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Getting out of our own way: Singing from the Heart at Magnolia Grove
With sister Tri Nghiem and fellow workshop leader, John Thomerson, in front of the Rising Tide Meditation Hall, Batesville, MS When I...
kristina jacobsen
Feb 254 min read
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Coffee Shop as Creative Practice: What Kind of Coffee Shop Makes you Tick?
Zendo Coffee, facing 2nd street I have a favorite coffee shop in town. As I sat there on Saturday morning, with the hustle and bustle of...
kristina jacobsen
Jan 283 min read
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The 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 jacobsen
Aug 27, 20245 min read
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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 jacobsen
May 16, 20242 min read
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From one “Deep South” to another: The Merlettes in Ocean View, Cape Town, South Africa
When I come to South Africa I continually ask myself the following question: “How can a place with this much physical and cultural beauty...
kristina jacobsen
Oct 4, 20236 min read
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Creating 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 jacobsen
Jan 9, 20238 min read
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A Tale of two Storks (A Love Story): Villar de Mazarife, Spain (León)
Reflections on walking the Camino de Santiago, Summer 2022
kristina jacobsen
Sep 20, 20223 min read
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