Ratnadevi and Sukhema came to the woods the day before, so I had a taste of them. They both took me straight back to India to the souls I met there then, and although I feel a different Rachel now, I felt taken back to then. Their alive eyes, their engagement, curiosity, unshakable quality. Enough,… Continue reading Waking up our ecological
Hopes and Dreams – reflections
Hopes and Dreams - Rediscovering Memories and Shared Lives My thoughts after reading Remembering Yesterday. Caring Today8 sessions are not long enough for us to create memory books, boxes and do the work needed to get the group to gel, and become effective. We should concentrate on bonding the group and developing the creative bond,… Continue reading Hopes and Dreams – reflections
Ink 2023 – DRAFT
Kevin addressed the ink schedule as a strategic challenge, and mapped a schedule for us, to include all offerings, with a space for dog walking in between. Thursday Concentric Orbits. a domestic in space. Jan later said she'd used the same devise for one of her plays. Plays on men are from mars, women from… Continue reading Ink 2023 – DRAFT
Last of Umi’s Science Cafe
Tribute to 11 years of Science Cafe at the Cut Beginnings - when our history accelerates as Penelope Lively once said - are particularly interesting to recall as we round the circle, and celebrate the 11 year of Umi’s pioneering Science Cafe at the Cut. Do you remember those black sofas at the Cut? A… Continue reading Last of Umi’s Science Cafe
Brow
I do look at Brow, and say to him, this is your mum, she birthed you. In the same way no doubt as a mother looks at amazement at the formation of her child, how he/she grows, and occasionally wonders at the miracle of it being once the size of a small potato. I took… Continue reading Brow
North Norfolk michael entering 89
We’d booked the lifeboat at the end of our stay here last year, the beginning of his 88 year on this earth. We had two dogs then without a thought of a third, and before our hiatus. A good measurement of water under our bridges. Started with food naturally - black dog halesworth for a… Continue reading North Norfolk michael entering 89
Wars have unintended consequences
Russia’s war in Ukraine seems to have sped up the global energy transition from fossil fuels to renewables.
PE Pulmonary Embolism
PE used to stand for Physical Education - with Ruth Raven, in red over pants, in the gym. These days it stands for Pulmonary Embolism. It was not the first but second time, a warning, as I am sandwiched between my father, who died aged 62 and mother, aged 67. I’m heart beating at 65… Continue reading PE Pulmonary Embolism
Bobji
In a single bed. Three dogs and I. Bobji bedside my head, brow in middle and in transit for he will move to the sofa soon. Kali at my feet from where soon he will begin to snore. Hot milk whisky honey on bedside table. I say to bobji : everything will be alright. You’ve… Continue reading Bobji
Alice Project Valentino and the DL
This text from Facebook, under a photo of Valentino with the Dalai Lama HISTORICAL EVENT FOR ALICE Today, Alice Project realized, after forty years of research, its vision and mission. Thirty-five years ago I met HH the Dalai Lama and the . churches that suggested my life. He answered, "Oh, that's an important question. Gotta… Continue reading Alice Project Valentino and the DL
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