Wide-Awake
I love it when I feel compelled to stop my academic writing because I am so inspired to share some insights. (Also known as procrastination…)… Read More »Wide-Awake
Dr Rayne Stroebel
Spring
Spring is here in all its splendour. The mornings are bright, chirped on by a chorus of birds announcing the break of day. The light… Read More »Spring
Food For Thought
The Aging and Social Change conference provided a lot of food for thought. One presentation that stood out was about PRECARITY and the vulnerability of… Read More »Food For Thought
Time To Wake Up!
Interesting that it takes a young girl from Sweden to call us to a form of accountability regarding our covenant with the Earth. Feisty, angry,… Read More »Time To Wake Up!
Imagine…
How do we nurture our Selves? What do we do to feel fulfilled, to feel nurtured, to have a sense of Belonging, Connectedness, and Meaning?… Read More »Imagine…
On Being Other-Wise
Yesterday a national organisation promoting well-being for people living with dementia in South Africa posted an article (reposted from another site) that said: “What it’s… Read More »On Being Other-Wise
Witch women?
Far away in Sabina, the beautiful hills of Italy, a bevvy of friendly nuns, yoga, pottery, deep process work, new friends, the freshest Italian food…… Read More »Witch women?
Farfa in Sabina, Italy
Sitting under the oak trees in the quart yard of the Farfa Abbey, I contemplate consciousness as a cosmic property. In the Cartesian world of… Read More »Farfa in Sabina, Italy
Silence
I have written about silence/contemplation/solitude before. Allow me to do so again… This afternoon I arrived at the Abbey in Farfa for a retreat on… Read More »Silence
On Being Old
I am in Rome. It intrigues me how fascinated we are with old things – here in Rome, we marvel at a road that dates… Read More »On Being Old