novembre 2017

Heart of Life/Coeur de la vie: Day/Jour V

Par |2017-11-02T23:35:24+01:00novembre 3rd, 2017|Retraites au coeur de la vie, Textes|

Good morning, fellow retreat participants. This is our "last" day in the heart of life. Give it all you've got! What a funny concept that is: "the last day in the heart of life." D.T. Suzuki said that concepts like that and conceptual thought in general are like scaffolding that we construct around our moment-to-moment [...]

Heart of Life/Coeur de la vie: Day/Jour IV

Par |2017-11-02T00:38:27+01:00novembre 2nd, 2017|Retraites au coeur de la vie, Textes|

So now I'm having to write this entry and post it Wednesday night, before going to bed, because I have to set off early Thursday morning for my work at the refugee center. Which means I can reflect on the day that is now ending, hazy moon high in the sky: quiet holiday in France, [...]

Heart of Life/Coeur de la vie: Day/Jour III

Par |2017-11-01T00:51:52+01:00novembre 1st, 2017|Retraites au coeur de la vie, Textes|

Wish I didn't have to write these posts first thing in the morning. I'd love to sit back and let the day unfold, then reflect on it all in the evening. But I need to let that go. It's more important that I put something here to get our new retreat day started. Today, I'm again [...]

octobre 2017

Heart of Life/Coeur de la vie: Day/Jour II

Par |2017-10-31T08:19:40+01:00octobre 31st, 2017|Retraites au coeur de la vie, Textes|

Morning again in Montreuil, a new day with cat and tea. Brilliant sun, impeccable blue sky. Loved reading everyone's posts from Day I. I want to hear more and more of your stories. Seems I can't get enough, there's so much to report. Keep it coming, in English, French, Portuguese, Flemish, German...! Myself, I can't [...]

Heart of Life/Coeur de la vie: Day/Jour I

Par |2017-10-29T15:55:29+01:00octobre 30th, 2017|Retraites au coeur de la vie, Textes|

This is the first day of our retreat, the morning of the last Monday in October. Here in Montreuil, I'm having some tea with the cat before heading into the activities of the day -- sitting, Skype appointments, paperwork, Portuguese lesson (sim, é verdade!), more sitting. After the time change here in Europe, sun is [...]

Back Home

Par |2017-10-28T16:59:59+01:00octobre 28th, 2017|Retraites au coeur de la vie, Textes|

After a very long break due to the woes of computer technology, I'm finally returning to my beloved zenscribe posts! And keeping my fingers crossed that this post will in fact appear: I discovered just now that nothing in the interface looks like it did before... Change happens, of course, everywhere, every moment. Everything is [...]

février 2017

décembre 2016

Winter moon, endangered planet

Par |2017-04-04T06:58:11+01:00décembre 6th, 2016|Textes|

It's still cold here in Paris, and the skies are pristine blue, different shades by day and night. Not a cloud in sight. But the pollution is so bad that the mayor has established alternate-day rules for cars: Only cars with even-numbered license plates could circulate today, tomorrow only odd numbers can circulate. And public [...]

novembre 2016

A perfect place to begin

Par |2016-11-27T16:57:00+01:00novembre 27th, 2016|Retraites au coeur de la vie, Textes|

Sunday afternoon in Montreuil, overcast sky. Unlike this morning, when there was a brilliant sun illuminating the Place Jean Jaurès, which was filled with people buying bread, groceries, flowers, the Sunday papers, visiting the Christmas market in the chill. I was again struck by how different this neighborhood has become since I moved here 20 [...]

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