by merlelevin | Oct 28, 2011 | Life Lessons
I have just returned from teaching a writing workshop in Norway. It was there I discovered the newly published love letters of Norway’s much loved Fridtjof Nansen(1861-1930) – arctic explorer, author, Nobel prize winner and humanitarian – to American author and...
by merlelevin | Oct 26, 2011 | Life Lessons
I traveled back to London from Oslo late Monday night. By the time I had taken the train from Gatwick to Victoria, then the Underground for another hour, I felt exhausted. It had been a long day of travel on the heels of teaching a workshop all weekend. Then my eyes...
by merlelevin | Oct 6, 2011 | Life Lessons
VUpdate on my mom Celia’s health I have decided to use this forum to keep updates on my mom’s health. She has been discharged from hospital in Cape Town and has gone to stay with Yigal at my sister in Caledon. She has 24 hour nursing care, is still...
by merlelevin | Oct 3, 2011 | Life Lessons
I am trying to blog every few days. Life gets hectic, insights get buried under jet lag. One way out of this increasingly spinning life i seem to lead, is to scan the daily papers internationally, for interesting stuff. This, this morning from the International...
by merlelevin | Sep 27, 2011 | Life Lessons
“Letting the light shine through” was the headline in the front page of this morning’s New York Times “Shimmering on satin or seeping through chiffon” – is apparently the message from Milan’s 2012 season. “All about light”...
