ByJulia Chi
I am sitting writing in a coffee shop… When we come to Winchmore Hill we take up residency in the Larder, but on Mondays it is closed, so I am sitting in another, surrounded by much deliciousness and chatter and plenty… Plenty of people and food and choices of smoothies, brownies, healthy meals and coffees……
ByJulia Chi
I love our ‘Larder’ London experiences, when we land in Winchmore Hill we take up residency in ‘The Larder’… Coffee shop life is the life for me, especially after 11 miles of running on a cold December morning! We turned up on Michael’s doorstep in the first week he opened, two and a half years…
ByGiora Carmi
In my little garden of dreamsI swim I find the red hard to chewBut the green invites me The yellows warm me upThe grays advise to rest I see the screensThat tell of being open and enclosed I see the big linesBuilding lives and falling But nowIt’s up to me I can close my eyesTo…
ByJulia Chi
I love writing on the plane from Spain….In fact I love writing on any plane… I just liked the rhyme of the first line (another…! ‘I am a poet and do not know it!) We left a rather chilly but beautiful Almuñecar this morning; the sun was rising and the fishermen were casting their lines…
ByGiora Carmi
It is clear that this painting has in it a problem in the left lower side. Generally there is joy bursting in it. But look at that corner. Yes, it is the corner of my pain in the legs. It is what prevents me from sleeping, it is what causes me to cry sometimes and…
ByJulia Chi
Today is a very rainy day… But Spain needs rain and so when I said to Maricarmen and Pepe yesterday – as the first drops started to fall – that it was me – La Inglesa that had brought the rain; they were very happy… ‘Bring more…’ They said, ‘we need the rain…’ It fell…
ByGiora Carmi
MaybeThis time it is notAbout what is betterAnd what is worseBut:Do I want to playWith differencesOrShall I rest in truthFor whichBoth the righteousAnd the villainAre beloved sons? I used to be a graphic designer and an illustrator. I became involved with the Chan Meditation Center and studied meditation and Buddhist knowledge with…
ByJulia Chi
Last night I dreamt lots of vivid dreams… I really enjoyed it, it felt a very interesting night time journey indeed. I woke not remembering anything, other than that I had committed in my sleep to do more running, and therefore was henceforth not going to do anything much more than run. My meditation on…
ByGiora Carmi
At any moment of my lifeI carry all the levelsOf my view.If I let them all goThe only one that’s trueRemains. I used to be a graphic designer and an illustrator. I became involved with the Chan Meditation Center and studied meditation and Buddhist knowledge with the late Master Sheng-yen from Taiwan. For…
ByJulia Chi
I am just about to go out to stretch on the top of the big rock… It lends itself to stretching, a sort of ‘place to go’ like setting off to the gym or a yoga class… I am going to the big rock to stretch. If I take the ‘to’ out of the sentence…
ByGiora Carmi
In the evenings we gatherNear the treeWe sit in a circleAnd listen to the storiesThat the tree tells Nobody talksAnd we all cryBecause we love the storiesSo much And we love the wayIt feels as ifEvery storyHas its rootsIn nothing. I used to be a graphic designer and an illustrator. I became involved…
ByJulia Chi
I am sitting on the terrace in the afternoon sun; Jane and I are thinking that it will soon be time for coffee; our breakfast went on until lunchtime and then we went on a shopping spree just as the shops were closing for Spanish siesta…! But it meant we had a nice walk and…