First, I want to thank the many people who have posted such thoughtful comments to this blog. I’ve been a bit overwhelmed, though not surprised, by people’s generosity (again and […]
From the other side
Anna Donald: Tests
Test results can be nerve racking. They turn a complex stream of life into a binary event in which your fate seems to hang in the balance. I was especially […]
Anna Donald returns from a Buddhist retreat
I am back from purdah, having just returned from 10 days of ‘Noble Silence’ at a Vipassana meditation retreat in Sydney’s Blue Mountains. These charitable Buddhist programmes are run on […]
Anna Donald: Life in the shadow
Dear Reader, I should introduce myself before launching into a blog which I hope is not too depressing: living in the shadow of death. This is my starting point, as […]