A First Day in Paris – Anne Skyvington Anne Skyvington A First Day in Paris Memoir
A story about a naïve traveller in a strange land I open my eyes wide onto a strange world into which I’ve stumbled as if by accident. All is new…
A Famous Couple – Anne Skyvington
Carl and Emma: A Love Story Dearest, I was telling our grandson, Andreas, just the other day, how he possesses the feeling function more strongly than I. He had just…
Armidale: The Gang of Four – Anne Skyvington
This is a guest post by Gordon Forth, a fellow student at Armidale Teachers College, who started there in 1962, a year after me. Gordon writes: Please find attached my…
In Search of a Voice – Anne Skyvington
My writing started out as therapy for a polarised — to be explained later on — childhood. My own background had been stamped indelibly by my not having had a…
I visit the Ukraine in 1968 – Anne Skyvington
My Travel Journal Continues: “From Paris to Russia and Back” Because of the events in Ukraine today, I have re-published this post with sadness in my heart at the thought…
Have You Ever Experienced The “Numen”? – Anne Skyvington
The reason people choose atheism rather than belief or agnosticism, may simply be that professed atheists have not experienced, at least in this lifetime, the “numen” (adj. “numinous”). See meaning…
An Amazing Story About Stuttering – Anne Skyvington
Did you know that Australia is a world leader in Stuttering research and treatments? See: The Australian Stuttering Research Centre. But first, let me tell you a story. Many years…
The Golden Ratio in Art and Architecture – Anne Skyvington
The Golden Ratio Many buildings and artworks reflect the Golden Ratio: the Parthenon in Greece, and many other classical buildings in Europe. But it is not really known if it…
A First Day in Paris – Anne Skyvington Anne Skyvington A First Day in Paris Short Stories
A story about a naïve traveller in a strange land I open my eyes wide onto a strange world into which I’ve stumbled as if by accident. All is new…
Buddhism for Westerners – Anne Skyvington
In 2008 I attended a Convention in Singapore for followers of the New Kadampa Tradition of Buddhism, introduced to the West by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso in 1977. He now resides…