Walt Whitman - a 36 second reading of his glorious verse recorded in 1888 - I find myself reflecting on the power of the human voice, of what it mea...

9 Mar 202029min

Inspired by the meaning and significance of sound, and the vision of a sacred realm of love--a 'Divine Milieu'--I play the piano and reflect on human life and our future. Improvised piano music by Jes...

5 Mar 202024min

In the quiet of the evening, as I improvise at the piano, I reflect on the meaning of sound. My mind moves back through time, to the moments of my earliest existence in my mom's belly as she played th...

3 Mar 202042min

"Wise men say, only fools rush in..." the words of that great Elvis Presley song ring in my mind and heart as I feel the pangs of grief, of love lost and, strangely, of intimations of the future, like...

9 Feb 202044min

I have a vision and hope. Now that we're affecting every life form on Earth, we'll open our minds and hearts to what sustains us - this glorious planet that's the perfect distance from the Sun. Piano ...

8 Feb 202026min

Here I read a poem that honors the women who moved thousands of miles from the British Isles to a strange and desolate land - the Australian Outback. The poet is George Essex Evans, a man, who describ...

3 Feb 202022min

I have a dear friend whose memory extends back through the decades, and whose ancestors were early settlers in Australia. Over tea, she reflects on the meaning of the letters people exchanged when the...

31 Jan 202025min