The 13th Fairy.

“Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional” – Byron Katie. As well as Buddha.   She knocked. I looked through the eyehole. Yes, it´s her. Looking down at her patent leather shoes, straightening folds on a once designer but now out-dated trouser suit from another century, surely taken off from an emancipated feminist or a HollywoodContinue reading “The 13th Fairy.”

Online Interview for the Daily Bulletin, April 2020

A lovely online friend of mine from my writing class, Sandi Ivey, stumbled across the unabridged version of this interview (only a few parts of it made it into the featured paragraph in the newspaper) and encouraged me to publish it, in her words: “It says so much, is interesting and Needs to be outContinue reading “Online Interview for the Daily Bulletin, April 2020”

A Bloodless Hunt – The Cosmic Traveler´s search for A Name. Part III.

Part 3. Named and Nameless. I still don´t know my name. I am quite glad that my memory tells me at least something with certainty – our name is not who we are. Neither the first name, nor the middle name, nor the pen name, nor the nickname, nor the surname, not even the “Osho”Continue reading “A Bloodless Hunt – The Cosmic Traveler´s search for A Name. Part III.”

A Bloodless Hunt – The Cosmic Traveler´s search for A Name. Part II.

Part 2 The Surname: Savelieva, Ginko, Podterger, Mitelman, Lightchild. To people who know me by my “official” name Natalia Savelieva (Savelieva Ginko in my Spanish passport), and are curious why my Facebook profile is Natasha Podterger Mitelman – here are a few reasons: 1. I felt guided to do so. 2. To taste and toContinue reading “A Bloodless Hunt – The Cosmic Traveler´s search for A Name. Part II.”

A Bloodless Hunt – The Cosmic Traveler´s search for A Name.

”What’s in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet” – Romeo and Juliet, by William Shakespeare Part 1 The first name: Natalia, Natalie, Nat, Natasha. As far as I can remember this time around, I didn´t know my name. What people called me, rang an emptyContinue reading “A Bloodless Hunt – The Cosmic Traveler´s search for A Name.”

Why, oh why

Why, oh why… Your eyes, your ears, your hair, your hands. Alive, breathing, moving in stillness. You created. You weaved. You cried. You laughed. You painted the Starry Night. Your ginger hair was sticky with blood. Madness of the world. Love for your brother, longing to have a cup of tea with him. Love forContinue reading “Why, oh why”

5 Elements Flow Cycle Musings for Kids

…What are you seeking, rushing, fresh, blue mountain River? ~ My courage and curiosity pull me forward to share my ideas and dreams with the roots… What are you seeking, grand, majestic, kind green Tree? ~ My force, certainty and expansion stretch out my branches all the way up to the Sun… What are youContinue reading “5 Elements Flow Cycle Musings for Kids”