Glamorously we got so used to traveling beyond the two holiday trips per year that taking the cross-border experience away feels like a galactic loss. Pandemic travels have changed our […]
Solitude is not just for the introverts as we have been pushed into it involuntarily in 2020. The first wave of enforced social distancing was not enough for us to […]
My favorite letter is not in the Latin alphabet, and as much as I adore the Arabic painterly abjad, it is the roots of the Chinese calligraphy that won over […]
David Foster Wallace: ”Truth will set you free, but not until it’s done with you first.” Awareness is the first step in letting any positive change to drop its seed […]
If Las Vegas had a beach it would probably look like South Beach. This long strip of pure sand washed by a pristine Caribbean-blue ocean is to Miami what Leblon […]
The first word you ever spoke was: light. Thus time began. For long you said no more. Man was your second, and a frightening, word … writes R. M. Rilke […]
The Middle Eastern art scene will never be the same. One of the best living architects in the world, Jean Nouvel, created yet another masterpiece with the Louvre Abu Dhabi. […]
Another dimension in the world well trod Opens to those unfolding the true self to oneself Unafraid, liberated, strong, Owning yourself is the path to wealth Contentment — appreciation of […]
This drawing by Tony Toscani, titled Writer’s Block, that I purchased recently at Massey Klein Gallery in New York co-inspired my poem on Creativity. Its mood reflects the focused yet […]
Tropicana La Plage brings the authentic beach spirit of St Tropez to the new, eco-conscious millennium. Rejuvenating the highly commercialised beach, meant going more upscale, moving some structures further inland […]