ByJulia Chi
I rose just after 6am and set off into the nearly light uneven streets that are now familiar to my feet… Cats strolled about – I crossed the vast emptiness of the big square, with the feel of a day starting to roar into life – and ran towards the mosque. Most of my route…
ByCatherine Green
It is almost time for Summer Solstice, the longest day of the year, when we are supposed to be enjoying sunshine and warmth. In complete contrast to the heatwave of 2018, this June has seen record levels of rainfall here in the UK. It just hasn’t stopped! We might have a few hours of dry…
ByAnthony Altman
While I was growing up in South Africa, and experiencing the challenges created by a dysfunctional family, I came to rely heavily on our pet dogs. During the fifteen years I lived in Cape Town, we had had several dogs which became my personal confidants, companions, support mechanism, and best friends. I can honestly say…
ByGiora Carmi
I’m reading this picture, based on its composition. This will be a preliminary reading. I’ll point out a few obvious things and see what I can gather from this. It is possible to read much more in the picture, and maybe I’ll do this in the next entry. It has two layers, as many of…
ByJulia Chi
We arrived to the familiar energy of Marrakech at about 3pm yesterday afternoon; and as we pulled up to Douar Graoua square we felt a sense of ‘homecoming’… Our friend Jamal was there to greet us at the door of Riad Saba and we sat together enjoying mint tea and catching up… Anadi had work…
ByCatherine Green
I live with rare eye disease, a condition known as Lymphedema Distichiasis. For me the main disorder is the distichiasis, which basically means I have eyelashes that grow on the inside of my eyelids and scratch the corneas. All my life I have been treated with laser surgery and cryotherapy, and, in my twenties, I…
ByAnthony Altman
It seems from my observation that there is, currently, much more disorder all over our planet, with demonstrations of increasing madness or lunacy. This entropy and madness are, in my opinion, precursors to the breakdown of established structures in all countries on Planet Earth. These established structures have been in place for centuries, or much…
ByGiora Carmi
And today it happened. Today I understood how you can love everything in your earth life, including the suffering. Because you see the beauty of the game that you, the bigger you, has and is still creating. You are lead into a blind alley that you create and the keys are handed to you. And…
ByCatherine Green
The idea of leaving a legacy is partly why I continue to persevere with writing and publishing my novels. I know how proud my children are about the work that I do, and they both enjoy writing their own stories, so they can be authors just like mummy. My husband has just been made redundant…
ByJulia Chi
I have always lived a total lifestyle, one that feels like I am always on holiday… One that therefore I don’t need a break or a ‘holiday’ from… I have always worked and played at the same time, so play can be called work, and work can be play… There is no separation… I have always…
ByAnthony Altman
My grandfather took me to the fishing pond when I was about seven, and he told me to throw a stone into the water. He told me to watch the circles created by the stone. Then he asked me to think of myself as that stone person. “You may create lots of splashes in your…
ByGiora Carmi
Discovering who you are is the main issue of life on earth. You can find yourself in many ways and in many places and things. Actually, in every thing. The best way is through doing what you love to do and taking this way as a trip to the depth of who you are. You…