Ancestral Muses

Listen to intro first as I could not figure out how to merge them together! I am still learning! Walk with me as as I attend Ullambana which is the annual honoring of ancestors by various Buddhist ethnic communities at different times of the year, and is known by different names including Ullambana, Yu-lan-p’en, Obon, Vu-lan, the Obon Festival, Vietnamese Mothers’ Day and Ancestors’ Memorial Day....

There are 100 questions immigrants study in order to become U S citizens. Can you answer 6 out of the 100 correctly? On my business Facebook Page- Bussey Arbitration and Mediation Services, LLC there is a YouTube video with questions and answers or just Google it!

Reflecting on 17 year old me quote from yearbook, “As soon as you trust yourself you will know how to live”-Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. Link for Meditations by Marcus Aurelius. http://classics.mit.edu//Antoninus/meditations.html

After a day spent listening to the closing arguments in the George Floyd trial, I was honored to be invited to the Interfaith Iftar and be part of a community based on Faith and Love.

Today was Passover, Palm Sunday and Holi. An intersection between Christianity, Judaism and Hinduism. Holi marks the beginning of Spring and is also known as the Festival of colors. A day to let your inner child out!

A talk with Mimi and her dad about Nowruz including the 7 items of the Sofreh Haft Seen include sabzeh (wheat, lentil or mung bean sprouts), samanu (a sweet pudding made with germinated wheat), seeb (apple), senjed (the dried fruit of the wild olive, oleaster), somagh (sumak), serkeh (vinegar) and seer (garlic).

Saint Coltrane “A church built on a Love Supreme” is a PBS docudrama available on YouTube. While I love Jazz, I cannot say I was a John Coltrane fan. That has changed! A deep dive into the poem written by John Coltrane as part of the liner notes for this album and recent events in 2020, the insurrection at the US Capital in January 2021 and time alone have resulted in me achieving greater clarity...

Today we saw President Trump urge, encourage and incite his followers to engage in Insurrection, Sedition and Treason. What you are about to hear are snippets of news coverage throughout today, January 6, 2021. Please feel free to share any comments.

“Life can only be understood backwards: but it must be lived forwards”-Soren Kierkegaard- Are you ready to release old habits, people, things to effect change? My apologies for stating the winter solstice was the shortest day of the year😩 I should have said the winter solstice, our shortest day and longest night of the year,

Join me and my friends as we embark on an international escapade which started with the purchase of 3 Vintage Noritake Gold Encrusted Temple teacups, saucers and dessert plates. As mentioned, music performed at Fusion Fest 2019 by Orlando Taiko Dojo

Libby Smith is an Orlando, Florida based artist who is visually impaired. She creates wonderful works of art that can be seen at her website- see link below - https://www.libbysmithstudio.com/ Join me as we discuss her work and upcoming exhibit.

Some thoughts about the holiest day of Judaism, the death of Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the possible appointment of Amy Coney Barrett as Justice Ginsburg’s replacement

Game of Thrones phrase “Winter is Coming” as a metaphor for current political events. A conversation with Deborah and your host, Pamela.

Raphael, Gilda and Pam discuss key concepts and takeaways while basking in her backyard! We got so caught up, we exceeded 60 minutes,so we tried to recreate in part 2 where we left off! Sorry, for the short pregnant pause. Thank you for your support!

Sankofa-“We should reach back and gather the best of what our past has to teach us so that we can achieve our full potential as we move forward. Whatever we have lost, forgotten, foregone, or been stripped of, can be reclaimed, revived, preserved, and perpetuated.” I believe I may have said the 1965 march over the Edmund Pettis bridge was from Montgomery to Selma but in fact it was from Selma to M...

As I was planning a podcast episode dealing with mental health, the Congressional Black Caucus was hosting a town hall on the state of Black Mental Health in 2020. This is the audio from that discussion. You can access the video on either Facebook or YouTube under the Congressional Black Caucus.

During this global time-out Mental Health specifically, depression, has become a by product of social isolation, anxiety, and uncertainty about the future. Please check in on your family and friends to ensure they stay connected. Listen to any concerns with an open heart. Resource information is also included during our frank discussion.

This episode debuts the music that was created by Rafael Polk for my podcast. I briefly discuss some thoughts about centering oneself as a prelude to upcoming episodes where we talk about depression, mental health and illness. We will also have upcoming episodes centered around spirituality.

Overview of American history to better understand events surrounding murder of George Floyd. I wrote articles involving current events in 2017. If you are interested in reading them Google Pamela Bussey Orlando Sentinel

Raphael and I discuss how he creates music which led me to commission him to create music for my podcast, Ancestral Muses. Raphael can be contacted at his website Raphaelpolk.com

I speak with Deborah Humphrey-Hunter and Karen Burke-Haynes about what sisterhood means to us. Our bond was forged while attending Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut

Darryl shares his family history of Dennis Farm located in Susquehanna County Pennsylvania. The family of Prince Perkins, free African Americans who emigrated to northeast Pennsylvania from Connecticut in 1793 with the original wave of settlement into the region following the American Revolution, first settled the Dennis Farm. Their direct descendants, the Dennis family, have retained stewardship...

Getting to know Pamela Bussey

There was a time when Indigenous people were connected to the Earth, their Ancestors, their Community and each other in ways that have fallen by the wayside. Perhaps, it is time to reclaim those rituals as we go through this Journey into the unknown brought about by the Global Pandemic. Please feel free to leave comments or suggestions for any rituals you engage in that are helping you through the...

Wanda Stewart discusses how she became involved with Urban Gardening, the evolution of Obsidian Farms and her connection to Leslie Alexander Lacy aka Doctor Cayenne.