Time to write about the 18 wedding dresses I recently purchased. It was definitely an impulse buy on a grand style. Completely unexpected as I left the house that day visiting my former neighbourhood. A few blocks from my previous apartment, there is a well-run charity clothing store, “My Sister’s Closet (MSC)”, which raises money […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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. […]
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; […]
