Last week I read an interesting article in the NY Times that showcased a library in Croatia. It is known as the Museum of Broken Relationships and people from all over the world are encouraged to donate a memento from a failed liaison. Retrieved from the back of a closet, buried deep in a box […]
November 4 – Sending Postcards to Myself
To move, to breathe, to fly, to float, To gain all while you give, To roam the roads of lands remote, To travel is to live. This small poem by Hans Christian Anderson has been a guiding principle in my life. I first read it as a teenager, preparing an essay about his life, at […]
October 18 – Who Am I Today?
Didn’t do yoga this morning. It has been weeks. Not liking myself right now, as I don’t seem to prioritize what I need for a pain-free day, although I am trying, very very hard, to accept myself unconditionally in these moments. It certainly does not serve me well when I get so disappointed with myself. […]
April 29 – A Royal Affair
It is the eve of the 10-year anniversary of Prince William and Catherine Middleton’s marriage at Westminster Abbey in London, United Kingdom. It reminds me of when Prince Charles married Lady Diana. It was a brilliant day in July 1981 and I was with my new flatmates in Bondi Junction, a suburb of Sydney Australia. […]
October 5 – She Calls Me DD
Without ever having been a mother I am a grandmother; the great joy of being with my darling. While he co-parented a daughter, who now has her own, I was reading, writing, walking to my heart’s content, traveling, grieving fruitless love affairs and doing exactly as I pleased. I knew not what I was missing; […]
April 20 – Perfectly Imperfect
For 18 years I have been in a relationship with Mike. Our anniversary is marked by spring and a natural renewal of what is possible after a long dark winter. In 2002, we were both wandering in the same west coast city and at the same expansive workplace, mending broken hearts. That April we came […]
