Travels inward, outward bound…
I find myself in Brussels on this delightful spring morning sitting in a charming square/piazza/whatever they call this in Flemish/French. There's a pretty fountain in the centre of what is a roundabout and there are many typical Belgian buildings with lacey iron work balustrades and dormer windows and cute little details on facades such as [...]
I arrived here in the Netherlands how many days ago? Right, 3 days ago! With a mixture of jetlag and holiday nonchalance I've already lost track of the time (such an overrated thing anyways). Getting to know that "university town" (my naive explanation) of Nijmegen, an excursion to "Tulip Town" and reunions with nearests and [...]
Sitting in a bar on the other side of border control, sipping a fine pilsner, feeling excited about being on another adventure beyond the antipodes. Also feeling a wee bit chastened as I was going to try no alcohol on this looooong haul flight... oh well, "bottoms up". I'm off to Amsterdam where I will [...]
I have been meditating a lot recently on the total improbability of life and consciousness. And how as a woman ("of a certain age") from a comfortable background, living in the land of milk and honey, I exist with so many human endeavours over so many thousands of years creating this reality. I find myself [...]
So today I must write. I feel the welling desire to put pen to paper (or fingers to keyboard, in truth). I have begun many a new entry for this blog over the past 8 months but they sit in the drafts file awaiting completion or at least to be fodder for further writings, somewhere [...]
Where did that path really begin... I am taking an historical approach to consider where I am now and where I am heading... in the short term at least. Have you seen those pictures of the gravitational astronomy or the path that our solar system takes over time? Consider a path in life like this; [...]
As I was just leaving last night I passed the gorgeous Moreton Bay fig that I had done yoga under on the morning and was drawn to the stage where I stumbled across a Korean group doing their sound check and there were some Bollywood tunes drifting over from another stage creating an interesting juxtaposition. [...]
Part one: Sitting in local coffee haunt "Tell Henry" awaiting a recommended brew... Important start to the day. Listening to the locals dropping by, getting greeted by first name, grabbing their sweet treats and caffeine hit... Ubiquitous Saturday morning Lycra too. Time to reflect on the last day or so... The highlight last night [...]
I am at an airport, again... Despite the tensions that travel can induce, for me the atmosphere is exciting and uplifting (and that's before I get on a plane). I love seeing reunions and the expectation on travellers faces and feeling the anticipation of the adventure beginning to unfold. I am off to Adelaide for [...]
A new beginning, a blooming of sorts To pen the journey, to share. An exercise in expression, a release, Creating beyond the swirling mind's thoughts. Vulnerable to critique and evaluation But safe, buoyed by acceptance of risk and passionate will. Summer has gone, so it says by the calendar, but the warm morning air belies [...]
Presence in Place 