The Restory Retreat Centre

Meditation Practice The Conversation Elements From The Conversation May you experience the abundance and the presence of Christ when you become still. With love. George & Matilda  

  We Begin Again The Conversation Elements From The Conversation Music As last year, so this year - with our love.  George & Matilda

  Ons Begin Weer Die Gesprek Elemente Uit Die Gesprek Musiek Soos verlede jaar, steeds vanjaar - met ons liefde. George & Matilda

I have not written for a long time. I’m exploring why. I love writing. I love the process of allowing a story to unfold through me and to then hone it until it shines with the sheen of something made with utmost care and appreciation for the beauty of the material, in this instance, words. How words fascinate me with their beauty! I love how they look formed in my own handwriting, or in the handwriting of someone I hold dear. My long departed mom’s left-handed longhand, or in many cases all capital letters when she needed to make it legible, looking very much like my own. George’s penciled-in notes in books he’s read, make as good reading as the book itself; tiny scribbles often with page numbers as cross references or main themes pointed out. But even if they are typed, there is a balance and feel to every word that make me want to simply sit with it and look at it, pronounce it maybe. “Maybe” – “ Maybe” – “Maybe” – “Maybe” – “Maybe” So why then this long period of not w...