Saturday 8 February 2025 Eskişehir, Türkiye Time is a river. Its current carries us through moments of human striving — some triumphant, some tragic. Each event, each life born into history on this day, speaks to a quest: For truth, for escape, for justice, for a world beyond suffering. But where does that journey end?… Continue reading The road to Nirvana
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Shadows and signals
Sunday 2 February 2025 Eskişehir, Türkiye The second day of February is a day of shadows and signals, omens and revelations, of humanity’s eternal dance with the unknown. We search the skies, the ground, the movements of animals, and the echoes of history to divine what lies ahead. It is a day of crossings, where… Continue reading Shadows and signals
Out of the Shadows
Landschlacht, Switzerland, 2 February 2017 Sometimes inspiration flows like sap through a maple tree. Sometimes it is as slow-moving as molasses in January. Those who read this blog (both of them!) or follow me on Facebook (the rest of their families!) are aware that I work…a lot. Between working as an English teacher during the… Continue reading Out of the Shadows
Omens and portents from a rodent
Landschlacht, Switzerland: 2 February 2016 I always smile when I think of this day for I recall my visits to two towns that are famous in the minds of Canadians: Punxsutawney and Wiarton. On this day in February, beneath the town hall in Punxsutawney and in a special house across from Bluewater Park in Wiarton,… Continue reading Omens and portents from a rodent