a while ago, i announced that i would like to post little snippets from the novel i’m working on once in a while. it’s time i did that – here you go: she was quick with the wind; she was big; she was slender; she was fragile; she was slow and strong like mud gliding… Continue reading quickie: a scented novel
Month: June 2008
wednesday: wordless, and a dead tree
(image by squeakymarmot)
albert schweitzer: reverence for life
the other day i found a little post on resonant enigma’s about reverence. these words here are inspired by this; in fact, it’s a slightly rewritten excerpt of a paper i wrote quite a few years ago in a course on environmental philosophy. here it is: my great-aunt mathilde had lots of books, but two… Continue reading albert schweitzer: reverence for life
learning to listen
today i’m guest blogging over at alex’s blog, our evolution, about a profound experience i had some years ago that allowed me to transcend my little judgments and and truly listen to the essence of what is said. you’d think that as a counsellor, that should be second nature to me – and i hope… Continue reading learning to listen