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Downstairs emanates the whirring of a floor sander as our good friend redoes the floorboards in our kitchen and front hall. Throughout the house, despite coverings and hangings, floats dust: the product of this work, of the removal of past … Continue reading →

A morning sadness, sense of loss has gradually been replaced by a quiet sense of step by step, just take things one at a time. As my best friend talks about, ‘doing the next best thing’. But sometimes when I … Continue reading →

This says it all… (many thanks to my eldest sister for sending this to me)

As you might have guessed from one of the photos on this website, I am blessed to be living with a most remarkable teacher in the form of a rather handsome Tabby gentleman. Quite generally a calm and friendly being, … Continue reading →

The ongoing opportunity to turn gray into technicolor. Our wondrous and most handsome cat, Vajra Rinpoche (or as my partner reminds me, Lord Vajra Rinpoche the Brave in full), is enjoying a nap on our bed. Curled into a furry … Continue reading →

After a day of more painstaking analysis of The Spiritual Exercises, I sit here in the late afternoon, windows wide open to the sultry London summer (it does happen). And suddenly one of the neighbours has put on an incredibly … Continue reading →

A smooth transition at the airport (ah, if only Heathrow or US airports were as efficient), a long metro ride and back into the contrasts of People’s Square, Shanghai. Space-age buildings abound yet right outside the door there are people … Continue reading →

Well, this is posted three days after the first post. Hmmm, I wonder if this will be indicative of this blog. In any case, we are on the move. At the moment, we are sitting in Helsinki airport with this … Continue reading →

Incredible to believe I’ll soon be wandering around big Buddhas in China. Perhaps even more incredible that I am writing this blog! As an anti-social networking type, it seems odd. But doing this has been recommended to me by several … Continue reading →