I wrote about the same for tomorrow lol! Some of the same words! Wow. Enjoy your peregrination with a deepness of wayfaring wonder. Thank you for growing with me. Enjoy the summer. See you both in the spaces between the words. 🙏❤️
many more words wanted to come along for the ride, sorry I couldn't fit them into this space this time round... I'll send them over to get a ticket with you 😉
Wow!! What a lush list of words for your "out of office" message as you take some time off. Thank you for such a generative list of words to ponder and play with. The quotes themselves are such a gift. Enjoy your peregrinating AND doing nothing!! :)
Then there is the fastest avian on Earth, the Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), whose Latin name suggests it was a foreigner or a traveller from abroad. I am curious as to why such a bird is given a name that suggests he is a foreigner.
What a fabulous post to read, Veronika! Thank you for writing it. And one note on Sting’s song - when you get a green card, it’s actually pink, and it says “Resident Alien.” So I’ve always loved that line, “ I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien, I'm an Englishman in New York…” as I could relate to being a legal alien in New York😁
oh, I'd love to read the story of what took you to the UK if you have it written anywhere... I'm also curious which part of the UK you live in - in 2018 we hiked the Alfred Wainwright Coast to Coast walk that goes through the stunningly beautiful Lakes region in the UK. I've also spent time in Scotland, where my father was born. And through Beth Kempton's writing circles I've met more UK writers who sometimes seem more open to topics like Findhorn, magic, and faeries😁
I have a Scottish great grandmother (who was born in Canada), her daughter, my maternal great aunt, married an Englishman, I visited her at the age of 14 (my first visit to the UK), and on my father's side there are also various connections to British ancestry.
This book is not a memoir, so on both occasions the moves and motives are not central to the story, but still significant as context for the experiences.
Yes! magic, færies, stone circles, and paganism are alive in these landscapes and often in the people who settle there.
Hope you’re having a great break Veronika. Looking forward to hearing about your journey. I am off to Egypt for a short break in a couple of weeks. I am really looking forward to it. 💜
This was great, at least for me, because of my semi-nomadic lifestyle and love of new places ~ Thank you for giving me another meaning for pilgrimage. It's making me wonder if I'm on one of sorts. I love the idea of being on one, especially, not realizing it, too. I mean, often you hear that we all are on a journey, but pilgrimage? Ah, the sacredness of it. And yes, travel is work, the French, Portuguese and Spanish got it right. If it's not work, at least a little, you've got too much money on your hands. 🤣 And as I like to tell my students, I'm an alien, not from this planet. xo
Tripping the enLightenment Fantastico as you Sojourn linguistic portals auf Deinen urlaub, Gullie vacantie. Obrigada pour tout les lovely chuckles. Maurice
I wrote about the same for tomorrow lol! Some of the same words! Wow. Enjoy your peregrination with a deepness of wayfaring wonder. Thank you for growing with me. Enjoy the summer. See you both in the spaces between the words. 🙏❤️
many more words wanted to come along for the ride, sorry I couldn't fit them into this space this time round... I'll send them over to get a ticket with you 😉
The gates of creativity are still open here. Will invite them in! Thank you 🙏❤️
Synchronised Symbiopoiesis... 😊 💕
Thank you for your peregrine-companionship Jamie 💕🙏
Look forward to reading yours tomorrow 🪶
Wow!! What a lush list of words for your "out of office" message as you take some time off. Thank you for such a generative list of words to ponder and play with. The quotes themselves are such a gift. Enjoy your peregrinating AND doing nothing!! :)
Thank you Shelly 😊 💕 and you're very welcome.
true to form, I let the words take the lead and surprise me, along with everyone else...
I am so looking forward, especially, to the doing nothing (= just being) bit!!
abraços & beijinhos (= hugs & kisses, as we say in Portugal)
Then there is the fastest avian on Earth, the Peregrine Falcon (Falco peregrinus), whose Latin name suggests it was a foreigner or a traveller from abroad. I am curious as to why such a bird is given a name that suggests he is a foreigner.
peregrinus also means 'wanderer', and true to their name, peregrine falcons are both migratory and cosmopolitan.
What a fabulous post to read, Veronika! Thank you for writing it. And one note on Sting’s song - when you get a green card, it’s actually pink, and it says “Resident Alien.” So I’ve always loved that line, “ I'm an alien, I'm a legal alien, I'm an Englishman in New York…” as I could relate to being a legal alien in New York😁
This is hilarious. I had no idea (I'm a legal alien in the UK, which comes with the impressive title 'naturalized British citizen')
'legal alien in New York' sounds way cooler, and even comes with its own sound track...
oh, I'd love to read the story of what took you to the UK if you have it written anywhere... I'm also curious which part of the UK you live in - in 2018 we hiked the Alfred Wainwright Coast to Coast walk that goes through the stunningly beautiful Lakes region in the UK. I've also spent time in Scotland, where my father was born. And through Beth Kempton's writing circles I've met more UK writers who sometimes seem more open to topics like Findhorn, magic, and faeries😁
I have a Scottish great grandmother (who was born in Canada), her daughter, my maternal great aunt, married an Englishman, I visited her at the age of 14 (my first visit to the UK), and on my father's side there are also various connections to British ancestry.
I later moved to the UK ~ twice ~ the first time to Totnes in Devon, the second time to St.Ives in Cornwall. The first move was linked to studying homœopathy, incorporated in the 1st chapter of Synchronosophy https://veronikabondsynchronosophy.substack.com/p/the-rootstock-of-synchronosophy-part
The second move includes experiences described in chapter 7 https://veronikabondsynchronosophy.substack.com/p/the-heartwood-of-synchronosophy-712
This book is not a memoir, so on both occasions the moves and motives are not central to the story, but still significant as context for the experiences.
Yes! magic, færies, stone circles, and paganism are alive in these landscapes and often in the people who settle there.
Hope you’re having a great break Veronika. Looking forward to hearing about your journey. I am off to Egypt for a short break in a couple of weeks. I am really looking forward to it. 💜
thank you Simone 💗🙏
🧳 😎 enjoy Egypt 🏝🐪
Perfectly beautiful and I love that Sting song and play it over and over. The way you constructed this essay--like an imagistic poem.
Lovely!
This was great, at least for me, because of my semi-nomadic lifestyle and love of new places ~ Thank you for giving me another meaning for pilgrimage. It's making me wonder if I'm on one of sorts. I love the idea of being on one, especially, not realizing it, too. I mean, often you hear that we all are on a journey, but pilgrimage? Ah, the sacredness of it. And yes, travel is work, the French, Portuguese and Spanish got it right. If it's not work, at least a little, you've got too much money on your hands. 🤣 And as I like to tell my students, I'm an alien, not from this planet. xo
#Metoo 😅 I've felt like an alien all my life.
Sometimes I wonder whether all humans are aliens on planet Earth. Some of us behaving like respectful visitors... others more like bullies...
Ever insightful, rich, gorgeous writing. Love it, Veronika.
Tripping the enLightenment Fantastico as you Sojourn linguistic portals auf Deinen urlaub, Gullie vacantie. Obrigada pour tout les lovely chuckles. Maurice
Thank you! 🙏 🩷 😅 🧳 😎