Remembering Daniel

The summer solstice special edition of “The Positive Fantastic” podcast is an episode titled “Remembering Daniel” & is in honor of my partner, Daniel Treadwell Frey, who passed away at home on May 2nd, 2023. For those who knew him, I hope that this podcast will help you process your grief as we each find our way without our beloved Daniel. And, for those who didn’t have the pleasure of playing with Daniel on his forty-year-long earth walk, I offer some insights into the uniquely beautiful and intrinsically kind person who graced us with his presence and whose death vigil inspired many. 

Daniel Treadwell Frey April 6th, 1983 – May 2, 2023

It’s hard to accept the loss of a loved one, especially a cherished partner, father, son, brother, and friend. Daniel is survived by his parents, Emily and Luke Frey, by his brother and sister Samuel and Lily Frey, by his children Francesca Salmoiraghi and Osiris Frey, and by me, his partner in this lifetime. I want to introduce you to Daniel, especially through my lens as his beloved, and also through his songs. He was a soul who touched many with how he lived his life as a poet, an artist, and a lover of the spirit that moves through everything. 

For those of you who have been listening to the podcast for the last three years, you’ve already heard many of Daniel’s original songs. In remembering Daniel, I feel strongly about his real desire to get his lyrical messages out into the world. To honor his incredible musical gift and heartfelt expressions, I have been showcasing his music at the beginning of my podcast since the first season. This episode is a musical odyssey with Daniel Frey. Interspersed between songs are vignettes from some of those closest to Daniel to paint a narrative picture of this wonderful man who has gone on to the spirit world.

Here are lyrics and songs that are showcased in the episode in order of their appearance. Remembering Daniel through his songs seems like a very fitting way to honor this musical soul!

Suitcase lyrics: I have carried this suitcase full of old water for so many years, yeah lifetimes. It’s not time to unzip and unvelcro it. So we bid on a road that shines like sunlight, reflecting off of colors of the first rain. The only wave that is totally true to the sparkling starlight that’s twinkling inside. Rip that old suitcase open like you’d tear off a wool coat in August and refill it with bubbling spring water coming right out of shimmering stones at dawn. Not just any old chlorinated tap water —only water that’s alive like the red blood that unites us all in love. 

Let Us Rejoice lyrics: My queen is coming, the sun is shining, I am smiling with purple sage blossoms. She’ll be wearing starry clothing, she’ll be dancing with morning sunrays. Greetings father sun, the day is young Hey ho, hey ho. Greetings mother earth, the night is young, Hey ho, hey ho, she brings good news. I hear her sweet voice, let us rejoice with inner splendor, not alone. In a cloak of peace sky, stories in her eyes, she is word wise, not alone. I love her, I adore her, I rever her, from my heart throne. And we all do, every person, in every moment, spoken to by her. Greetings father sun, the day is young Hey ho, hey ho. Greetings mother earth, the night is young, Hey ho, hey ho, she brings good news. I hear her sweet voice, let us rejoice with inner splendor, not alone. In a cloak of peace sky, stories in her eyes, she is word wise, not alone.

Mother Moon Lyrics: Two of us or better three, make a sacred space beneath a tree and honor North, South, East, and West. With intuition we know what’s best. Follow hunches and bright new thoughts. Spontaneity is what we sought. It’s more important than I realize. Mother moon watching in the Southeast, maybe she’s a grandma or an auntie or least, ready to help us with anything we need. Sweet and lovely she lends a hand. All you do is ask, even make a command. Just try to make sure that what you seek is pure. Can we as people fill our days with beautiful, beautiful kindness? Only when we’re kind to ourselves, can we be, can we be kind to others. Every day there’s another chance. Always being happy it’s like a dance. Counting all our blessings and walking through this great world. People help us in every way, believe in yourself in a positive way. Everyone will live their highest dreams.

Come and Play lyrics: Misty rocky landscape, lone white moon lighting the clover. Yellow lilies, the bright night shines through. Time to come over. And we look back at music around a bonfire, faces singing, and smoke rises higher. They welcome us, it was our desire to come and play. After many miles of walking today with child and white horse, over snowy mountains and wide, green rivers, never losing our course. Mother and daughter we’ve traveled far to carry the news. There’s a change in the wind right now, with sleeping humanity’s through.

Threads of Mystery lyrics: Mystery is a part of me, makes up everything I see. Maybe weaving all from coloured thread. Hues of rainbow brightness that shine with ocean lightness that works through every hand and heart and head. I just don’t know anything for sure. I know that love, it’s all that will endure. I can only be happy to be me. I can only be, happy to be me. With the threads of mystery, we weave our own history, at least to some extent. Angels watching over us, lets stop and smell the clover, what thoughts and feelings have I sent? I just don’t know anything for sure. I know that love, it’s all that will endure. I can only be happy to be me. I can only be, happy to be me.

Silence Within Lyrics: Wind with a baby boy, blessed all the world. Silence within every day. Holy saints of all religions, we totally thank you. With an understanding heart, a quiet mind, and a crystal clear soul, we receive the people, events, and spirits that seek us. Words of truth and frequent prayer, lightness and true love, we choose now if we care. Thank you spirit guides above. In a rose garden full of angels, whispering the truth name of the creations of Allah to this illumined child. They bring good news to all people, from within we shall go free. Infinite spirit surrounds us and will lead us back home.

Bird Song lyrics: We can’t forget when each day starts, kindness in the air. To forgive yourself is first, before being able to forgive any other person. Free to serve, to give at last. Free like a stream flowing toward the last bend before the ocean. Gurgling with laughter and praise for the grandeur of the perfect sea. A red cardinal comes by, gliding alongside a yellow sparrow kissing the water surface. A majestic raven comes to join the fun, gliding beside the green creekside. Soon a hawk became interested and flew alongside, then an eagle as well, white light in its eyes. Birds and beings of all shapes and sizes, gliding as one, no more disguise.

Returning to Eden lyrics: Do you go sow seeds and lovingly sense the earth? Do you go sow seeds and feel the earth? Humanity we’re all in our rebirth. Humanity we’re in our rebirth. Home made bread in the hungry mouths of every poor person in every land. Our hearts and hands, humanity striving in humble service with our own two hands. Growing our food is so so delightful. Returning to Eden, all people’s True Home. A happy mood and positive action. These are our duties, wherever we roam.

From the Gita lyrics: All the lives, lives always. All that lives, lives always. The Gita says we are all eternal, and we’ll never cease to be. The sense life is brief and mutable, take sorrows and joys indifferently. Be a soul with constant calm. All that lives, lives always. All that lives, lives always. End and beginning are dreams, birthless the spirit is forever. Life is spreading life through all, it cannot be diminished or changed. But for these fleeting flames… all that lives, lives always. All that lives, lives always.

Grandma Says Love Life lyrics: Musical wide windows, musical frog friendships in the pond, musical bright flowers, can I truly hear you? Musical grand oak trees, musical wind spirits in the air, musical pure sunshine, can we truly here you? Love and let go grandma says. Love and let go. Love and let go, she says to love life. Wellness and peace grandma says, they will increase. Wellness and peace, she says to love life. Musical raspberries, musical birds way up in the trees, musical stone people, can we truly hear you? Musical gorillas, musical zebras and elephants, musical blue whales, can we truly hear you? Love and let go grandma says. Love and let go. Love and let go, she says to love life. Wellness and peace grandma says, they will increase. Wellness and peace, she says to love life.

Dry Leaves lyrics: Dry leaves on the ground, let’s feast on the sound of wide forest of birds and their kin. Like bodhisattvas, like bodhisattvas that walk with us. And I know that they’re here, masters that have faced all fears. Some have bodies, some of them don’t. They’re here to help us, we’re not alone. Here today, we’ll find a way, we’ll be okay. We’ll hug each other and give thanks. Give love and beauty and kindness, with your conscious will power. Maybe some of these enlightened beings are there by each human at every meal. There to help to remind us to give gratitude and thereby bless our food. And I know as human beings we can purify all impure things. Every thought creates our world, so we’ll choose to think of health and love.

Witness lyrics: I close my eyes as I rejoice for what we’ve done, rejoice for what we’ve done. So many kind people are smiling with the sun, smiling with the sun. So we will be watching our words, can be for a heaven on earth, a heaven on earth. I know, I know we’re in the river’s flow, we’re in the rivers flow. What people say determines their day, determines their day. So we will be watching our words, can be for a heaven on earth, a heaven on earth. Gratitude love, thank you, thank you, obrigad@ gracias. So I say to my bluesy feelings, to my bluesy feelings. You’re alive but I will stay in joy again, I’ll stay in joy again. Oh this life it is a work of art. There is so much beauty for the very start, from the very start.

“In the Sky” by Karisha of Ma Muse Lyrics: Spirit guide us as. We sing to you. You come through us as we come to you to see the rainbow of the saint who wanders round to share his paintings. Well, now that’s over, a new beginning. And the truth is, it’s never ending. Oh I know it’s hard for us here, but, look at you now as you appear… In the sky…. We all die, AND life is good. We are wild boars in the mist. It’s a family thing, we’re all invited. It’s clouds above us. It’s hallelujah. It’s remembering and a new patch of clover. For you, the Clary Sage who walks with intention, wisdom seeker, full of deep question. The Golden Son Earth beneath your feet. Just look at you now as you take your seat… In the Sky… We all die, AND life is good. So we sing out, the trees in echo, where all are welcome, at this table. The time we have is the time to cherish it. The more the merrier, the more the merrier. The more we open, the more we give. The more we give, the more we’re given. You remind us to put what we love at the top of our list, and our cups are full of your words. You exist in the Sky… We all die, AND life is good

Remembering Daniel, so many things come to mind. I hope that you’ll tune into the podcast episode that I have crafted to honor his exceptional life. Released on the longest day of the year, the summer solstice of 2023, when we’re all very much holding Daniel’s memories close to us, the podcast will be the longest episode I have created yet on “The Positive Fantastic” podcast.

To Be Alive lyrics: Watercolor painting often helps me. Watercolor painting with all my heart. Whether or not any person will ever see it. Peace as presence, love as the substance of being. Universal love for every being. Universal love for everything. Blossoms with study of wisdom and deep introspection. Peace as presence, love as the substance of being. To be alive on Mother Earth another day. I am humbly thankful for all that has come my way. Goddess of all, you are here inside me. Goddess of all, your love is so healing. Unity, warmth, and connection with all people. Peace as presence, love as the substance of being. To be alive on Mother Earth another day. I am humbly thankful for all that comes my way. A wonderful feeling of my old self passing. A wonderful feeling of non-self remaining. Seeing the light in the universe in every person. Peace as presence, love as the substance of being. To be alive on Mother Earth another day. I am humbly thankful for all that comes my way. To be alive on Mother Earth another day. I am humbly thankful for all that comes my way.

We love you Dan!