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Archive for July, 2010
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Posted in Uncategorized on July 31, 2010 | 9 Comments »
Mind Mountains
Posted in Dreams and dreaming, Magic and mystery, Poetry, tagged creative writing, day dreaming, dreams, faith, Hamish Fulton, healing words, life, literature, meditation, mental health, mountains, nature, nature poetry, personal, photos, poems, poems about mountains, Poetry, sleep, spirituality, sunsets, thoughts, travel, Viv's poetry, writing on July 28, 2010 | 11 Comments »
This one is for Shafali….I dreamed about mountains the other night and it made me remember this poem; Mind Mountains I can see mountains Beyond the distant trees: Monumental alps Snow-capped and stark. Twig and branch And budding leaf Obscure my view, Soften and distort it. The spring wind blows And my mountains Scud along [...]
Becalmed
Posted in Articles, Depression and Anxiety, Dreams and dreaming, Wild Life, tagged anxiety, becalmed, being tired, creative blocks, creative writing, depression, jellyfish, life, London Aquarium, mental health, overworked, peace, personal, photography, photos, photos of jellyfish, photos of the sea, self-development, stress, thoughts, under the sea, whales, work, workaholic, writer's block, writing on July 23, 2010 | 17 Comments »
I’ve been working very hard the last few weeks, teaching and touring with my students and I’d forgotten quite how exhausting I find it and how much it takes out of me. While I haven’t taught all day every day, I usually come home and the first thing I have to do is prepare the [...]
Guest posting
Posted in Articles, Depression and Anxiety, spirituality, tagged being blocked, blocked, blogs, creative writing, death, depression, dreams, dryness, guest blogging, guest blogs, healing words, life, meditation, mental health, peace, personal, psychology, random, self-development, souls, spirituality, the creative life, the creative soul, thoughts, why do writers write?, writer's block, writing on July 20, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I have contributed a guest post about the creative life over at Journey of Life found at the link below: http://controlyourdestiny.wordpress.com/2010/07/20/when-the-wells-run-dry/ I’m rather proud of this one so please go and read and comment too. I hope it helps explain the hiatuses in the life of a creative soul and perhaps some clues about the whys.
Sandalwood meditation(Monday meditation)
Posted in Depression and Anxiety, Dreams and dreaming, Magic and mystery, Meditation, tagged anxiety, aromatherapy, aromatics, book of meditations, creative writing, depression, dreams, fragrance, healing words, life, magic, meditating with aromas, meditation, mental health, mystery, new book, peace, personal, psychology, random, sandalwood, self-development, spirituality, thoughts, writing on July 19, 2010 | 13 Comments »
..from the Aromatic meditations book in preparation.. Chapter Five Meditation One Sandalwood. Background: Sandalwood is obtained as you might guess from the wood of an exotic tree. Most sandalwood plantations are in India, though some colonies have been planted in Australia. The wood has been used for statues, beads and incense for thousands of [...]
Paris scams and cons
Posted in Traveler's tales, tagged beggars, blogs, con artists, cons, creative writing, depression, life, Paris, personal, photography, photos, photos of Paris, pickpockets and thieves, poverty, psychology, rants, scams, travel, women's issues, work, writing, you can't con and honest man on July 17, 2010 | 5 Comments »
Like any big city, Paris has its fair share of beggars and con artists. I find it obscene that any city in the prosperous West can allow such extreme poverty as I have seen. Paris is no worse than any but I shall never forget walking along the glittering Champs Elysee a few years ago, [...]
The Pyramids of the Louvre
Posted in Traveler's tales, tagged arches, architecture, art, blogs, cities, creative writing, feet, life, museums, Napoleon, Paris, Paris Museums, personal, photgraphy, photos, photos of Paris, pyramids, the city of light, the Louvre, travel, walking round Paris, work, writing on July 16, 2010 | 6 Comments »
Under this arch, a young man played the flute so hauntingly I dug out my purse and put a few euros in his hat… It’s astounding the detail you miss by just marching on, eyes ahead. Parisians were ambivalent about the Pyramids but seem to be happy with them now. But then Napoleon had a [...]



