Radical Wonder
Awareness of the divine begins with wonder. Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel I sit in a café and watch a little girl play with her toys. ‘Wow!’ Her voice is filled with wonder. She’s focused, she’s smiling, and her eyes are…
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Present Over Perfect book club: Fake Resting
Present Over Perfect book club: Fake Resting ‘How are you?’ ‘I’m busy.’ I was busy for years and before I knew it I was real tired. In fact, I was exhausted. Real-exhausted. I was working, the mother to two children,…
Present Over Perfect Blog book club: Tunnels
Present Over Perfect Blog book club: Tunnels I sat on the couch next to my husband and every word he spoke grated against my soul. It was like fingernails scratching down an old-school blackboard. Everything in me felt scraped and…
Present over Perfect book club: Sea-change
Present over Perfect book club: Sea-change I ended last year with a crash. Running on adrenalin and coffee for years on end, allowing my body, mind and soul to fracture resulted in a ‘frantic and frayed’ life. I craved silence. I…
When Life Gives You Lemons, Make Limoncello
‘Would you like a digestif? Limoncello? It’s on the house.’ The waiter, dressed impossibly tight, black jeans, white-tight t-shirt, thick leather belt, ankles bare above leather loafers, hipster beard, sculpted hair—you get the picture—tilts his head and we shrug a…
The Music of Life: Writing in Italy
The Music of Life: Writing in Italy The pop of a cork from a Prosecco bottle. Soft, murmuring Italian voices. Cucina. Mangiare. Si Grazie. Bene. Words, food, sharing, friendship in a bookshop café in Florence. My friend and I sit…