The cusp

And so here we are again; once more we find ourselves perched on the cusp of old year and new, … More

To protect, to serve

I know a cop.  He works extremely hard at a thankless job that it has become popular nowadays to sneer … More

“A rose by any other name….”

Three evenings from now, I will be entering a new phase of my Shin Buddhist experience:  I’ll take part in a … More

Mono no aware

Fall is a poem, a diary of smells and memories, a glowing stained glass window, a not-so-still life. Fall is … More

Wabi-Sabi: The Beauty of Imperfection

Originally posted on PARALLAX::
By Tai Carmen “Wabi-Sabi is a beauty of things imperfect, impermanent & incomplete.” ~ Leonard Koren…

Of prisms and rainbows

Prism  Sparkling rainbow colours contained in their crystal prison, awaiting a beam of light to set them free. Susannah, 2014 … More

Why write?

Oh my, it’s been such a long time since I last sat down with the intention of writing in this … More

The hard rind – redux

Collection Out of the button-down regimen of my daily life, I scavenge fragments of wonder, shards of joy in brilliant … More

Warning: addiction ahead!

I’ve never thought of myself as a “writer.”  Oh, I love the English language, to be sure.  I savour new … More

Walking the talk: a story

When I first saw the little saying above, my first thought was, this is beautiful, and so true!   Following right … More

A love story

Early evening on a perfect, cloudless summer day.  Temperature warm but not stiflingly hot.  The evening meal over, I’m sitting … More

Living on purpose

An uphill journey, this, of growth and change, and the attempt to live something more than an accidental life!

The path of gratitude

Do you ever re-read a book or article and discover that, lo and behold, you’ve missed bits and pieces – … More

The list

          I had set myself so many goals: After nearly ten weeks of couch-potatodom following surgery, … More

Making peace

“Peace does not mean an absence of conflicts; differences will always be there.  Peace means solving these differences through peaceful … More

Where I needed to be

Most of the time I’m a pretty organized person, so you might believe that I’m one of those far-sighted folks … More

An attitude of gratitude

If the only prayer you ever say in your entire life is thank you, it will be enough. [Meister Eckhart … More

The rise and fall of “otherness”

A simple enough statement….one that even has the ring of truth to it. I happen to believe it. But is … More

View from the fence, part III: going for broke!

When you’ve a decision to make, fence-sitting is not the most pleasant of occupations. As you sit there on that … More

View from the fence, part II

Remember the Five Gatekeepers of Speech (five conditions to be explored in relation to Right Speech) that I talked about … More

View from the fence, part I

For two months now, I’ve been sitting on a fence. It doesn’t look like a fence. In fact, what it … More

Ebb tide

These days, in spite of the glorious and much-awaited sunshine, the welcoming spring weather, I’m struggling with my old bugbear, … More

Learning to surf

This is an open letter to my dear friend in South Carolina, who liked my last post, “Just Show Up…And … More

Note to self

This pretty much says it all, don’t you think? Namaste, Susannah

stones

My priorities now sit, fresh and poised in my imagination …