I am the Student
             
           
          
            
              by Marjorie Cottrell 
            
            
              
                September 29, 2025 
               
            
            
              
                Maybe you're searching among the branches for what only appears in the roots. 
-Rumi 
 
              
             
            
              
            
            
           
         
      
        
          
            
              
              
              
              
                
               
            
            
              Do You Ever Wonder About Your Life Purpose?
             
           
          
            
              by Marjorie Cottrell 
            
            
              
                September 16, 2025 
               
            
            
              
                So, why are you here?  
What is your purpose?  
How has it evolved and been molded over your years on Earth thus far and what is your relationship to these responses?  
              
             
            
              
            
            
           
         
      
        
          
            
              
              
              
              
                
               
            
            
              TRAVEL REVIEW: Kripalu Center for Yoga + Health
             
           
          
            
              by Marjorie Cottrell 
            
            
              
                March 26, 2025 
               
            
            
              
                The highest spiritual practice is self-observation without judgment.
-Swami Kripalu 
 
              
             
            
              
            
            
           
         
      
        
          
            
              
              
              
              
                
               
            
            
              Soil of My Soul
             
           
          
            
              by Marjorie Cottrell 
            
            
              
                November 22, 2024 
               
            
            
              
                Reflections from the inside.
              
            
            
              
            
            
           
         
      
        
          
            
              
              
              
              
                
               
            
            
              Road Trip Recap Day 8 (Lake Champlain, VT)
             
           
          
            
              by Marjorie Cottrell 
            
            
              
                November 12, 2024 
               
            
            
              
                What makes this place so dreamy?  I kept asking myself. I'm certain it has to be a combination of the views, the charm, the blue velour and the food.  
              
            
            
              
            
            
           
         
      
        
          
            
              
              
              
              
                
               
            
            
              Road Trip Recap Day 7 (Lake Champlain, VT)
             
           
          
            
              by Marjorie Cottrell 
            
            
              
                August 21, 2024 
               
            
            
              
                Arrival at the  North Hero House  is an immediate and full-bellied e  x  h  a  l  e.  
              
             
            
              
            
            
           
         
      
        
          
            
              
              
              
              
                
               
            
            
              Road Trip Recap: Day 6 (Montreal)
             
           
          
            
              by Marjorie Cottrell 
            
            
              
                August 02, 2024 
               
            
            
              
                "If we get lost just make mom laugh." Wait, what? 
              
            
            
              
            
            
           
         
      
        
          
            
              
              
              
              
                
               
            
            
              Road Trip Recap: Day 5 (Montreal)
             
           
          
            
              by Marjorie Cottrell 
            
            
              
                July 31, 2024 
               
            
            
              
                Montreal bagels, inside jokes, a hike in gladiator sandals and then it's back to the brew pub.
              
            
            
              
            
            
           
         
      
        
          
            
              
              
              
              
                
               
            
            
              Road Trip Recap: Day 4 (Montreal)
             
           
          
            
              by Marjorie Cottrell 
            
            
              
                July 29, 2024 
               
            
            
              
                A walking tour, mom insecurity, a botanical garden and a rooftop dinner!
              
            
            
              
            
            
           
         
      
        
          
            
              
              
              
              
                
               
            
            
              Road Trip Recap: Day 3 (Montreal)
             
           
          
            
              by Marjorie Cottrell 
            
            
              
                July 28, 2024 
               
            
            
              
                Do you know that feeling when you arrive somewhere and are greeted with a synchronicity that lands with such potency you  just know  you're in the right place? 
              
            
            
              
            
            
           
         
      
        
          
            
              
              
              
              
                
               
            
            
              Road Trip Recap: Day 1 (Lake Placid, NY)
             
           
          
            
              by Marjorie Cottrell 
            
            
              
                July 25, 2024 
               
            
            
              
                The way I process a journey is by writing about it here.
              
            
            
              
            
            
           
         
      
        
          
            
              
              
              
              
                
               
            
            
              Twenty Years Later
             
           
          
            
              by Marjorie Cottrell 
            
            
              
                July 08, 2024 
               
            
            
              
                My Rome wasn't to learn art history. Or to speak fluent Italian. My Rome was to wander. To explore and feed my seeker's hunger through social connections and solo adventuring.  
              
            
            
              
            
            
           
         
      
     
   
  
 
     
    
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