Autumn: Something Old & Something New
What an interesting time of year Autumn is. It is my absolute favorite season with the textures of coziness and warm toned colours. Layers of sweaters and the warmth of a well styled scarf. A lovely hug of socks around feet that have not been enclosed for months. The sensation of caress from a fleecy…
Read MoreGoing Home
I was born here, I grew up here and I left here when I was 18 but this place will always be home to me. I use the term home loosely in some ways as I no longer live in this city but in the most important way, the way in which one feels that…
Read MoreJERUSALEM – A YEAR AGO
The view of Jerusalem is the history of the world; it is more; it is the history of heaven and earth” Benjamin Disraeli, Tancred Quick, spur of the moment weekends away were an easy, peasy plan from Budapest. The airlines offered affordable flights so grabbing a small backpack with color coordinated clothing, slipping on my…
Read MoreIT ALL STARTS AT THE MARKET
My bedroom begins to illuminate with the light filtering in from our living area window. I wonder what the day holds; what will happen? who will I encounter? where will I go? what will I see? It has been a couple years of new experiences for me and I am usually excited to grab ahold…
Read MoreMY HUNGARIAN HAPPY PLACE
I have found my happy place in Hungary! A place I love because it is beautiful and serene but vibrating with energy. It is so important to me to find such places where I am to be resettled for an extended period of time . A place of retreat. Somewhere where I feel at home,…
Read MoreHeartfelt Thoughts
“Come away, O human child! To the waters and the wild with a faery, hand in hand, for the world’s more full of weeping than you can understand.” – William Butler Yeats Reading has always been a central part of my life and listening to different voices has regularly occupied my podcast and youtube playlists…
Read MoreTWO WOMEN IN BUCHAREST
“Hospitality is the key to new ideas, new friends, new possibilities. What we take into our lives changes us. Without new people and new ideas we are imprisoned inside ourselves.” Joan D. Chittister Hospitality is as much about receiving it as it is about giving it. If you are not open to being changed, you…
Read MoreEXPANDING MY CAPACITY FOR COMPASSION
A LITTLE MEDIATION GOES A LONG WAY On March 11,2020, when Hungary (the country in which I now reside) declared a state of emergency, staying reasonably sane became a little more difficult. There was a bombardment of information to keep straight and with family living in different countries and in different time zones and all…
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