by Suzanne Whitby | Apr 4, 2020 | Relocated to whitbys.org
About 10 years ago, my father gave me a beautiful watch that had once belonged to my grandmother. I wore it on and off, and shortly after my father died, I went out and in the course of the evening, it slipped off my wrist and I couldn’t find it. I knew that the strap...
by Suzanne Whitby | Mar 26, 2020 | Walk the Tortoise Podcast
A Zen koan re-imagined for our busy world. Well, for me! Listen now https://traffic.libsyn.com/536f3624-c29f-415a-934b-2c8b835c286e/walk-the-tortoise-if.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download Why this story? It’s been a busy 12 months, filled with learning...
by Suzanne Whitby | Feb 28, 2020 | Walk the Tortoise Podcast
O Henry’s “A Strange Story” Today, a VERY short tale from American author O Henry. Listen now https://traffic.libsyn.com/536f3624-c29f-415a-934b-2c8b835c286e/20210402-a-strange-story-ohenry.mp3 Why this story? I came across this whilst roving the...
by Suzanne Whitby | Feb 24, 2020 | Notebook, To export
I grew up with a British-born father, who, even though he moved over to South Africa at the tender age of 3 years old, was quite the lover of the mother country. In some respects, he was more British than that Brits, having been brought up as an immigrant in a new...
by Suzanne Whitby | Jan 28, 2020 | Walk the Tortoise Podcast
Hokusai says (with thanks to Roger Keyes) A few years ago, I heard a poem called “Hokusai Says”. It was written by the rather wonderful and inspiring Roger Keyes, art historian, Hokusai scholar, and co-founder of York Zen whilst he was in Venice in 1990. It came to...
