kristina jacobsenAug 275 minThe Buddha Tree: What Seven Days of Silence Brings for one Songwriter/Anthropologist”I am just back from a week-long Vipassana (insight meditation) retreat in stunningly beautiful Vallecitos, New Mexico. This is an...
kristina jacobsenMay 162 min Santu Lussurgiu, Sardinia: The Annual Return, a.k.a 'my Italian life'I have been coming to Santu Lussurgiu since the fall of 2016, part of my annual return to Sardinia where, as one acquaintance says, I am...
kristina jacobsenOct 4, 20236 minFrom one “Deep South” to another: The Merlettes in Ocean View, Cape Town, South AfricaWhen I come to South Africa I continually ask myself the following question: “How can a place with this much physical and cultural beauty...
kristina jacobsenJan 9, 20238 minCreating a Successful Self-Retreat in the New Year: Notes from the Pecos 1/09/23. This weekend, I have been squirreled away at a Benedictine Monastery about 1.5 hours outside of town, in the beautiful Pecos...
kristina jacobsenSep 20, 20223 minA Tale of two Storks (A Love Story): Villar de Mazarife, Spain (León)Reflections on walking the Camino de Santiago, Summer 2022