Happy New Year everyone!!! Hope your 2018 is off to a wonderful start. Have you set any new year's resolutions? Here is my list of ten resolutions for the year: Visit 10 hot spots in Ottawa with my friend Hetal Be more like my Mom (this may take many years!) Get a job I love, [...]
I received the nicest email today, from a friend Catherine in my online poetry class. It's amazing how you can feel connected with someone you've never even met. I'd initially been reluctant to take an online class since all of my in-person classes have been so amazing, but I have to say that it was [...]
They come uninvited; Not one by one, but All at once, each with its own agenda, shouting Over each other. That one over there Looks new, But unafraid – he has something to say. Some are urgent, frantic, while others meet under golden lights, unaware of anyone else. A few are caught in the past, [...]
I'm so excited! My all-time favourite meditation teacher, Jon Kabat-Zinn, is coming to Ottawa on Sep 21 to lead a mass meditation on Parliament Hill in honour of the UN International Day of Peace ("Peace Day"). This year's theme is TOGETHER and is focused on showing support for refugees and migrants, and to stand up [...]
I'm at the Jimmy's Coffee across the street from Raju's, and I just adore this place! Three floors, mostly full of hipsters... definitely not 9-5ers. I'm sitting here with my latte and book (If Nuns Ruled the World), at the long wooden table on the second floor. I love these tables because it makes me [...]
Week 31. Monday's walk was amazing, because for the first time this year I took a different route. A much needed different route. I'm in Ottawa for the month, trying to heal and recover from the shock of some bad news - something someone told me that seemed to squash my hopes and dreams, and make me feel [...]
So I did my 10K walk yesterday but when I got home I was too tired and broken to write. I ended up doing my meditation and falling asleep on my sofa. As usual, it was an event-filled day with many serendipitous moments. I ran into Sarah Hussain, and she was doing mendhi on a [...]
learning how to be okayish again, one booze-free day at a time
What Lies Beneath It All?
A breathtaking journey around the world, crossing oceans and mountains... You decided to go!
Awakening the spirit through baring my soul
