“Here is our long-forgotten family home.
And, having heard now and then the voice of ancestors calling,
Like a grey little forest bird, from far-away centuries,
I fly to you,…”

…It’s late, I’ve just finished some last minute work and I’m off to Poland on a “roots trip” with (almost) ALL my family very early tomorrow (actually today) [...]

The other day I thought "Mondrian". And as I sat to write today it came back…
 At the same time, this very morning, I mapped out my family story project "the family forest" as if it was a patchwork quilt.
 
The quilt/grid I mapped out by hand had 24. 4 rows, 6 columns. I have perhaps [...]

A Story 
This tale takes place back in the days when men were God fearing and sought absolution for their crimes from Rabbis and other such intermediaries…
…And so it was that two men found themselves receiving a punishment for a crime they had committed: only after they crossed the ravine that lay on the towns [...]

 
You are never too old for Dr. Seuss! So I thought I would share this one - my favourite …
Oh, the Places You’ll Go!

Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You’re off to Great Places!
You’re off and away!

You have brains in your head.
You have feet in your shoes
You can steer yourself
any direction you choose.
You’re on your own. And you know [...]

"If you have no sense, put down your sack and dance"
- Bouki sings Malice’s song, in Bouki Dances the Kokioko, as told deliciously by Diane Wolkstein
The world seems to have no sense at the moment (for such a tiny planet we really do know how to make a mess!), and I am feeling a bit stuck - [...]

I’m not John Lennon but I must admit, at some point surely we will be able to live and work wherever we want, unbounded by visa’s etc. We already live in a world where work can be done from ‘virtually’ anywhere - you would think that countries would be asking to have you pay tax [...]

"A good word is like tree whose root is firmly fixed in the sky"- the Koran
"If all seeds that were to fall would grow, then no-one could follow the path under the trees" - the Akan
What did the tree learn from the earth to be able to talk to the sky? - Pablo Neruda
Sometimes you [...]

This piece was delivered by The Elders, Oraibi, Arizona, Hopi Nation:
"You have been telling the people that this is the Eleventh Hour.
Now you must go back and tell the people that this is The Hour.
There are things to be considered:Where are you living?What are you doing?What are your relationships?Are you in right relation?Where is your [...]

The short:
When you are trying to move into a new space ie you want to go to a new space in terms of your life, your job, your whatever, and there are ‘blocks’ / impediments it might help to go move.
Or dance.  I did just that today.
The medium:
So today marked my first time [...]

A consummate storycollector (and teller) it was with mixed emotions that I heard this story* - "The Missouri Compromise". I love stories but this one gave me the chills. 
I don’t like compromise. I would almost go as far as to say I hate it. Except that in general I don’t hate things.
This doesn’t mean I don’t like working with [...]