lovingkindness
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Bonjour, mes amis.
...a note, a little update in serious times ….
For the past ten years I have been a walking pilgrim roaming the trails and byways of Europe and Israel, sharing glimpses of my experiences here, on the forum. It has been a wonderful period in life and although I have been almost in constant motion, all the while I have been connected to you, here, emotionally 'at home '. Thanks Ivar for providing this cosy space.
Lately, I have needed to pause due to things personal and the viral threat which concerns us all. A friend in Le Lot-et-Garonne district, France has extended to me an 'open door', a boult hole in times of need, a french maison situated on the end of an escarpment, isolated, surrounded by trees. This is where I'll be for the next little while, a house guest until all is well again in the world.
Je suis en France et le Coronovirus has arrived in the villages close by, villages on le Chemin de Saint Jacques: Lauzert, on le Voie du Puy and the village of Clairac, on a variant route of le Voie de Vézelay.
Life is closing in. Public transport has been reduced. Schools, commercial enterprises, cafés, bars and restaurants have all closed. The supermarkets are emptying of pasta and loo paper and people are queueing a meter apart at the local boulangerie when purchasing bread. The piano on which I have been practicing five times a week, passionately, to re-educate a damaged finger is now out of bounds. Not to be thwarted, though, I can still sing and play the flûte a bec and eat gourmet french dinners every day courtesy of my generous host. I can walk off the excess food in the afternoons meandering along deserted escarpments covered in woodlands, looking down to the villages below. I can listen to a polyphony of leaves and trees as birds nest and chortle in boughs and be thankful that I have time to reflect, to alter pace, to find a new way of walking and being with others even though I'd rather be alone.
… someone once asked on the forum , What comforted you? I rather liked the reply which @Pieces gave, it seems to resonate. The things which comforted her were:
'Tea, music & the knowledge that everything will pass.'
à plus
Lovingkindness
Cheers,
...a note, a little update in serious times ….
For the past ten years I have been a walking pilgrim roaming the trails and byways of Europe and Israel, sharing glimpses of my experiences here, on the forum. It has been a wonderful period in life and although I have been almost in constant motion, all the while I have been connected to you, here, emotionally 'at home '. Thanks Ivar for providing this cosy space.
Lately, I have needed to pause due to things personal and the viral threat which concerns us all. A friend in Le Lot-et-Garonne district, France has extended to me an 'open door', a boult hole in times of need, a french maison situated on the end of an escarpment, isolated, surrounded by trees. This is where I'll be for the next little while, a house guest until all is well again in the world.
Je suis en France et le Coronovirus has arrived in the villages close by, villages on le Chemin de Saint Jacques: Lauzert, on le Voie du Puy and the village of Clairac, on a variant route of le Voie de Vézelay.
Life is closing in. Public transport has been reduced. Schools, commercial enterprises, cafés, bars and restaurants have all closed. The supermarkets are emptying of pasta and loo paper and people are queueing a meter apart at the local boulangerie when purchasing bread. The piano on which I have been practicing five times a week, passionately, to re-educate a damaged finger is now out of bounds. Not to be thwarted, though, I can still sing and play the flûte a bec and eat gourmet french dinners every day courtesy of my generous host. I can walk off the excess food in the afternoons meandering along deserted escarpments covered in woodlands, looking down to the villages below. I can listen to a polyphony of leaves and trees as birds nest and chortle in boughs and be thankful that I have time to reflect, to alter pace, to find a new way of walking and being with others even though I'd rather be alone.
… someone once asked on the forum , What comforted you? I rather liked the reply which @Pieces gave, it seems to resonate. The things which comforted her were:
'Tea, music & the knowledge that everything will pass.'
à plus
Lovingkindness
Cheers,
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