Poor stories, poor lives?

If stories are our way of making sense of the world, being poor at telling them must surely negatively impact our lives.

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes

What stories people tell...
What stories have led these two women to this life?

Stores to make sense of the world

We are addicted to telling stories, both those we tell ourselves and those we tell others.… Read more

Loose ends

As some promising threads remain unexplored in writing a novel, the question is what to do with the loose ends. Cut them out? Or weave a new thread through the novel?

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes

Le Chat, by Philippe Geluck on display in Montreux, Switzerland.
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An unseeing dance

A flash fiction about a chance encounter full of ambiguity and unspoken dialogue.

Estimated reading time: 2 minutes

Gender: an unseeing dance

“Madame,” she said, as she reined in the fluffy enthusiasm of her dog that was eager to get in its own wet-nosed hello.… Read more

Anointed experts and the laying on of hands

How does our dependence on expertise and the use of certification to vet that expertise influence the emergence of new practices or the resurgence of more ancient ways of healing?

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes

Anointed experts and the laying on of hands

Reiki, personal experience and professional doubts

As I lay on the massage table, my shoulder being expertly kneaded back into shape, I spoke to my physiotherapist about Reiki.… Read more

The (im)possibility of magic

A flash fiction about the impossibility of magic and the possible transgression of trying to make magic work in reality.

Estimated reading time: 3 minutes

Fêtes des Vignerons, Vevey, 2019

“Magic is the eruption of the impossible in the domain of the possible,” the old professor said, leaning forward and lowering his voice as if he were part of a conspiracy.… Read more

At the turn of the year…

I wish you good health and happiness, but, above all, I wish you courage to make the changes necessary for the challenges present and to come.

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes

Writing despite setbacks

Looking back over the past year, my vision is necessarily coloured by who I am and what I’ve  done.… Read more

In the beginning was the separation…

Rather than founding history on an original sin, a more satisfactory perspective has the perceived separation of the individual from the world as the onset of modern times.

Estimated reading time: 4 minutes

A fall from grace?

I like to imagine that there was a time when all living things were part of an indivisible whole.… Read more