Author Archives: shellcampagnola

It has been awhile since I have written anything.  Earlier today I read over something I had written over three years ago and I was caught off guard with how much it still resonated with me; how I was actually … Continue reading →

written by Paul Field, Henk Pool, Ralph Van Manen, Robert Riekerk All the colors of the rainbowAll the voices of the windEvery dream that reaches outReaches out to find where love beginsEvery word of every storyEvery star in every skyEvery … Continue reading →

Perspective is not everything but it is something important. I am in the midst of an easier stretch in my life.  That doesn’t mean I am free from challenge.  As I reflect, I realize it means that some of the … Continue reading →

dry riverbeds that provide solid ground to walk upon flowing rivers that can’t be entered, only watched; tall mountains that tower silently, imposingly, ambivalently the same ones that tremble when he speaks; even the wind and the waves obey him, … Continue reading →

On Friday, I was high up in the hills of Peru in a town called Andahuaylas. When the plane first landed I was greeted with a stunning view of mountains terraced to their tops, the enigmatic sign of a people … Continue reading →

Today is a day of Sabbath for me.  That means a swim at the gym, a short meeting and then the rest of the day to rest, reflect and reorient.  I am tired from too little sleep, a little cold … Continue reading →

I’ve been writing this in my journal a fair bit lately – nothing is at it should be. The phrase has become my touchstone when my idealism and longings crash into reality and what is right in front of me. … Continue reading →

I spent the first week of 2012 on a bit of a hiatus.  It began on January 1 with a friend emailing me and asking me about the condition of my soul. “It is well”, I replied…with a little more … Continue reading →

I’ve been meandering through the airport in Amsterdam waiting for my connection to go home.  The time has been good to sift through books in the bookstores, check out a little Amsterdam history on the IPads in the library (yes, this … Continue reading →

It has been two weeks since we took Dickens, our little powerhouse Norfolk Terrier, to the vet to fulfill a scheduled appointment to have him put to forever sleep. He had been fighting hard for a couple of months with … Continue reading →