Here I am on retreat in Portugal, amid ribbons of highways, under brilliant sun overlooking Coimbra.
Great sitting all day altogether. Someone said this morning he was happy to be here and thanked me for coming. I told him the same thing.
Meanwhile, a fly has been hanging around in my room since Friday night. Wonder why he doesn’t go out. I guess he’s doing what we all do, buzzing around and around in our little spaces, not realizing the endless world is all around.
Retreat notes: Brilliant sun and fly buzz in Coimbra
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Enseignante Zen et poète, Sensei Amy “Tu es cela” Hollowell est née et a grandi à Minneapolis, aux Etats-Unis. Arrivée en France en 1981 pour étudier la littérature et l’histoire, elle y est restée, s’installant à Paris, où elle élève ses deux enfants et gagne sa vie en tant que journaliste.
The Zen teacher and poet Amy “Tu es cela” Hollowell Sensei was born and raised in Minneapolis, but came to France in 1981 to study literature and history and has lived in Paris ever since, raising her two children and making a living as a journalist.
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