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Now is the time…
I loved this novel so much and, like all the best and most timely reads, I chose it almost by accident, feeling my way into the author via a particular root I was following (“root” feels like exactly the right … Continue reading
Posted in Authorship, Books, Consciousness & evolution, Divine feminine, Entertainment, Fiction, Life choices, Life journey, Personal Development, Spirituality, Symbolic journeys, Writing
Tagged Alice Walker, ayahuasca, divine feminine, flow, grandmother, Now is the time to open your heart, review, river, shaman, shamanic journey, yagé
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Healing the world
Having returned from Paris just a week or so ago, I expected my next post to be a sharing of some of the wonderfully idiosyncratic traits of this favourite city of mine as captured in some of my (many) photographs…and … Continue reading
Posted in Consciousness & evolution, Entertainment, Fiction, Films, Health & wellbeing, History, Life choices, Personal Development, Spirituality
Tagged concentration camps, conflict, conscious living, dark and light, duality, healing, Jews, polarity, Sarah's Key, transparency, vegetarian, Vel'd'Hiv Roundup, war, WWII
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Love, light and Italy
Have just spent the third evening of the month of May enjoying the film of the 1922 novel by Elizabeth Von Arnim entitled “The Enchanted April“…and so am a little too late to achieve the synchronistic timing of an April viewing … Continue reading
Posted in Consciousness & evolution, Entertainment, Fiction, Films, Health & wellbeing, Life choices, Literature, Photography, Seasons, Travel
Tagged Elizabeth Von Arnim, Enchanted April, Italy, light, love, transformation
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Eat Pray Love – an inner journey compared
Its been a while since I reviewed a book although this is no reflection of how many I’ve read of late because, in truth, I am reading more prolifically than ever, sometimes keeping abreast of up to 4 books (fiction … Continue reading
Vignamaggio: Much Ado About Mona Lisa’s garden and a little slice of heaven
Vignamaggio: Fourteenth century Renaissance villa with breathtaking gardens set amidst the vines and olive groves that serve its own award-winning wine and its olive oil production. Also, reputedly, the birthplace of the possessor of that world-famous enigmatic smile, Leonardo da … Continue reading
Poetic licence – literature into song
I’m always vaguely suspicious when I hear of a project that involves converting one art form into another, especially if “the original” holds nostalgic sway over me for one reason or another. After all, it can be dangerous territory for … Continue reading