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‘I like that I’m a woman who can still / be curious when she turns a corner.’
- Margot Kahn
'I am committed to never retiring from being myself.'
- Borrowed from someone, in a meeting
- Margot Kahn
'I am committed to never retiring from being myself.'
- Borrowed from someone, in a meeting
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· Sep 19
Moshe Feldenkrais, Selvarajan Yesudian and Yoga - An open-ended story in three parts
Part 1
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I've written a piece about the connections of yoga & Feldenkrais - if you're interested please read & consider subscribing to my Substack. This topic is very much open for exploration. I'd love to hear your thoughts. wellhousecircle.substack.com/p/moshe-feld...
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p 185 - Another grin!
Grins are too easy.
So is the parallel of Pavel telling her to lock her door and her son calling because he's locked out.
When I start to see the predictability of a writer's craft, I lose interest. I'm hoping that's not happening here.
p 185 - Another grin!
Grins are too easy.
So is the parallel of Pavel telling her to lock her door and her son calling because he's locked out.
When I start to see the predictability of a writer's craft, I lose interest. I'm hoping that's not happening here.
December 12, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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p 185 - Another grin!
Grins are too easy.
So is the parallel of Pavel telling her to lock her door and her son calling because he's locked out.
When I start to see the predictability of a writer's craft, I lose interest. I'm hoping that's not happening here.
p 185 - Another grin!
Grins are too easy.
So is the parallel of Pavel telling her to lock her door and her son calling because he's locked out.
When I start to see the predictability of a writer's craft, I lose interest. I'm hoping that's not happening here.
Stunning capturing of the soul.
December 12, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Stunning capturing of the soul.
Great thread. Spoke to a young friend yesterday in her 20s, friends of her age group, fit and healthy previously, are getting Long Covid. We hear next to nothing about it now and this relentless panic over the flu. Friend, who has CFS, spoke of the cognitive dissonance that makes her life so hard.
So, to those who say "masks don't work", cite the flawed Cochrane report, insist upon an unfeasible RCT, accuse folks of panic, and undermine public health on social and mainstream media during a flu/RSV epidemic...
1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.
1. Seasonal viruses may be "normal", but they do immense harm.
December 12, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Great thread. Spoke to a young friend yesterday in her 20s, friends of her age group, fit and healthy previously, are getting Long Covid. We hear next to nothing about it now and this relentless panic over the flu. Friend, who has CFS, spoke of the cognitive dissonance that makes her life so hard.
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I once lived in a house that we rebuilt with more windows. The owners next door moved & the new owner - a builder! - bulldozed the mature garden, stripped it to nothing. He & his wife sat outside & stared in to our house. It was so distressing we had to put up a 6-ft fence.
I once lived in a house that we rebuilt with more windows. The owners next door moved & the new owner - a builder! - bulldozed the mature garden, stripped it to nothing. He & his wife sat outside & stared in to our house. It was so distressing we had to put up a 6-ft fence.
December 11, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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I once lived in a house that we rebuilt with more windows. The owners next door moved & the new owner - a builder! - bulldozed the mature garden, stripped it to nothing. He & his wife sat outside & stared in to our house. It was so distressing we had to put up a 6-ft fence.
I once lived in a house that we rebuilt with more windows. The owners next door moved & the new owner - a builder! - bulldozed the mature garden, stripped it to nothing. He & his wife sat outside & stared in to our house. It was so distressing we had to put up a 6-ft fence.
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'He say, Pavel, you idiot, you forgot to build the walls - everyone can see you in there!'
The walls of a house like the boundaries (outline?) of a person. Walls that are windows (to the soul?) are like a person with unclear boundaries. The effect is vulnerability.
'He say, Pavel, you idiot, you forgot to build the walls - everyone can see you in there!'
The walls of a house like the boundaries (outline?) of a person. Walls that are windows (to the soul?) are like a person with unclear boundaries. The effect is vulnerability.
December 11, 2025 at 11:00 PM
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'He say, Pavel, you idiot, you forgot to build the walls - everyone can see you in there!'
The walls of a house like the boundaries (outline?) of a person. Walls that are windows (to the soul?) are like a person with unclear boundaries. The effect is vulnerability.
'He say, Pavel, you idiot, you forgot to build the walls - everyone can see you in there!'
The walls of a house like the boundaries (outline?) of a person. Walls that are windows (to the soul?) are like a person with unclear boundaries. The effect is vulnerability.
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The synchronicity of the falling book in Polish - her words in a language she doesn't understand.
'I thought maybe you could speak,' he said sadly. She hardly can in English.
'In the process of translation the ownership of it...had passed from me to her. Like a house.'
The synchronicity of the falling book in Polish - her words in a language she doesn't understand.
'I thought maybe you could speak,' he said sadly. She hardly can in English.
'In the process of translation the ownership of it...had passed from me to her. Like a house.'
December 10, 2025 at 11:42 AM
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The synchronicity of the falling book in Polish - her words in a language she doesn't understand.
'I thought maybe you could speak,' he said sadly. She hardly can in English.
'In the process of translation the ownership of it...had passed from me to her. Like a house.'
The synchronicity of the falling book in Polish - her words in a language she doesn't understand.
'I thought maybe you could speak,' he said sadly. She hardly can in English.
'In the process of translation the ownership of it...had passed from me to her. Like a house.'
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There are links between astrology & alchemy in Jungian psychology. Here - the special day of transit, the demolition, the reference to 'cook-up' [cock-up!], Pavel's upset stomach, the eruption from below. 'The tone & cadences of Paula's voice seemed almost...from inside me'
There are links between astrology & alchemy in Jungian psychology. Here - the special day of transit, the demolition, the reference to 'cook-up' [cock-up!], Pavel's upset stomach, the eruption from below. 'The tone & cadences of Paula's voice seemed almost...from inside me'
December 10, 2025 at 11:40 AM
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There are links between astrology & alchemy in Jungian psychology. Here - the special day of transit, the demolition, the reference to 'cook-up' [cock-up!], Pavel's upset stomach, the eruption from below. 'The tone & cadences of Paula's voice seemed almost...from inside me'
There are links between astrology & alchemy in Jungian psychology. Here - the special day of transit, the demolition, the reference to 'cook-up' [cock-up!], Pavel's upset stomach, the eruption from below. 'The tone & cadences of Paula's voice seemed almost...from inside me'
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'It was the day the astrologer's report had said would be of particular significance in the coming phase of transit.' p176
'transits can last from a day to... years...Each...brings a unique energy, influencing different aspects of your life' [Transits in astrology, AstroClub]
'It was the day the astrologer's report had said would be of particular significance in the coming phase of transit.' p176
'transits can last from a day to... years...Each...brings a unique energy, influencing different aspects of your life' [Transits in astrology, AstroClub]
December 10, 2025 at 11:16 AM
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'It was the day the astrologer's report had said would be of particular significance in the coming phase of transit.' p176
'transits can last from a day to... years...Each...brings a unique energy, influencing different aspects of your life' [Transits in astrology, AstroClub]
'It was the day the astrologer's report had said would be of particular significance in the coming phase of transit.' p176
'transits can last from a day to... years...Each...brings a unique energy, influencing different aspects of your life' [Transits in astrology, AstroClub]
Overall life expectancy for the UK in 2025 is expected to be 82.06 years (ONS) and in London is 81.4 years. Overall life expectancy in the US in 2025 is projected to be 79.4 years.
Wrote a letter to Donald Trump, putting him right on a couple of points about London. This one stood out: London’s life expectancy is better than *all 50* US states.
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-a...
www.thenewworld.co.uk/james-ball-a...
December 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Overall life expectancy for the UK in 2025 is expected to be 82.06 years (ONS) and in London is 81.4 years. Overall life expectancy in the US in 2025 is projected to be 79.4 years.
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Okay but hear me out:
A happy hour, but for bakeries.
A happy hour, but for bakeries.
December 9, 2025 at 9:57 PM
Okay but hear me out:
A happy hour, but for bakeries.
A happy hour, but for bakeries.
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Food, clothes, house renovations...
I'm starting to feel Cusk had a list of topics that would appeal to the modern reader and creates a character/story around each
Food, clothes, house renovations...
I'm starting to feel Cusk had a list of topics that would appeal to the modern reader and creates a character/story around each
December 9, 2025 at 9:31 AM
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Food, clothes, house renovations...
I'm starting to feel Cusk had a list of topics that would appeal to the modern reader and creates a character/story around each
Food, clothes, house renovations...
I'm starting to feel Cusk had a list of topics that would appeal to the modern reader and creates a character/story around each
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Back in therapy mode - or artist/writer making use of other people's stories' mode...
'I said that perhaps none of us could ever know what was true & what wasn't. And no examination of events, even long afterwards, was extremely stable.'
Back in therapy mode - or artist/writer making use of other people's stories' mode...
'I said that perhaps none of us could ever know what was true & what wasn't. And no examination of events, even long afterwards, was extremely stable.'
December 9, 2025 at 9:28 AM
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Back in therapy mode - or artist/writer making use of other people's stories' mode...
'I said that perhaps none of us could ever know what was true & what wasn't. And no examination of events, even long afterwards, was extremely stable.'
Back in therapy mode - or artist/writer making use of other people's stories' mode...
'I said that perhaps none of us could ever know what was true & what wasn't. And no examination of events, even long afterwards, was extremely stable.'
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Gavin is working on Amanda's house...'the six projected weeks of building works had become 2 yrs & counting, while Gavin went off on other jobs during the day.'
Example of the adage:
'The cobbler's children are the worst shod.'
Gavin is working on Amanda's house...'the six projected weeks of building works had become 2 yrs & counting, while Gavin went off on other jobs during the day.'
Example of the adage:
'The cobbler's children are the worst shod.'
December 9, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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Gavin is working on Amanda's house...'the six projected weeks of building works had become 2 yrs & counting, while Gavin went off on other jobs during the day.'
Example of the adage:
'The cobbler's children are the worst shod.'
Gavin is working on Amanda's house...'the six projected weeks of building works had become 2 yrs & counting, while Gavin went off on other jobs during the day.'
Example of the adage:
'The cobbler's children are the worst shod.'
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'how vulnerable you were when your house was being ripped apart. \it's like being on an operating table....you've been opened up & now there are men working in there & you can't move until they've fixed you & sewn you together again.'
Is it the same for men as women?
'how vulnerable you were when your house was being ripped apart. \it's like being on an operating table....you've been opened up & now there are men working in there & you can't move until they've fixed you & sewn you together again.'
Is it the same for men as women?
December 9, 2025 at 9:24 AM
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'how vulnerable you were when your house was being ripped apart. \it's like being on an operating table....you've been opened up & now there are men working in there & you can't move until they've fixed you & sewn you together again.'
Is it the same for men as women?
'how vulnerable you were when your house was being ripped apart. \it's like being on an operating table....you've been opened up & now there are men working in there & you can't move until they've fixed you & sewn you together again.'
Is it the same for men as women?
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'I said a lot of people spent their lives trying to make things last as a way of avoiding asking themselves whether those things were what they really wanted....Maybe people run marathons, I said to exercise their fantasies of running away.'
I do like our narrator!
'I said a lot of people spent their lives trying to make things last as a way of avoiding asking themselves whether those things were what they really wanted....Maybe people run marathons, I said to exercise their fantasies of running away.'
I do like our narrator!
December 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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'I said a lot of people spent their lives trying to make things last as a way of avoiding asking themselves whether those things were what they really wanted....Maybe people run marathons, I said to exercise their fantasies of running away.'
I do like our narrator!
'I said a lot of people spent their lives trying to make things last as a way of avoiding asking themselves whether those things were what they really wanted....Maybe people run marathons, I said to exercise their fantasies of running away.'
I do like our narrator!
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I can't help noticing that there's a lot of grinning in this novel. Amanda grins when she's offered whipped cream and marshmallows on her hot chocolate. Grinning isn't an expression that I notice so frequently in life. Maybe I need to look out for it more.
I can't help noticing that there's a lot of grinning in this novel. Amanda grins when she's offered whipped cream and marshmallows on her hot chocolate. Grinning isn't an expression that I notice so frequently in life. Maybe I need to look out for it more.
December 8, 2025 at 10:27 PM
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I can't help noticing that there's a lot of grinning in this novel. Amanda grins when she's offered whipped cream and marshmallows on her hot chocolate. Grinning isn't an expression that I notice so frequently in life. Maybe I need to look out for it more.
I can't help noticing that there's a lot of grinning in this novel. Amanda grins when she's offered whipped cream and marshmallows on her hot chocolate. Grinning isn't an expression that I notice so frequently in life. Maybe I need to look out for it more.
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'The Tube station stood at a juncrion where five rds converged...Sometimes it seemed that the junction was a place of confluence; at other times....it felt like a mere passageway, a place of transit'
'The Tube station stood at a juncrion where five rds converged...Sometimes it seemed that the junction was a place of confluence; at other times....it felt like a mere passageway, a place of transit'
December 8, 2025 at 10:25 PM
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'The Tube station stood at a juncrion where five rds converged...Sometimes it seemed that the junction was a place of confluence; at other times....it felt like a mere passageway, a place of transit'
'The Tube station stood at a juncrion where five rds converged...Sometimes it seemed that the junction was a place of confluence; at other times....it felt like a mere passageway, a place of transit'
The art of slow reading
A few yrs ago, I remember seeing lots of tweets from people with photos of the books they read that month. Some had read 20+ books & others 30+ books or more. They made me feel inadequate as I read much more slowly, but in “Look Closer” (2025), Robert Douglas Fairhurst celebrates slow reading. 🐌📚👍
December 8, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The art of slow reading
I wrote this post about Memory and Imagination - drawing on an interpretation of Hitchcock's iconic film, Vertigo; and the amazing and little-known Tower of Dreams, Tower on the Marsh constructed by Carl Jung's analysand, Christiana Morgan. All comments welcome!
Two towers in two weeks
Exploring memory and imagination
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December 7, 2025 at 6:26 PM
I wrote this post about Memory and Imagination - drawing on an interpretation of Hitchcock's iconic film, Vertigo; and the amazing and little-known Tower of Dreams, Tower on the Marsh constructed by Carl Jung's analysand, Christiana Morgan. All comments welcome!
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The rain at the writers' panel in Transit
The rain at the writers' panel in Transit
December 7, 2025 at 3:01 PM
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The rain at the writers' panel in Transit
The rain at the writers' panel in Transit
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Echoes & humour: The Chair grins at Rachel's hotel, the builder grins about his boot: 'Room for two bodies' (the basement inhabitants). Assassinations & hijacks (flapjacks). His wife is 'used (to it') & daughter talk in different languages - 'in other words'. Everything's Kaput.
Echoes & humour: The Chair grins at Rachel's hotel, the builder grins about his boot: 'Room for two bodies' (the basement inhabitants). Assassinations & hijacks (flapjacks). His wife is 'used (to it') & daughter talk in different languages - 'in other words'. Everything's Kaput.
December 7, 2025 at 10:59 AM
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Echoes & humour: The Chair grins at Rachel's hotel, the builder grins about his boot: 'Room for two bodies' (the basement inhabitants). Assassinations & hijacks (flapjacks). His wife is 'used (to it') & daughter talk in different languages - 'in other words'. Everything's Kaput.
Echoes & humour: The Chair grins at Rachel's hotel, the builder grins about his boot: 'Room for two bodies' (the basement inhabitants). Assassinations & hijacks (flapjacks). His wife is 'used (to it') & daughter talk in different languages - 'in other words'. Everything's Kaput.
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Jane's story is Faye's story - the man walking her to her hotel in the dark. Is Faye working her situation out through listening to Jane? Are there echoes of Faye's story in the photojournalist's story, told by Jane? Narrator becomes analyst. Meanwhile the cooking continues
Jane's story is Faye's story - the man walking her to her hotel in the dark. Is Faye working her situation out through listening to Jane? Are there echoes of Faye's story in the photojournalist's story, told by Jane? Narrator becomes analyst. Meanwhile the cooking continues
December 6, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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Jane's story is Faye's story - the man walking her to her hotel in the dark. Is Faye working her situation out through listening to Jane? Are there echoes of Faye's story in the photojournalist's story, told by Jane? Narrator becomes analyst. Meanwhile the cooking continues
Jane's story is Faye's story - the man walking her to her hotel in the dark. Is Faye working her situation out through listening to Jane? Are there echoes of Faye's story in the photojournalist's story, told by Jane? Narrator becomes analyst. Meanwhile the cooking continues
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'the undulating landscape of dust sheets, the whiteness broken by the blue & green shapes of her clothing'. A Cubist painting. Faye asks Jane to spend, not waste her time & tell her about the night before she discovers MH. Faye is unconsciously going into psychotherapist mode.
'the undulating landscape of dust sheets, the whiteness broken by the blue & green shapes of her clothing'. A Cubist painting. Faye asks Jane to spend, not waste her time & tell her about the night before she discovers MH. Faye is unconsciously going into psychotherapist mode.
December 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
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'the undulating landscape of dust sheets, the whiteness broken by the blue & green shapes of her clothing'. A Cubist painting. Faye asks Jane to spend, not waste her time & tell her about the night before she discovers MH. Faye is unconsciously going into psychotherapist mode.
'the undulating landscape of dust sheets, the whiteness broken by the blue & green shapes of her clothing'. A Cubist painting. Faye asks Jane to spend, not waste her time & tell her about the night before she discovers MH. Faye is unconsciously going into psychotherapist mode.
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The smell from the kitchen is red sulphur (in Jung) - it gets overpowering when Faye suggests Jane abandons her physical work (the external world) and looks inside at herself. Jane resists - 'I've got 3,000 words of notes, she said coldly. I can't just throw them away....
The smell from the kitchen is red sulphur (in Jung) - it gets overpowering when Faye suggests Jane abandons her physical work (the external world) and looks inside at herself. Jane resists - 'I've got 3,000 words of notes, she said coldly. I can't just throw them away....
December 6, 2025 at 9:40 AM
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The smell from the kitchen is red sulphur (in Jung) - it gets overpowering when Faye suggests Jane abandons her physical work (the external world) and looks inside at herself. Jane resists - 'I've got 3,000 words of notes, she said coldly. I can't just throw them away....
The smell from the kitchen is red sulphur (in Jung) - it gets overpowering when Faye suggests Jane abandons her physical work (the external world) and looks inside at herself. Jane resists - 'I've got 3,000 words of notes, she said coldly. I can't just throw them away....