juin 2018
Heart of Life/Coeur de la vie: Day III
It's a lovely morning here in Montreuil, all bright sun and blue sky, butterflies fluttering and bees buzzing in the garden around a multitude of flowers in bloom. I'm reminded of a little pond [...]
Heart of Life/Coeur de la vie: Day II
My practice with you this week includes writing a daily post for this blog. Sounds easy enough, right? Well, listen more closely: It's not! Which is not actually the whole truth: It's both easy [...]
Heart of Life/Coeur de la vie: Day I
Quiet morning here at my desk, except for the rumble of the street-cleaning truck, first ear-splittingly loud and then slowly fading as it makes its way up the avenue. After an initial fright, [...]
Here is the place; here the way unfolds
Lovely June evening in Paris, just finished dinner of roast chicken, salad, strawberries in the garden with friends. Thinking, too, about the start of our Retreat in the Heart of Life tomorrow. And of [...]
novembre 2017
Heart of Life/Coeur de la vie: Another Day/Un autre jour
Lazy autumn Sunday afternoon. After a quiet morning and a lovely lunch with my husband (fish with leeks and new potatoes), I don't feel much like doing anything other than lounging around the house. One [...]
Heart of Life/Coeur de la vie: Day/Jour V
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. [...]
Heart of Life/Coeur de la vie: Day/Jour IV
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 [...]
Heart of Life/Coeur de la vie: Day/Jour III
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 [...]
octobre 2017
Heart of Life/Coeur de la vie: Day/Jour II
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 [...]
Heart of Life/Coeur de la vie: Day/Jour I
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 -- [...]
Back Home
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 [...]
février 2017
Always meeting ourselves
There's always a little flutter in my heart on Feb. 2. Not because it's Groundhog Day, as it is called in America. No, it's because on this day in 1882 James Joyce was born in [...]
décembre 2016
Patti Smith on how it felt
OK, my friends. After my words, I offer here Patti Smith's words about her experience at the Nobel ceremony. Nobody could say it better.
Patti Smith’s transcendant Nobel moment
A beautiful moment of grace last night, in between news of Aleppo's tragedy, suicide bombs in Istanbul, merchants and vacuous celebrities preparing to take over America, polluted Paris coughing and gasping: Patti Smith singing Bob Dylan's [...]
Winter moon, endangered planet
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 [...]
Another day
Only a few minutes to make an entry here this morning before heading to the weekend retreat. So no original image (for the moment), which is "intentional" if only because I have no time to [...]
Heart of Life/Coeur de la vie: Day/Jour V
Good morning from Paris, a bit "late" again. And again, thank you all for your participation in this retreat, each in your own way. And thank you for the many kind birthday wishes you have [...]
Heart of Life/Coeur de la vie: Day/Jour IV
Please forgive me: For some reason this post did not appear this morning! So only getting it online this afternoon. My most humble apologies: Good morning everyone. I'm coming a bit late to the [...]
novembre 2016
Heart of Life/Coeur de la vie: Day/Jour III
I love the dying light of early winter morning today. I can't explain why. Maybe it's the rich paleness of it or the simplicity of its spareness. It's like the fallen red berries on my [...]
Heart of Life/Coeur de la vie: Day/Jour II
It's a new day. Thanks to all for your comments. Keep it up. And please don't forget to tell us where you are, what city or country or street or neighborhood... On my way home [...]
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