Merritt Island, FL – Fred Migliore of FM Odyssey fame will share his view of what happened at Woodstock, why it was important, and what it means to the growing peace-seeking, open-minded culture that is emerging world-wide today. Fred will be speaking at the New Way on Sunday, August 9th.  An optional meditation time begins at 10:30, followed by the talk at 10:50 am until 12:15pm. A limited number of FM Odyssey’s “40th Anniversary of Woodstock” radio program cds will be available.

Fred Migliore

In August 1969, an historic event occurred on a dairy farm near Bethel, New York, when an estimated 500,000 people gathered for three days of peace, love, and rock and roll.  This unlikely happening could have been disastrous given that the  organizers  were totally unprepared for the crowds, the weather was uncooperative at best, and nothing went according to plan.  However, the producers, performers, and multitude of young people collectively decided to make it work, and the Woodstock Nation was born.  That idealism of Woodstock was lost in the materialism of the 80s and 90s, but now it’s time to get back to the garden. Continue reading →

Monday night I watched the third episode of ABC’s Dating in the Dark. In this latest reality show, three men and three women are matched via a compatibility profile, chosen to live in a house and take part in various dates, which all take place in complete darkness.  Both parties interact sight unseen, judging each other by personality alone.  All six are attractive and height/weight proportionate.   Chris wants to get married and raise a family, and he makes a point to kiss each of the girls.  “You can tell a lot about a woman by how she kisses.”  He’s the clear lead with all 3 women because he’s a good conversationalist and he also got personal really quickly with each.   Two were his favorites; the third, having admitted to one night stands, seemed “too sexual for me.”  He got to see all 3 in the light and reported back to the other 2 guys that two of them “are bigger than most girls I date.”  They both appeared to be maybe 5’6, maybe 36-25-36, maybe 120 lbs.  That’s right: real Shamoos: Marilyn Monroe’s size.  Chris appeared to be maybe 5’8, with a slight frame, maybe 165 pounds. Continue reading →

I just got an email from a friend who got a surprise when he opened his phone bill this month.  HD writes:  I was accepting collect calls from some homeless people I try to help…  I knew I would be billed $ 1.50 for each call ….  but when I got my bill and opened it, I thought it was a mistake at $658.87 ….  I thought it looked like they were billing me long distrance charges too and the phone booths are local… but what I found out was the phone booths are owned by a company that is overseas… and they have no rules they have to follow…. so they billed the $1.50 per call but also charge per minute of speak time at 5.11 per minute…. and I was told my bill is correct at $ 658.87 and I need to pay it. Here is the complete information; Continue reading →

This was a good weekend.  On Saturday I went to Shanti‘s Summer of Love event in Titusville and got to connect with friends.  They had several things going on, music, chanting, vendor booths, Reiki, massage, drumming; they were inside, outside, on the dock.  It went on all day and I didn’t get to go until later, but it was the best part of the day.  My schedule is such that anywhere I go, I need to be back home by 9:00 at night because I do phone sessions most evenings.  I’ve done that for so many years now that I almost never drive after dark.  When I do, it’s quite the adventure.  Driving home I took I-95, which I seldom do since I enjoy the scenery along US1.  Even though it’s longer, I typically take “the green way” everywhere I can.  But after dark, whether on US 1 or I-95, all I see is what’s lit up right in front of me.  I may as well be driving on the Overseas Highway in the Florida Keys, with nothing but ocean on either side of me.  It reminds me of the time my friend Mark Tietig and I sailed up the coast from Miami to Anapolis in 1983.  Half the time was spent in the shipping lane offshore in the middle of the night.  We’d be so close to the freighters (“the freakers” I called them) and they would move slowly and sliently by, like some surreal city out of a John Waters or Federico Fellini film.  I’d feel like an ant standing next to a skyscraper, or a dot in an immense galaxy. That is kind of the feeling I get driving alone at night on I-95 or US 1 as well.  Surreal and very reflective. Continue reading →

On Facebook yesterday, my friend Robin Krasny posted a Youtube video that was too funny not to pass along. The lyrics are subtitled. I am glad my exes on Facebook are all really cool guys who are still pals. If they weren’t I might sing them this song You Want To Be My Friend On Facebook? Are You F*cking Kidding Me? The song is by Kate Miller Heidke.  Here are the lyrics: Continue reading →