My Dear Friends of Autumn,

 

Almost every day for two months I’ve been spending some time barefoot, grounding my body with the earth. While that always feels good, I’m not yet sensitive enough that I feel the tingling, as some people do. Perhaps The Earth is tickling their tootsies and doesn’t feel it knows me well enough to do that. I’m all for it though. My intention is to keep it going, opening the body’s healing capacity by allowing the natural current of the Earth to flow through us as it did humans for millions of years until rubber shoes and spending whole days and nights without touching the earth.

There are other ways to help the body relax and heal. How about through music and humor?
On Sunday November 23rd, I will be hosting my Sixth Annual Thanksgiving Concert on
Zoom. I came very close to doing no Holiday concerts this year because, well, I thought
people might not be in the mood with all that’s happening in our country. But then I thought
that is exactly why I write and sing — to bring some moments of peace and inspiration and
love. So here we go — with a little less notice than I usually give. But since you don’t have to
drive anywhere to get to my concert, maybe the timing is just right.

Even back in the 80s, I loved giving a theme to my concerts ~ “MT’s Autumn Leaves Concert”.
You know, super creative stuff like that. Or “MT’s Rainy Day Concert.” But I think there is
nothing that heals us and soothes us and gives us a feeling of purpose than when we can
genuinely feel gratitude. Since it’s not called Gratitude Day, just this one more time we’ll go with Michael Tomlinson’s Thanksgiving Concert.

I always create a beautiful backdrop for you at these concerts with wondrous lighting and a flow of slow moving nature videos through out. The minute I began to use nature footage with my concerts, it felt the same as if I suddenly had a live band. Live bands can be great. But there is nothing as sure as trees and winding roads and rivers and surf to fill my music with the most calming presence possible.

For just over a year I’ve been writing regularly on Substack.com, sending out my letter called "The Morning, Brilliant Blue," filled with stories, humor, photos, music and video. I’m loving
doing it and hope to build my paid subscribers to the point that I can finance the recording of
my next album and produce some live in person concerts around the country. However, "The Morning, Brilliant Blue" is free. So check it out at http://michaeltomlinson.substack.com

If you really enjoy it, please consider becoming a paid subscriber to receive it in
your email inbox year round.

And if you’ve never been to my Breathing/Meditation gatherings on Thursday evenings, they
have helped a lot of people to become lighter and less stressed. Not that anyone would need
that these days. You may always sign up on my website. The classes are called, Breathing
Into Your Life.

Thank you for visiting. I’m grateful that you think of me on occasion and stop by.

Your friend in the autumn wind, Michael Tomlinson