Diasporic Postcards: GUILT

Diasporic Postcards: GUILT

Diasporic Postcards: GUILT There was an occasion when my father was lying in a hospital bed recovering from a heart attack and he confessed he had felt guilty his entire life about being the only one in his family to have escaped the Soviet Union after the Second...
Diasporic Postcards: GUILT

Diasporic Postcards: GENESIS

Diasporic Postcards: GENESIS When Putin invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, as someone with Ukrainian ancestry living abroad, not only was I gripped by an immediate sense of despair and grief at this act of aggression and monumental and horrific violence, but my...
Bearable Being of Lightness

Bearable Being of Lightness

Light Streaming Through Stained Glass Window Refracted Onto Ultrasuede Couch Cushion A Nebulous Number of Days of Atomity and Memory Bearable Being of Lightness I believe the first time I became aware that humans are energetic beings is when I was introduced to Reiki...
Bearable Being of Lightness

Suicide Watch

Fingerprint Etched Pendent Resting on Storm Watch on Pashmina Shawl A Nebulous Number of Days of Atomity and Memory Suicide Watch I often do a guided meditation called Allowing Grief by Betty Gauthier who in her tender and compassionate reflection reminds the listener...
Bearable Being of Lightness

Hair Today…

Top of Head in Front of Aubergine Wall A Nebulous Number of Days of Atomity and Memory Hair Today… It was long before these past turbulent months that I first reflected on hair – my hair, other people’s hair, what’s so important about hair. Over my lifetime,...