These late eclipses in the sun and moon portend no good to us: though the wisdom of nature can reason it thus and thus, yet nature finds itself scourged by the sequent effects: King Lear , Act 1, Scene 1 The Elizabethans may have thought that eclipses foretold chaos and the overturning of the natural [...]
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Eclipses and other phenomena…..
Posted by Kate Thompson on May 22, 2012
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Jiro Dreams of Sushi….what do you dream of?
This week I went to see the film Jiro Dreams of Sushi. Jiro is an 85 year old Tokyo sushi chef who has devoted his life to sushi (practically since leaving home at the age of 9) and to improving his skills, to seeking the perfect sushi. He works every day, from sunrise to late in [...]
Posted by Kate Thompson on May 12, 2012
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May Day, music & marmot……
May 1st always feels like the beginning of summer, of many colours green, of music and sunlight and magic. As I drove down the mountain this morning I saw a marmot running up the rocks by the side of the road. I switched on KGNU, the local radio station, and found myself in the middle of passionate [...]
Posted by Kate Thompson on May 1, 2012
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Writing in the wild………..
At the weekend Mary Reynolds Thompson and I facilitated our Wild Places Lost & Found writing workshops. On Saturday the participants came up the winding road to the top of Flagstaff, to the views of the Continental Divide, to sit and write in forest and mountain. On Sunday, people found places under trees, in sunshine, on grass. They [...]
Posted by Kate Thompson on April 26, 2012
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workshops this week
If you want to treat yourself and explore your creative self in beautiful settings, there’s still time to sign up for exciting workshops here in Colorado this weekend: Wild Places Lost & Found: Writing the places of our Hearts, Minds & Souls Journalling and poetry with Mary Reynolds Thompson & Kate Thompson SATURDAY, APRIL 21, BOULDER, [...]
Posted by Kate Thompson on April 18, 2012
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Too many books….
This week I’m reading too many books. It’s all the fault of Boulder Public Library. Suddenly a large number of the books I’d requested over the last few weeks/months arrived, all at once. There were books read about (in The New York Times, London Review of Books etc), heard about (on NPR, recommended by friends & colleagues), remembered from [...]
Posted by Kate Thompson on April 11, 2012
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Perspectives…..
Last week it really was summer here. It felt like summer, it smelt like summer. The first wild flowers appeared by the paths – blue, red, yellow. But in the perma-shade of pines, snow banks still rest, or leave damp traces of their passing. In my recent workshop we imagined it was summer, that it was [...]
Posted by Kate Thompson on April 2, 2012
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Cave canem……..
The snow is melting and it’s time to get out on the inviting trails emerging from winter inhospitality. So last weekend we went out on a local trail, a familiar trail. Of course I am ever mindful of the potential threats in these parts, mountain lions, bears and bobcats, ever vigilant for movement in the [...]
Posted by Kate Thompson on March 23, 2012
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Calling Boulder/Denver therapists, coaches, healthcare professionals……….
To all therapists, coaches and healthcare professionals in the Boulder/Denver area – There’s one week to go until the professional development/continuing education workshop: Therapeutic Journal Writing & Existential Therapy: An Intimate Relationship at the Boulder Psychotherapy Institute on Saturday 24th March, 10am – 5.30pm LAST DAY FOR EARLY REGISTRATION DISCOUNT IS TODAY – 17TH MARCH!!!! REGISTER [...]
Posted by Kate Thompson on March 17, 2012
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Two films…..
I went to see A Dangerous Method, the new film about the relationship between Freud and Jung, oh and the relationship between Jung and his patient Sabine Spielrein. On one level it’s a lovely costume drama with Swiss scenery, on another it’s a thought-provoking tale of the birth of psychoanalysis. And there are too many other levels [...]
Posted by Kate Thompson on March 7, 2012
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