by Minnie Biggs | Jul 9, 2019 | Musings
Clearly two performances at the Met were not enough. How lucky are we in AU to have the Met HD cinema version arrive a month later? Of course the theatre /opera house/Metropolitan opera at Lincoln Centre are better, much better, but... Read more
by Minnie Biggs | Jun 27, 2019 | Musings
The Metropolitan Opera Ring Cycle ... Read more
by Minnie Biggs | Jun 27, 2019 | Musings
Why is it we keep talking about the weather? The one phenomenon of life that we cannot do anything about? Because it affects us? Because it affects us so personally? Vowing never to complain about the cold, after the heat, after seriously and deeply complaining about... Read more
by Minnie Biggs | Oct 16, 2018 | Musings
Meditation Mindfulness and Tools for Inner Peace A big title, covering a wide area, for our simple Learn to Meditate course. Just as it should be. Meditation is mindfulness, and it is also a tool for inner peace. There are myriad approaches to meditation, almost as... Read more
by Minnie Biggs | Jul 16, 2018 | Musings
WALKING MEDITATION The walk down to the meditation yoga hall is steep. Very steep. Steeper climbing back up. My tired old asthmatic lungs feel the steep. Slower and slower, I arrive panting, heart thumping. Breathless. Five times a day or six, til I gave up the... Read more
by Minnie Biggs | Apr 10, 2018 | Musings
NOTES FROM BERLIN I am taking a train, a train from Berlin to Gruenewald. Gruenewald, green wood. It really is country, if brown rather than green at this time of year, a lovely area once lived in by wealthy Jews. At the railroad station there are modest signs for... Read more
