UNITED KINGDOM | Thursday, 8 Nov 2007 | Views [401]
I went to get my Indian visa which was a small taste of things to come..I rounded the corner to India House and joined the long line of mostly Indian folk - very friendly and sharing stories. But at the window they were only issuing tickets (which give ... Read more >
Tags: The Planning Phase
UNITED KINGDOM | Wednesday, 7 Nov 2007 | Views [491] | Comments [1]
Well today I had to travel through London with my carefully packed bag. Having boasted that it was only weighing in at 13kg it has now grown to the full horror of at least 20kgs without me really knowing why! Well I did decide to take four books, and ... Read more >
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USA | Monday, 5 Nov 2007 | Photo Gallery
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NEW ZEALAND | Monday, 5 Nov 2007 | Photo Gallery
Summer 07
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UNITED KINGDOM | Sunday, 4 Nov 2007 | Views [384]
Took a wonderful trip to Scotland in September - to enjoy Edinburgh, stay with some dear cousins and have a short retreat at the oldest Tibetan monastery in the West: what to say about my visit to Samye Ling? So full of mixed memories of my twenties, ... Read more >
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UNITED KINGDOM | Sunday, 4 Nov 2007 | Photo Gallery
Summer 07
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UNITED KINGDOM | Monday, 20 Aug 2007 | Views [405]
Here it is typical English summer - cold damp and foggy for a week and then blazing hot and glorious for a day!! Being in ancient Cambridge with my parents was SO VERY different from life on the wild mountain in hot Colorado. Wood pigeons cooing and chilly ... Read more >
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USA | Sunday, 8 Jul 2007 | Views [322]
I have been unable to write a word about the final training I attended at SMC, called Warriors Assembly. 150 people gathered, mostly from Norte America, to study and live together for ten days. The shrine tent was unbelievably hot for most of the time, ... Read more >
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USA | Monday, 4 Jun 2007 | Views [300]
Here on the dharma mountain the summer is really hotting up. The staff alone number 120 and we filled the huge dining tent for a meeting last week. There is a month long study retreat happening on the adjacent campus with sixty folk, and my next course ... Read more >
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USA | Friday, 4 May 2007 | Views [346]
I've been here over a week now and have found somewhere quiet to curl up with my laptop and describe some of what has been going on:
How can I describe this rocky 600 plus acres of mountain land? The trees along the stream just opening their leaves ... Read more >
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