PARADISE | PARADISE
Apr.04.2013
A riveting and poignant novel of one woman’s journey to Bali in search of love, renewal, and a place to call home, The Paradise Guest House by New York Times best selling author of French Lessons makes sense of life after suffering a tragedy.
The spectrum of colors that line the...
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Dec.16.2012
We have choices. All of us at all times have choices.
Sometimes we are helped with our choices. Yesterday I was at an event where I was asked why some people talk about only seeing angels and good spirits. The woman who asked plainly felt that not everybody she knows who talks...
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Aug.12.2012
There was a wonderful Doctor Who episode in the fifth or sixth season of the new iteration. We met the soul of the Tardis in a character named Idris. After her adventures with the Doctor she prepares to lose her human form and return...
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Jul.10.2012
The Persian word pardes means "garden" or "paradise". Pardes were designed by rulers as places of leisure and relaxation and large areas were planted with trees and used to maintain wildlife for hunting preserves. The Greeks translated pardes incorrectly so we now use the word "park". The Old...
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Jul.03.2012
Another day in Paradise! Our time at the Embassy Hotel has been extended.
We slept until Noon, and Son Guy was up to prepare for one more dive into the wreck of our old apartment. William appeared with his Angel before one o'clock. We eventually worked our way through our...
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Mar.24.2012
March 24
PARADOX OF PARADISE
Paradise is created when I collect paradox and live with it. Paradise is the set of acceptance and suspended disbelief. If anything is possible, accepting what comes is less heart-wrenching. If I arrest my misgivings, gratification...
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Aug.03.2011
August 3
Big Name
My name has a foreign sound; my head turns when it is called. I recognize this as training not identity. I remember teaching the dog her name. I called it while petting and praising her, soon the name was hers. Now, I think of G-d. Did we...
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Jun.23.2011
As usual, I have been awake for 4 hours already, gang. I've done the laundry, made the bed, cleaned the house (a little); I wrote in my journals, my dream notebook, and answered emails; I had a major spiritual epiphany; and I took out the garbage, and even waxed my super-duper lovely face!...
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Mar.19.2010
L. A. really has a lot to offer if you know where to look. I always think that the best way to see a city is with someone who lives there and loves it. Sure you can find things in guidebooks, but it’s the locals that know about Ciro’s killer tacos de papas and how to get tickets to the Getty Villa...
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