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Category Archives: What Breaks Your Heart?
Trouble with a T
Over the past few weeks I’ve discovered different natural bush walks and flat walks along the long roads near my house. And I try to walk for the length of the podcasts I love to listen to.Usually around an hour. … Continue reading
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Waiting
Writing has always given me joy, solace and peace of mind. I started writing poetry at the age of 10 and still have those poems pressed into a blue album that has sat on my shelf for over half a … Continue reading
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Tagged death, grief, loss, possibility, potential, purpose, waiting, words, writing
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How Can Death Enhance Our Life?
Last month I wrote a piece about Grief. This month I want to ask you this question. How can death enhance our life above and beyond anything else? Five weeks ago my husband had a stroke. Although there is still … Continue reading
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What a ( confusing) Year!
Personally, politically, privately and publically. What a year! What a brilliant, bloody, bastard of a year. We all have stories to tell, memories we will never forget, grief that has not yet healed, plans that blossomed and plans that were crushed. This leap year created … Continue reading
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Ending War
Reflecting the Polarization of our World. War divides people into the passionate pro’s and the ardent con’s. Instead of coming together and exploring unity, most of us stand together with those with whom we agree, and find it hard or … Continue reading
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Tagged blame, Israel, Palestine, peace, war
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The Israeli Illusion of Time
Driving through Tel Aviv can be unnerving. I find people either drive so close to the car in front, that their bonnet becomes an extension of your boot, or else they toot and beep and curse you out of the … Continue reading
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The Exodus of Eritreans
Recently there was a large demonstration of Eritreans and Sudanese asylum seekers in Tel Aviv. Its quite an experience watching and listening to a loud ( yet peaceful) demonstration in the city in which I am living. These asylum seekers … Continue reading
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It’s Time to Move
PK arrived as an 8 week old puppy and became our sixth child. For the first few years he found more ways to escape than we thought possible. No sooner had we built a new fence and closed all visible … Continue reading
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10 Keys to Being Who You Are
When we say, “I am just being myself” what do we really mean? How many times have you heard someone say that sentence to you? How many times have you heard yourself say those words? I used to say … Continue reading
Conscious Living Conscious Dying Part 5
Jonny Kennedy- He had the last word. God Speed to a beautiful soul
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Conscious Living Conscious Dying Part 4.
Jonny Kennedy-even in pain he knew he was not his pain. Jonny was frank about his feelings on his upcoming death and practical about the arrangements. The film featured moving interviews with his friends and family, including his mother Edna, … Continue reading
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