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At the end of 2011, my personal income was 20% what it was at the beginning of 2011. I know a few people who run their own businesses and really struggled last year, and we all know people who are employed by others and worry for their jobs and therefore their income, but for me, [...]
A few months ago I received an email from a British woman called Sophie, who wanted to join me on Oshika and help out for a week or so. I was initially quite reluctant about the idea — I didn’t feel that I was able to take care of other non-locals, I was beginning to [...]
I gave a talk last month at FEW, where I finally met someone with whom I had only ever had a telephone and email relationship, and even then we had lost touch in recent years. Dana Levy, who runs Furla Yoga, was one of the women in the audience listening to my 30-minute talk about [...]
My last stay on Oshika was the longest stay so far, and possibly the most exhausting. Two months is a long time to be sleeping in basic conditions, to be living in such a sensitive environment, to be working with such intensity, and of course to be away from the man I totally adore. But [...]
A few people have been contacting me with things they’d like to send up to the free shop — I’ll be doing the shop again on my next trip, but as I’ve mentioned in previous writing, donating clothes and other items has to be managed very carefully, so I won’t be able to accept anything [...]