MUSINGS...by Beverly Rieger

As the days grown darker and shorter, we celebrated the super moon a few days ago with its brilliant light.   In just a few weeks the solstice will emerge and the return of light.  Light is always behind the darkness. This snowy pathway is very near my house. As Retta and I walk it, it becomes a journey into the unknown in the winter.   The white covers everything that we would normally see, and our steps can become treacherous. It is a beautiful time of year and I especially treasure those brief encounters with deer and fox and wild turkey when we are walking in the evening. May your pathways always lead you into the power of the unknown.  May your days be peaceful and full of light.  May beauty be in every moment of your life. Happy Solstice....Merry Christmas...Happy Hanukah.

In 1987 I traveled for the first time into the Mayan lands of Mexico and Central America.  Little did I know that this trip would change my musical life profoundly.  My experience with the sacred lands of the Maya ignited original music in me that over the last 30 years has resulted in 16 published CDs, 2 albums that are only available for download and 40+ original albums composed for individuals. My experiences also led to my business of Mayan Dream Productions and 28 years of relationship with all of you who read Musings, or listen to my music.  I treasure these relationships.  They have enriched my life enormously. As I close this 30 year cycle, and begin the next cycle, I am listening to one of my download albums which is called Atitlan Fire.  The link to this album is on the downloads site of my website.  However, to make it really easy, here is the direct link to Atitlan Fire for you. http://www.mayandream.com/md515_albumatitlan.html To celebr...

Technology is moving more quickly than I can keep up with!  It is the ever-changing language of music distribution.  When I receive a monthly statement of deposit for online sales now, it is mostly for streaming my music.  There is always some downloading of albums or tracks of albums, but downloading CDs and tracks of CDs is becoming a thing of the past. We will be taking the links down from our website that directly linked you, the customer, to i-tunes to download my albums and tracks from my albums.  I-tunes will no longer allow links from websites.  They are focused on streaming and want everyone to change from downloading to streaming.  Very interesting! Meanwhile, my customers have to go directly to i-tunes and search for my name.  Everything is there but it is harder for you to get to me to download from i-tunes. There are over 50 other digital sites that hold my music.  Some of the most popular that are attracting people to my music...

It's been almost three months since I have written to you, the reader, in this Musings.  That doesn't mean that you are not always in my awareness as I live my daily life.  Wisdom is at your core as light and it shines out and joins my core of light Wisdom.  We are one. The month of December was a transforming time of body, mind and spirit for me.  The Winter Solstice is my birthday, and this year it was my 70th birthday.  It was also the integration time of the new Wisdom Ablaze album in my body, mind and spirit; and also a month of a large concert with about 100 people involved as musicians and a beautiful and inspired audience of about 400.  All of this together brought me into a newness of life.   How cool is that!! This new wisdom body, mind and spirit is still growing with me.  My outer activities have had to change as my inner world changed.  Many things are simplifying so that I can become larger. Meanwhile, January is the m...

  The ongoing saga of a wisdom composer and performer..... Wisdom Ablaze is blazing out into the world! Wisdom Ablaze is now on i-tunes for you to download...either individual tracks or the entire album. And of course all of you reading this blog can order Wisdom Ablaze directly from me.  Just go to the home page of this website, and click on the order page link at the top to order a physical CD in digipack format.  You can also send me a note with your order via snail mail....and enclose a check. I'll send your CD back to you ASAP.  Be sure and give me your address for shipping. and also your e-mail address so I can acknowledge receiving your order. There is a beautiful new video up on You Tube which has the music of track one:  "We Call Forth Wisdom". Here is the link:  https://youtu.be/ivEK2ZMdIZU .  Tom Tempel has taken the photography of the trees that inspired this music, and the flutes that played,  and has used technology to "open...

HEART OF SKY…..track two of Wisdom Ablaze was captured in this sky photograph © Beverly. This last week I gave a copy of Wisdom Ablaze to my friend who cleans our carpets.  He has a fire pit in his back yard and spent three hours Thursday evening, in his words "Jammin' at the fire pit with Wisdom Ablaze. This is the livingness of this powerful music. CD Baby (based in Portland, Oregon) is now advertising Wisdom Ablaze on it's website:   "We here at CD Baby have got pretty good memories. And we just remembered that at some point in the not-too-distant past you purchased music by Beverly Rieger.    We commend your impeccable musical taste and wanted to let you know that Beverly Rieger has a brand new release out now. It just went live on our website for sale. And we just had to let you know FIRST since you're one of the few hip and wise people who "knew them way back when.   It is called Wisdom Ablaze. "     Here is the link to a beautiful n...

I love Autumn in Indiana.   We have the most beautiful colors and the crisp air of the first frost to revel in! I took the photo on your right as I looked down from the top of a dune in Fox Island onto Retta in the dappled sunlight.  Notice the pink rays of the sun.  Hmmm...isn't that amazing! The second photo was captured as I looked up into the trees in the late afternoon as the sun was illuminating the golden leaves.  They were brilliant in the sunshine. Looking down....looking up....seeing wisdom manifesting in profound beauty in ways that I often do not see.  I can be focused only on the things that are right in front of me....not seeing the larger picture.  Can anyone else relate to that?? Retta is the one who brings me into these walks, and brings me into the larger vision so often.     This is Wisdom Ablaze! in all of nature.                ...