Author Archives: Michaela

About Michaela

I am a wanderer and a wonderer, like you are. I love our journey and to walk in the company of friends – to learn, experience, share, laugh, cry and above all I simply love this marvelous, magical, mysterious life. I have no plan (cannot believe I am saying this) and my only intention is to be truthful to myself and others.

The Beauty of Form

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Michaela

A neglected eighty-eight butterfly (Diaethria neglecta) in Brazil’s Pantanal displays the design of lines and dots that gave it its unusual common name. Source: National Geographic

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Open, my whole heart

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Michaela

J.S. Bach – BWV 61 – 3 – Öffne dich, mein ganzes Herze Aria from Cantata No.61 by Johann Sebastian Bach. Conducted by Nikolaus Harnoncourt.

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Finding Hope

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Michaela

By RYU MURAKAMI I set out from my home in the port city of Yokohama early in the afternoon last Friday, and shortly before 3 p.m. I checked into my hotel in the Shinjuku neighborhood of Tokyo. I usually spend … Continue reading →

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Let nothing disturb you…

Posted on March 17, 2011 by Michaela

My favorite prayer – Teresa of Avila’s ” Nada te turbe” – Let nothing disturb you:

Overlooked

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Michaela

While the whole world is spellbound by the events unfolding in Japan, the following is happening in the blind spot of our attention: Tanks and helicopters crack down in Bahrain Gaddafis forces close in on rebel stronghold Public protest quashed … Continue reading →

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The Empire strikes back

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Michaela

By Medea Benjamin and Charles Davis Bradley Manning is accused of humiliating the political establishment by revealing the complicity of top US officials in carrying out and covering up war crimes. In return for his act of conscience, the US … Continue reading →

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I thought I have seen tragedies…

Posted on March 16, 2011 by Michaela

Found this watching a “twitter stream” In the days after the devistating earthquake in Japan, Yumiko Takashima, Executive Director of Japan for The UN Refugee Agency, circulated an email to a few colleagues that was shared on the UNHCR FB site: … Continue reading →

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Mixed messages

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Michaela

What is really going on …?

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Childhood and Health

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Michaela

How you treat a child, the child will treat the world… An article about the connection between childhood trauma and disease: The Poverty Clinic and the Children’s Wellbeing Manifesto Parenting for a Peaceful World

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Worst case scenario ?

Posted on March 15, 2011 by Michaela

I am making a strange observation.In the midst of all the catastrophic, cataclysmic, chaotic and cathartic events, the world seems to go all but quiet. At first I noticed the frequency of the news updates getting less, then even the … Continue reading →

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