Tag: Peru

  • Storytelling: Winter Escapism and the Inspiration for Indiana Jones

    Storytelling: Winter Escapism and the Inspiration for Indiana Jones

    Inspiration comes in all forms. Sometimes it’s a post to Instagram celebrating International Pisco Sour Day 😉 My dad and I loved to watch adventure movies together. While Journey to the Centre of the Earth has always been my favourite from our virtual Sunday escapades, another movie that really stuck…

  • The mysterious Andean city in the sky, Tiwanaku

    At 12,500 feet in the Andes Mountains, the air is clear and cold. On a spring day, during the rainy season, clouds can blanket the sky and make the area look even more bleak. Yet, above the tree line, tucked into the Altiplano – a high, flat, barren plain that…

  • Liminal spaces – fascinating thresholds

    Apparently “liminal spaces” are having a moment.   I’ve been aware of them for a long time after reading a lot of Celtic mythology. The ancient Celts believed that there were many liminal places, thought of as ‘thin’ spaces, where the veil between worlds was fragile and we could sometimes…

  • Orange, the colour of autumn, pumpkins and Halloween

    Tickled orange! I’m coining a new phrase to describe how I feel every September and October. Orange is one of my favourite colours, in small doses. That may sound contradictory, but a little orange goes a long way. A friend of mine loved the colour so much that she wore…