by Nancy Colasurdo | Jan 24, 2010 | The Universal Flow
Saw my friend and poet, James Nave, on Friday and he “channeled” this poem right on the spot from a necklace I was wearing, a treasure I picked up in a flea market in Rome. Tears do not know their names. They fall because they must. Dreams swallow air,...
by Nancy Colasurdo | Jan 21, 2010 | The Universal Flow
The beginning part of this poem by Charles Rafferty is in the February issue of O, The Oprah Magazine. Loved it enough to find the whole thing: AGAINST HESITATION If you stare at it long enough the mountain becomes unclimbable. Tally it up. How much time have you...
by Nancy Colasurdo | Jan 18, 2010 | The Universal Flow
Having had some downtime on a train yesterday and having carved out a piece of this holiday for reading today, I have finished Elizabeth Gilbert’s new book Committed. I already wrote in this space about being enticed by her observations that were excerpted in O,...
by Nancy Colasurdo | Jan 5, 2010 | The Universal Flow
Before I switch over from reading one book to another, I must share my favorite passage from Ralph Waldo Emerson’s Nature: The misery of man appears like childish petulance, when we explore the steady and prodigal provision that has been made for his support and...
by Nancy Colasurdo | Jan 4, 2010 | The Universal Flow
Just received The Open Center catalogue in the mail and I must recommend to anyone who has considered reading The Artist’s Way the 12-week course with author Julia Cameron herself. It begins in February. She is teaching her book Walking in this World in six...
by Nancy Colasurdo | Nov 13, 2009 | The Universal Flow
Went to see Marianne Williamson at an Open Center event tonight and I couldn’t possibly do it justice here. But what I can say unequivocally is that the $30 I paid for the ticket felt like a steal. What a gift she is. I saw Williamson speak a few years ago and,...
