Mother is putting my new secondhand clothes in order. She prays now, she says, that I may learn in my own life and away from home and friends what the heart is and what it feels. Amen. So be it. Welcome, O life, I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience … Continue reading Welcome, O Life…
Sometimes, travel is this elemental: the desire to replace the old molecules with new ones, familiarity with its opposite. To find the kingdom on the hill and stand in awe in its gold-paved streets, even if those streets are strewn… with sheep poo. Continue reading Michael Paterniti on Traveling…
Remember, Now, Be Here Now As it’s not like it was before. The past, was, Be Here Now As it’s not like it was before – it was George Harrison – “Be Here Now” I started this blog one year ago, on June 2nd. Four hundred forty-one days later, I reached my 365th post today. … Continue reading Be Here Now (365)…
“Soccer is a game for 22 people that run around, play the ball, and one referee who makes a slew of mistakes, and in the end Germany always wins.” Gary Lineker Continue reading Herzlichen Glückwunsch, Deutschland!…
(Lima. 6/23/14…) That the world, with all its drama and crazy beauty, its baffling vortex of countries, peoples, and histories is itself a traveler in an endlessly voyaging universe, a traveler on its way to new journeys, or, to put it in the words of Ibn al-Arabi: ‘As soon as you see a house you … Continue reading The World is Itself a Traveler…
