There is something about the light and air in France. Matisse spoke of the “Silver clarity of the light in Nice.” Van Gogh said, “The air in France brightens the thoughts and is good for…
Morning Correspondence, Cafe Ventana, thanks to Katya Madges
“… le dur désir de durer…” –Paul Eluard “You are my Hero” Yes, that’s what I inscribed In your copy of The Book of Mev No, I am not putting you on a pedestal Proclaiming…
Over poetry, you didn’t gush. You read it. You read it with the tongue. You lived it. You felt how it moved you, changed you. How it contributed to giving your own life a form,…
Mark invited me to do a Share the Wealth after hearing me talk about my experience of Montessori teacher training this past summer. I have completed one of three summers of study at the Montessori…
6 September 2009 Dear Randa, Given how busy you must be, I can’t imagine that you would have brought along with you Robert Fisk’s The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East. I…
A long while back, I put Dr. Brett Schrewe in touch with soon to be Dr. Amy (Nuismer) Afanasevich. Brett had walked the Camino years ago, and Amy was soon headed there. Brett offered the…
la tumba de Víctor Jara que alma más apasionada que letra más bella The tomb of Víctor Jara What a passionate soul What a beautiful letter
A big library really has the gift of tongues and vast potencies of telepathic communication. Northrop Frye
Sempre avanti, Italian. “Always keep moving forward.” I first learned this expression from Helena, a friend who typically signed off her letters with this expression, or else with Coraggio. A historian and a convert to…