Breathe Life Into Your Book – Ubud, Bali – Oct 6-11, 2013
Join me in Ubud, Bali for a writing retreat the week before the Ubud Writers and Readers Festival. See you in beautiful Bali on Oct 6!
Breathing Underwater
Darth Vader-like, the manta rays arrived with mouths agape. I floated quietly gazing into their eyes saying silently, “You are such a beautiful creature”. Each one (there must have been 8-10 in all!) would appear, look me in the eye, then swoop away, bank like a plane, and return. Flashes of light sparkled through the water from divers wielding cameras on the ocean floor. I flapped my arms slowly, gracefully, mirroring (thank you NLP training!) their movements, and I did not follow or approach them, but waited for them to come to me, and come they did. Again and again.
I Dreamed I Met the Pope
I dreamed 5 nights ago that I met the Pope.
High Pea Allen Times Day
I have come alone to an Indonesian island called Nusa Lumbongan for a solo writing retreat.
One is the Un-Loneliest Number
My children and my former husband are boarding a plane in Bali at this very moment to return to California. As 2012 dovetails into 2013, I’m here to share with you something that is big for me. A long time dream of mine has come true.
Refugees – A True Story of Thanksgiving
Arim standing with his family of five says, “My life is in Iraq, my work as an English teacher. My home. My friends. But lately they are making it impossible for us to stay. When my daughter entered university to become a teacher like me, she was told to convert to Islam or she would be kidnapped and raped. It was then that we knew we had to go.”
Bangkok – So Bad It’s Good
I love big gnarly shiny Bangkok complete with all its jarring juxtapositions.
I am also in Bangkok for my yearly physical exam at one of the world’s most medically advanced and inexpensive (by US standards) hospitals. Kings and queens and just about everyone else with even a little bit of money or means in Asia come to Bumrungrad for medical care.
Out of Our Heads…with words
Words can take an us out of our heads and into our bodies...From intellect to full body sensuality From my favorite blogstress, Daniel LaPorte: "I want my day to feel like jazz. I want kissing to feel like eating an orange off the tree from Tuscany. I want my next...
Photos of Istanbul – December 2011
Last week I returned from a whirlwind business trip to Old Constantinople. Here are a few visual memories from my 10 days there.
