Go To The Limits Of Your Longing

“These are the words we dimly hear:
You, sent out beyond your recall,
go to the limits of your…

Further Beyond ( Plus Ultra)

Plus ultra (“Further beyond”) is a Latin motto and the national motto of Spain. It is taken from the personal…

Clarinet, Practice And Writing

My daughter plays the clarinet. The history of choosing an instrument is fun. I wondered if my daughter…

God and me.

God was not present at my family home. He was not present in our conversations and in our hearts. He was rarely present in our thoughts…

Footprints In the Desert

I have always loved the desert. One sits down on a desert sand dune, sees nothing, hears nothing. Yet through the…

Positive coincidences and probable miracles.

I always liked coincidences. Only good coincidences of course. Events that…

The Power of Prayer

“Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one’s weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.” 
― Mahatma Gandhi

“The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the…

Childhood in Chortkiv during the Second World War.

An Interview with my Mom

Silence on the ocean

“I heard silence, silence infinite as the bottom of the ocean, a silence that sealed.” — Anne Spollen

Maybe Stop Writing Forever

I’ve been writing for some time. Passion, vocation, imperative? It is difficult to say unequivocally. When I…