Writer, tour leader, creative writing teacher, reviewer and freelancer. Author of Destination Saigon and Destination Cambodia.
Sydney, Australia
Joined April 2008
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The English lyric has always been good at holding contradiction: beauty and suffering in the same line, wonder without denial. Poetry as a portable practice of compassion
Recite a simple gatha with the breath:
Breathing in: “I have arrived, I am home.”
Breathing out: “In the here, in the now.”
“I am solid… I am free.”
These words are not thinking — they are anchors that help the mind return to the body.
And full credit to Thich Nhat Hanh 🙂
This Sunday the 1st of November the wonderful Claire Trevelyan-Leslie is giving a musical service at the Sydney Unitarian Church. Starts 10.30, free and everyone welcome. Refreshments after sydneyunitarianchurch.org/Se…
Nothing here exists entirely on its own.
Even this quiet morning cup of tea arrives through soil, rain, the hands of my beautifully kind and generous partner and time. I’m trying to notice these quiet and often silent exchanges more carefully
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Your country might be great but does it follow Australia’s lead by colour-coordinating its currency with the nation’s favourite snack foods?
Hmmm - I get a bit testy hearing people say we should learn to endure pain. What’s the bet they like a little pain relief when they go to the dentist or when they break a limb? But somebody else needs to pay with this pointless “endurance” of pain they are not experiencing (yet!)
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I have three separate hobbies:
1. Reading books.
2. Buying books I’ll probably read someday.
3. Wandering around bookstores and libraries just to admire all the books.
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It's a Jungian Life: thisjungianlife.com/search-f…
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AirBNB had its place and time, but it’s over. Had a lovely stay at a Hyatt last night, left trash in the can, towels on the ground, and am confident my corporate overlord isn’t going to light me up with a guest review video. A professional exchange of goods for money. The AirBNB hosts did this to themselves and the platform lost control long ago.
its just bonkers the new policy @airbnb is trying to put in place. Putting the dishes in the dishwasher, taking out the trash, pulling the sheets off the bed....they are just standard things any normal person would do when staying at a house. Why wouldn't a host be allowed to say that?
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Der „Naumburger Meister“ machte Uta von Naumburg (Uta von Ballenstedt) zur Legende. Die Statue (13. Jh.) gehört zu den zwölf Stifterfiguren des Naumburger Doms und gilt als eines der bedeutendsten plastischen Werke der deutschen Gotik.
Uta starb an einem 23. Oktober vor 1046.
