by merlelevin | Sep 19, 2011 | Life Lessons
Sir Simon Rattle, the colorful conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic, dropped this phrase in an interview I watched of him the other night. He said that his most inspiring teacher and mentor told him to “hurry slowly” and the phrase stuck me in a way that has had me...
by merlelevin | Sep 17, 2011 | Life Lessons
It’s not easy to get things done in Cape Town at the best of times. The pace here is tortoise – especially in winter, or summer, or spring or Autumn. Life comes before work – the mountains beg to be hiked, the ocean begs to be surfed, the foghorn near my flat is...
by merlelevin | Sep 15, 2011 | Life Lessons
Yesterday-today-and-tomorrow It’s a plant that grows wild in these parts. It has stunning, daily, colour-changing-flowers, starting with deep mauve, then a lighter lavender and finally white. Each day different. Much like the colour of my mom’s cheeks, these past...
by merlelevin | Sep 14, 2011 | Life Lessons
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by merlelevin | Sep 13, 2011 | Life Lessons
When things become intense in my life, I find myself looking in the nooks and crannys for “the story inside the story”. Funny how there is always one hiding, waiting to be lured out into the light. Often it has humor no matter how dark the surround. It’s message is...
by merlelevin | May 19, 2010 | Life Lessons
“If you are in such a hurry, why didn’t you come yesterday?” is a saying of the indigenous Sami people of the North. Last week I met with a group of 50 women who no longer rush. This group of grandmothers live in Stanford, a small, historically beautiful, coastal town...
