A beautiful, awful polarised world.

A beautiful, awful polarised world.

 Today I feel a heaviness because of all the strange contrasts that fill our lives right now. I am sure the American election, which has brought so much division in the world, has only exacerbated these emotions, but it is more than that. Over the weekend at Zazen, we...
The first rule.

The first rule.

This week we went to a friend’s mom’s funeral. Few of us really knew her. To be very honest, my friend’s childhood was particularly hard and we’ve not heard great things about his mom, but there we all were, in our funeral get-ups, toasting a woman we hardly knew....
Camino’s, cancers and connections.

Camino’s, cancers and connections.

Well done for reading through last week’s blog that had no juicy gossip, drama or scandals, but was just filled with statistics, facts and quotes. Yes, yawn, I know, but we can agree it was important, right? Sorry to disappoint you again, but just to be upfront,...
Sawubona – I see you.

Sawubona – I see you.

Yesterday was the usual blue Monday… the one when you wake up wishing your weekend were longer or that you actually rested. I was busy and kept thinking that I was forgetting something. I was busy with my usual list of Monday-madness and then spent a large chunk of...