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Oh how I  enjoy this blog! It really makes us feel connected. May God continue to bless and strengthen us all.Thank you Errol for your efforts.

Euline Fox-Peters 72

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Blessings.  The song “Lead kindly light.....” brought back great memories of Mrs. Cuffie.

Lily Walker 67

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MY Fellow Mausicans,

Brother Mikal's  poem captured the spirits of Mausica, our 65 acres.

When I visited our Mausica campus in 2013, I too was shocked at the ruins. I wondered how could the powers that be allow an institution like Mausica die. Then I heard the spirits speaking to me.

"They could kill the body but not the soul. Spirits don't die. They grow wings and fly. Fly to the ends of God's earth. Today there are Mausicans all over the globe. Some remained home to "Hold the Light". Others have carried the light to the USA, Canada, Australia, Europe, the Caribbean and mother Africa, Many return to sweet TNT to refuel.

Presently I am in La Romain experiencing the wonders of of "social distancing". I am one of two boys placed in two stables. In stable number one , there was a boy with every imaginable toy. Yet he was crying, wanting to escape. In Stable number 2, which was full of horse manure,  a little boy was excitedly digging up the manure. The scientist conducting the experiment was curious and asked the subject, "Son, why are so excited. Why is your behavior so different from that of the boy next door?" The boy looked up and shouted. "Sir, with all this horse manure in here, there has to be a pony.When I find it, I'll jump on its back and ride all day."

That little boy was a Mausican like us.

When they released us in their classrooms, they said we couldn't teach. We too young, we too dis we too dat. In a short while, we changed their perceptions. Every principal wanted a Mausican on their staff. In Music Festival and Arts Festival, Mausicans were competing against Mausicans. We had revolutionized teaching. Don't talk about Common Entrance results.

Yes, the structures do not tell the whole story. There is never "A Single Story". We Mausicans must" "Live Our Legacy".  As Mr Williams once told me, " You Do It".

Ah goin an talk wit meh cousin, Carlston.  Is 10:39 p.m.

As usual,

Rodney Foster 66-68

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Hello Mikal,

What a beautiful poem. I loved it.  In my time, 66-68, a lecturer named Mangatal coined this visionary sentence, "If only these walls could speak, what great tales they would tell."

My Mausican brother, your insightful piece captured the essence of Mausica that became part of the DNA of every Mausican. The spirit of Mausica has spread all over the world. Every nook and cranny. Wherever a Mausican goes he or she plants a seed in fertile soil. Keep up the good work. Continue to share your talent on the mausica blog.

Sincerely,

Rodney Foster 66-68

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Holy Easter Greetings

Thank you Mikkal Smart for that accurate, nostalgic poem about the Mausica that we all love and remember fondly.

Sadly it is difficult to comprehend how a jealous, uncaring successor knows how to destroy the best and most rewarding, valuable and beneficial fruits of its predecessors. That modus of operation is repeated daily at all levels and in spheres of life whether it is in the family, in the offices or in the Politics.  Does anyone know of a solution to curb such actions?

I also express my condolence to Rodney and to his family for the loss of such a close and dear brother. May you be comforted by the fond and cherished memories you have of him. I pray for comfort, peace and closure for all of us who have lost family. friends, associates in the COVID19 experience which is ravishing New York, especially Brooklyn or anywhere else in the world. Let us remember the departed fondly but also pray earnestly for those who cared for or shared their spaces that the Virus will not consume them as well.

Also let us be assured that at these times, especially in the Lockdown at this season of Easter, that we connect with the Jesus, the Christ, who through his sacrificial death not only caused the veil of the temple or in other words the opened the access to Him and to Father God directly for us  to build a personal altar and relationship  with Him for ourselves, for our family and all others. We have the time to use that open door always.

Every Blessing.

Dr. Merle Dillon - Baker 1966 -1968.

Re: MAUSICA WEEKLY EMAILS 2020-APR-10

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Gosh Michael, you almost brought tears to my eyes. I too returned to drive through and oh! Oh! the pain I felt as I saw how badly maintained the campus had become. This was the place of so many "firsts".

The first time I  had ever left the comfort of my parents and siblings, the first time I stood before a class of eager eyes, the first time I slept on a bed of springs, and the list goes on...

Rodney my brother, be comforted. May the God of all comfort wrap his arms around you and the rest of the family.

Euline Fox-Peters 70-72

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Another wonderful poem that speaks volumes of that place we called “home” for those two memorable, life-forming years. Mikal, you did an excellent job, but did Mausica miss our food fights or panty raids?

Jasper Joefield 74