One module in my master’s course covers a variety of classical authors. I was blown away last week when we read Puer Iesus, written by Thomas Aquinas. He extrapolated all sorts of things from one short verse about Jesus sitting… Read More »One little verse
It’s been an interesting day. I learned the Greek root words for hippopotamus, why cats stretch and the way gorillas carry their young. We have commonalities with certain animals, yet we are distinct from them. In some of my classical… Read More »Following the herd
A baker proudly opens the oven and steam rushes out to meet them. Momentarily, they’re distracted because they can’t see; their glasses have fogged up. Baking forgotten, they remove their glasses, wipe the lenses and replace them before proceeding to… Read More »Foggy lenses
It was our first pilgrimage. We got professional advice and chose what we thought were the ideal shoes. When we went for practise walks, I got blisters; that was normal for me. We listened to podcasts on blister care and… Read More »A little friction
Te Aroha. In english, it means ‘the love’. It’s a place in New Zealand with hot mineral baths, historically known to be healing waters. A few years ago, I climbed its mountain. Where it was most demanding, I chanted the… Read More »The waters
We’ve all seen the movies, heard the stories – “and they all lived happily ever after.” It’s all rainbows and bunny rabbits, butterflies and flowers. These two have found each other and now the rest of their life will just… Read More »Happily ever after?
An instruction, written on a temple in Ancient Greece; its insight valuable enough that we still quote it today. Know thyself doesn’t ask who you would like to be, nor who you wish you were. It encourages the practice of… Read More »Know thyself
When we first moved here, we were surrounded by buildings going up. Gradually, the building subsided and instead of the banging and whirring of progress, we settled into the peaceful serenity of nature. I didn’t realise how accustomed I had… Read More »We thought it would be better
I like a bit of drama. If you ask me how things are going, I’ll tell you the exciting bits and the roadblocks because those things make a good story. Imagine then, my surprise last week as I was processing… Read More »Practise makes progress
Every time I caught him on his phone, he was staring in wonderment at the current PGA Tour. Again and again, he’d pull out random facts or comment on this guy. Videos, news articles, you name it, he was pulling… Read More »Teeing off at the PGA