Glass-and-Sand

Futile musings of an old ghost

Tag: Chi

  • Passage

    Passage

    Picture: Hundertwasser Antipode King For the first time the voice he heard, in his sleep, was not Melissa’s. The woman introduced herself as Gabrielle, Melissa’s teacher, and proceeded to explain where he would find her, in clear, geographical precision. She was courteous, but she left no doubt that he was expected to go. The message…

  • A surfer’s paradise…

    A surfer’s paradise…

    She comes to us whenever she is in the country. My sister never misses an opportunity to see me, and Sarah, who is perhaps closer to her heart now. But those visits are now far and few between, for Jane is a busy celebrity. It is a real, deep pleasure to be with both of…

  • Jane

    Jane

    Image: Karen Nadine Pixabay She did it for her brother, as she could see, he was anxious, without knowing why. So she came to Chi. She was aware of the location, a small island dedicated to meditation and peace, open to surfers and the devoted. Once she had visited a temple there with a friend.…

  • Regent Street

    Regent Street

    I walk down this well trodden street, as the year is coming to an end. The air is chilled, the flow of commuters beginning to ebb. Regent Street, Oxford Street and Soho are not my favourite place in the capital – that is probably Bloomsbury and its little bookshops – yet I always, sooner or…