silence

Really, did he just say that? I spent the day walking the streets of Minneapolis. It was my first day of  French class baby, (I’m going to parlez vous francais even if it sends me into the next life). Anyway at the same time I had to go and sign papers for a home equity… Read more

I have been in pain the last couple of weeks. When I moved myself to Minneapolis for this next 3 months I had to do it myself. I didn’t move furniture but a few boxes and frankly the neck and spine or an area of weakness in my genetic line so it is a fight… Read more

Three things cannot be long hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth. Buddha I have been thinking about the truth this morning. Where it is and who thinks they have it and why anyone tries to pretend they do. The real truth to any situation is usually revealed at some point. Criminals are caught,… Read more

There is no doubt some people are more tested in life than others. Part being that there are only certain people who can take huge amounts of tests and trials without wanting to exit stage left or right. I have been screaming this week, I have been so frustrated. It all comes down to being… Read more

Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free. Jim Morrison I am moving a mountain again today. This one isn’t made of snow. As a matter of fact it has no physical qualities at all and it is the biggest… Read more

“I moved a mountain yesterday” she said in a victorious voice. We had our first blizzard like storm in a while.  The wind was blowing so hard there was nowhere for the snow to go and it blew into a snow pile right in front of my garage. If that pile hadn’t formed I could… Read more

It’s a snowy day here in the Northland meaning winter remembered us after all. I was thinking about back in the day that waking up to a snowy landscape was the signal for a do nothing kind of day. Schools would be closed and the sound of snow plows and blowers would fill the air.… Read more

Why is this thought trapped in my head. What do you want? What is that you said? as I forget again the thought trapped in my head But I felt it, sensed it, it filled me with dread the thought hovering like a ghost forgetting its dead. Go away and leave me thought trapped in… Read more

What lies behind us and what lies ahead of us are tiny matters compared to what lives within us. Henry David Thoreau  After being in Sancerre where life is so quite and tranquil being in Paris was the direct opposite. The city bustled with life, art and and plenty of beautiful people. Being in the… Read more

Today is my last full day in Sancerre with one class left to attend and only 24 more hours to experience life in this very old tranquil village. Tomorrow I head back to Paris where it is beautiful but I would not call it tranquil, but I do love the bustle of a big city.… Read more