by Peter Volkofsky | Author & Life Coach | Nov 14, 2015 | Close to Home
A birthday invitation to my aunt’s 80th has been lying around on my desk for a while now. I’m sure it’s here somewhere. I push a hand underneath the pile and tip it all upside down. There it is! A lovely sheet of pale, silken paper in a stylish font. I... by Peter Volkofsky | Author & Life Coach | Nov 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
The following news link tells of three Brazilian women ‘challenging the traditional family unit’ by marrying according to law in Brazil. http://elpais.com/elpais/2015/10/27/inenglish/1445948093_804967.html. I suppose it is a new thing for them to have a... by Peter Volkofsky | Author & Life Coach | Oct 2, 2015 | Quotes
‘Free will is an attraction to truth the way a flower is attracted to light.’* The more you bend your free will towards the darkness (of your lower self) the more the flower wilts and the less free will you have—hence the frustration, the desperation and... by Peter Volkofsky | Author & Life Coach | Sep 15, 2015 | Poems
The day is done, the night has come Our home no longer in the sun. So quiet and still, the body fades and folds Sweet as that old brown river’s black soil plains. We slept—we did—on hot summer nights And talked and stirred the coals and looked and knew We were... by Peter Volkofsky | Author & Life Coach | Aug 22, 2015 | Wrestling
Looking for quiet and stillness, I walk along a back street. The sun on my shoulders is warm. Nice: almost as good as the sun on the back step where our dog sleeps. I relax and let my mind and soul wander. This alleyway is a new one to me. I expected something more...