Lux Lotus

Postcard From Montreal

At Aux Vivres yesterday with mon ami Daniel from Melbourne.

You Know I Love You So

I know, I know, I know I am not so great on commitment or follow-through in my personal life but I swear I am coming back to New York, and v.v. soon (although as I say this I am having an email exchange about plane tickets for next month, of course)! I miss my dearest, most lovely and enchanting friends too much and I am excited about my superlative fall projects and I am going to have a stunning new professional website and some brilliant announcements to make. So don`t despair my darling M. & Cie. I shall be home before you know it. XO & a bientot from Montreal, doves.

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Letter From the Laurentian Mtns.

So I have been at this ashram in the Laurentian Mountains of Quebec for about two weeks and it has been intense! A true highlight has been meeting my pal Alice who manages the boutique and totally knows the ropes. She has all of these brilliant tattoos (like stars and the word NON) and she has just turned me on here at the library to this band she likes, Catfish Haven. She wants to move to Oregon and I totally think she should. You are probably wondering what it is like at an ashram: wake-up bell at 5:30, morning meditation and devotional chanting in Sanskrit (the spiritual orientation here is Hindu) for two hours then yoga for two hours, then a vegetarian brunch, then karma yoga (I have been cleaning the temple which is lovely) then a break in the afternoon when I usually go swimming or take a nap and then more yoga and dinner and more meditation. And of course it is so beautiful up here. The other day we snuck out and ended up at a diner that was not unlike Pulp Fiction and we ordered practically everything on the menu! The village can expect more mayhem today. I am especially on the lookout for poutine and sugar pie. Delicious.

I Like All of These People

In the past, workwise, I have not done many one-time consultations by phone but then I decided that I enjoy hearing people's publicity/branding problems and solving them in thirty minutes. It's fun! So I have been doing some strategy calls this week, and I've really enjoyed talking with:

Donna George Storey

Maud Casey

M.A. Sheehan

Carol Setters 

Tomorrow I'm speaking at the Backspace Conference, and then I'm out!  Enjoy your summer (esp. the last 10 days), and I'll write again soon. XO.

Postcard From the Miles River