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Winter Wonder
"I don't want to end up simply having visited this world." - words by Mary Oliver - photos from my own awe + wonder, February 2022
Love crosses borders
Love crosses borders and boundaries -words by Jacqui Lewis -photo taken in Sauverny, France on 23 Jan. 2022
Winter Lesson
Ah, world, what lessons you prepare for us, even in the leafless winter - Words by Mary Oliver
Surrender
“Try something different. Surrender..” —Rumi —Photo: Dawn from our balcony
Opportunity
Life is a garden, not a road. We enter and exit through the same gate. Wandering, where we go matters less than what we notice. -- Kurt Vonnegut —photo taken in Provence (Drome), France
Travel
Travel is not about where you go, but how you see the world. - A.Dittmeye - photo from a trip to Paris 25-28 June 2021
Interconnectedness
Reflections on our interconnectedness "We know that, every time we breathe, we are inhaling molecules that were previously exhaled from every other human who has ever lived. That we are interconnected across breath and time and space, which is why, even though our...
Be Here Now… or Else Remember
“Be here now” is the mystic’s insistence. “Don’t be here now” is Proust’s material motto: be there then, again. Enjoy, emote, repeat, remember: there are worse designs for living. » Words by Adam Gopnik Photo taken on today’s walk on nearby paths of Ferney-Voltaire...
Opportunity
"The soul becomes dyed with the colour of its thoughts." --Marcus Aurelius Awareness of our thoughts creates choice. Our choices create our life. What an opportunity.
Right here
“Stop moving. Stand in one place – this place. Breathe slowly; in, then out. Repeat. Repeat again. Let your shoulders sink and relax. Unclench your jaw; slowly close your eyes. Listen for your heartbeat; really listen. Feel it pulse in your fingertips. Lessen...