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Archives for June 28th, 2008

Mongolian Cashmere

Posted by  on Saturday, June 28th 2008     

Ulzii has sold two yurts already–real, whole room, boiled wool felt yurts–for only 3000 Euros each.  The full sized yurts are advertized by a much smaller table-top model that looks like an interesting child’s toy. Ulzii, who is Mongolian and was trained as a water engineer, has the most lovely cashmere shop–which is the most [...]

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"There will be Gouda"

Posted by  on Saturday, June 28th 2008     

Alvilda was a little concerned that Ivana, her friend from her studies at Fletcher over a decade ago who now also lives in Brussels, and I might be two too many alpha females to get along well, but that worry proved unfounded. Ivana is Croatian, and like Alvilda, is interested in international social justice issues. [...]

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Jolie Cocktail

Posted by  on Saturday, June 28th 2008     

Growing up in San Francisco, and having (collectively) traveled to Thailand, Vietnam, Ethiopia, Sudan, etc. my best friend, Alvilda, and I have both seen a LOT of ethnic stuff. So, normally, seeing a shop displaying more of the same doesn’t excite us in the least. However, we’d been walking all day, and it thus being [...]

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Oneness and the Heart of the World

Posted by  on Saturday, June 28th 2008     

Father Thomas Keating talks about God’s dynamic nature and the Divine Oneness of ‘All That Is’ in this wonderful inspirational video. He is wise, speaks from the heart and is sure to bring a smile. He says this about Oneness… “We’re (human beings) moving into Oneness. In other words a Oneness that we already have [...]

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