While teaching my current retreat here in Seminarhaus Engl, Bavaria, I had a 1-1 with a woman in her 20s who faces daily a challenging health issue with remarkable fortitude. We spoke about the importance of a vegan diet for the welfare of animals and for health. I appreciated her dedication to a plant-based diet. She inspired this blog I wrote soon after.
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Ah, chai, garam, garam, chai. It means tea, hot, hot, tea. We hear it chanted in India on railway station platforms, in the corridors of trains, at bus stands and from the chai wallahs sitting at their stall. …
How to make Indian Chai for One Person Read More »
The best of poems has the potential to offer us a depth of profound realisation with lasting insights. …
Bright Star. A Poem by John Keats (1795–1821). Plus line-by-line in Plain English.Read More »
Bright Star. A Poem by John Keats (1795–1821). Plus line-by-line in Plain English. Read More »
An Inquiry into the Use of the Mobile Phone (Cell Phone, Smart Phone)
Part One. The Addiction
While out and about on my bike, I (nearly) bump into the back of addicts on the streets of Totnes and the tracks along the river and into the countryside. …
Edited email and Response to a Concern Around Fear and Aggression
Dear Christopher, …
