Creative Meanderings

My ramblings and wanderings through life

  • As I walked each morning my route from the guesthouse to the yoga villa in Bali, I would pass the same people and greet them with a smile and “Good morning.” In a very short time it became a familiar routine that I greatly looked forward to. I would pass a small family temple and the residents were often outside washing or chatting alongside the small, dirty channel that flowed with water down…

  • Ten months ago when I decided to embark on my yoga teacher training journey – on a day when I had taken a day off work because I needed a ‘mental health day’ to escape the dread of going to work each day – I had no idea how I was going to make a retreat to Bali work as part of the course. However, I knew that something would work out and…

  • If I have learned nothing else this summer, it is that I cannot really plan and most especially cannot control ANYthing. 😛 With that said, there are some things that I can plan and do. Tonight (early tomorrow), I leave for my Bali retreat as part of my yoga teacher training. I am being asked to teach a couple of times during the week with one ‘day’ as mine to lead. Since I…

  • After two months the fur balls are back! One reason I have never been a fan of boarding cats for long periods of time is that one never really knows what goes on in the boarding spaces. It was not an easy decision to put the cats into boarding at all let alone for so long, but circumstances required it. The Abu Dhabi Falcon Hospital pet care center has a good reputation in the…

  • Every time I think that I will have an extra moment or that we will have some extra funds it feels like something else comes up. In some cases the extras are negative and sometimes they are positive. It is definitely hard work to focus on the positives and to not get bogged down in the details of unimportance. Today, it is my time that I am struggling with. There is some sense…

  • Yesterday I mentioned that we have been going to the gym. One of the things that we decided upon when we made the decision on our new place was that we would get ourselves to the gym and lead a more active life. M has definitely needed to get back into shape to avoid middle-age belly. 😛 So, starting August 1, we hit the gym with just one day off, which is great!!…

  • Another day missed for posting and I didn’t realize it because my schedule is all out of whack right now. It is probably going to be this way for a few more weeks until after I get back from Bali for my yoga training retreat. However, in the meantime, I will try to adjust to a new routine. So far, we have been doing reasonably well with going to the gym each morning…

  • We are now five days in to our new home and I am personally completely in love with the place. They say money cannot buy happiness, but money can buy rent for a lovely place that results in happiness! 😛 So far, we have not been too hot without AC as long as we cool off the apartment as much as we can when we are home by leaving the front door open…

  • _One Hundred Years of Solitude_ by Gabriel Garcia Marquez This was a beautiful story of three generations of the Buendia family in their hometown. While the town changes, the family’s complex relationship, characters and connection do not. The story has everything from war, love, drama, death and mystery. Using Latin American culture and mysticism beliefs, Marquez creates such a lovely story. Like his other stories, I thoroughly enjoyed this read. I wish I…

  • When Phase I of our big move and change was completed, I was hopeful and excited about our new adventure and home. When our one month wait got delayed another month, I went through a number of different emotions. Through it all, I have learned patience and the role of controlling the thoughts I have as I become aware of whether or not they are serving me or hindering me/us. So, although Phase…

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