thankful
it is not time or opportunity that is to determine intimacy, it is disposition alone. seven years would be insufficient to make some people acquainted with each other and seven days are more than enough for others. - jane austen to my beloved on our eighth wedding anniversary, i have found that even eight years has been insufficient to make us fully acquainted. i hope our intimate conversation lasts for many, many more years to come. i love you Share → Tweet
love after love
venus (after surgery). banksy installation at the bristol museum 2009 so, anyone who reads this blog (or any of the blogs of emma, jo, lisa, megg, penny, sas and susannah) will already know that last weekend we all got together in a cottage in a small village in england. i still don’t (and don’t think i ever will) have the words to adequately describe the weekend, even to those that were there with me! it was a gzillion different kinds of wonderful. the weekend was full of such openness, sharing... Read The Rest →
objects of desire
the glittering object of desire is often seen as the answer to all present difficulties. the natural thought is that; with this incredible thing, with this incredible woman, with this car, with this workspace, i will be different. a person without the problems i possess now. but there are manifold drawbacks… …it is a want that may actually be a way of stopping real things from happening. - david whyte. the three marriages: reimagining work, self and relationship i could think of at least a dozen times that this has been true... Read The Rest →
full
i am back in a place where my heart is full and my head is empty… …because i don’t have any words to adequately describe the weekend i’ve just had with seven glorious women. so, in lisa’s words… the realest of real women gathered this weekend. shed, nourished, clear, expanded, relieved, and ready to give voice and take action on all possibility. emma, jo, lisa, megg, penny, sas and susannah… i love you more than crumpets toasted over an open fire. Share → Tweet
live our own lives
…it sets one to dream to think about being called out to greater things… …but at the end of it all when we put any book down, no matter how inspiring, we are left facing ourselves in the mirror, with the need to get up each morning walk out the door and live our own lives. - david whyte. the three marriages: reimagining work, self and relationship Share → Tweet
spiritually presentable
anxiety. it’s a small word that really doesn’t adequately define the feeling… … the one where I go to meet a friend, perhaps for the first time, perhaps one I have met many times before. it is the quiet moments before the encounter, where I am opening my heart, readying myself for the moments we are together. it’s when i wonder if i am spiritually presentable; whether the gift that i bring of myself, my heart, my willingness to meet and be seen is enough. i wonder if i am... Read The Rest →
[more] postcards from iceland
i think i’ll just let the pictures speak for themselves. needless to say, i am in love with this place. it kinda sucks that we won’t get to see the northern lights whilst we are here, but i will happily make another trip to here in order to see them. and the people are just as beautiful as the place. Share → Tweet
postcards from the blue lagoon
dear friends, we have spent half of this year so far in the beautiful healing geothermal seawaters of the blue lagoon. it’s rich in minerals, silica & algae, great for the skin & the perfect way to spend a day in below zero (celcius) temperatures. it’s like a fancy version of a lot of the thermal pools in new zealand. there’s big fluffy bathrobes, lockers that are opened/closed with a wristband (which can also be used to purchase food & drink at the poolside cafe) and sumputous blue lagoon products... Read The Rest →