"…There is a famous story told of a child who continually annoyed his father. In desperation the father took a map of the world, tore it into many pieces and told his son to put the puzzle pieces back together to make the map of the world. Knowing the child had not learned what the [...]

This being human is a guest house Every morning a new arrival. A joy, a depression, a meanness, some momentary awareness comes as an unexpected visitor. Welcome and entertain them all! Even if they are a crowd of sorrows, who violently sweep your house empty of its furniture, still treat each guest honorably. He may [...]

                                                         I was walking barefoot in a grassy field today, as you do, and found myself stung by some nettles. Upon realising, I started to scratch. Quickly, my walking partner jumped to where I was bent, picked some leaves from the plant neighbouring the offender and told me to rub them [...]

‘If I would be like him, Who would be like me?’   – An old quote thanks to the brilliance of Barry, a brother of a beautiful friend of mine, Annie, and my friend too… 

"Keep your thoughts positive,because your thoughts become your words.Keep your words positive,because your words become your behaviour.Keep your behavior positive,because your behaviors become your habits.Keep your habits positive,because your habits become your values.Keep your values positive,because your values become your destiny." – Gandhi"As you imagine, so you become"thanks Andrea!

Greetings from London! So I have had the pleasure of England the last few weeks and the privilege of staying with some fabulous friends and families so thank you! Have resisted the internet for the most part but today wanted to share some things I’m thinking and seeing: Banksy: I may be a bit late [...]

Greetings from the English countryside – with special thanks to the fabulous Eave’s family grounds – thank you thank you thank you. While discussing the length of something I was reminded of the rhyme my father taught me: Why are Fire Engines Red?  Fire engines are red because they have 8 wheels and 4 people [...]

I think this is the most perfect ending I’ve ever read for a sad story. It’s by yiddish author, Sholom Aleichem, from the story ‘The Haunted Tailor’. "…don’t force it, kids! the ending is not a good one. It started very happily, and turned out, like most happy stories, very sadly. And since you know [...]

"Human bodies are words, myriads of words…" — Walt Whitman, A Song of The Rolling Earth, Leaves of Grass Book XVI "I believe humans are made of stories, DNA is story, we carry our ancestors stories inside us, to which we add our own…" — Me Have you ever read a line in a book or poem and only knowing the [...]

 “Several years ago I came up with the idea to collect and distribute all our families recipes – many people could cook really well – so young people had an opportunity to be able to cook the same things that their parents and grandparents cooked. But what we quickly learned was a lot of people [...]