PinnedOCEAN WRITINGever thought to combine meditation and writing? I did, and it changed me forever… I will be using part of my 40-days-in-the-ocean mediative writing course in an Amerherst Writers and Artists’ group session on May 12, 16, and 23rd. Come join me for a dip into ocean writing in a…Writing Courses1 min readWriting Courses1 min read
Jun 17, 2022Ocean Retreat… or how I became alive through drowningI went from meditation drop-out to meditative writer, then wrote Breathing Underwater, a manual for self-guided meditative writing I came upon this blog that I wrote years ago about working with my manuscript of meditative poems. The poems charted my journey on a five minutes a day forty-day retreat into…Retreat1 min readRetreat1 min read
Mar 16, 2022War on the horizon. Chickpeas, peanut butter, and wine in the cupboard.The headline pops up on my phone, white letters in a red rectangle: fare for atomkrig …A forecast for nuclear war, like a weather warning, like the category two hurricane they gave us a two-day notice of last month. Another headline tells me there are 128 fallout shelters on the…Ukraine War6 min readUkraine War6 min read
Mar 2, 2022NORWAY OPENS UP...NORWAY OPENS UP... I didn't think I would notice. I have felt all along it was hard to distinguish the pandemic's new world order from our…rasmasays.wordpress.comPandemic1 min readPandemic1 min read
Sep 25, 2021Historic Countdown: kl.1600It is 14:27, Saturday afternoon, 25 September. Oh yes, 2021. The year-2021-is important. It’s everything right now. This is day 561 of Norway’s Covid lockdown…and this is the last hour and a half. People who are sitting in restaurants and bars, one meter apart as is their Covid habit, are…6 min read6 min read
Sep 21, 2021I saw an amazing report on the news last night about an incident in Afghanistan.I saw an amazing report on the news last night about an incident in Afghanistan. The report by Norwegian journalist Yama Wolasmal was shocking and inspiring. It is a clear demonstration of the need for good journalists, now more than ever, engaging in the public debate. I think this…Afghanistan4 min readAfghanistan4 min read
Jul 10, 2021Half-Lifepoem Half-life The dog runs to the door of the house then back to his master to the door then back to his master who is walking…rasmahaidri.wordpress.com1 min read1 min read
Jul 9, 2021Digital Reading RevisitedDigital Reading RevisitedFiction Writing1 min readFiction Writing1 min read
Jun 29, 2021On Reading Poems in the New YorkerOr: where digitalized reading leads and misleads Okay, so I’m reading a poem in the online New Yorker on my iPad, enjoying the frolic through language so much I glance at the poet’s short biography — a Polish man — so this is a translation, but how his sentences cavort…Digital Reading2 min readDigital Reading2 min read
Mar 10, 2021Are Journals Memoir?By Rasma Haidri On Twitter yesterday I saw someone ask if he can call himself a memoirist because he keeps journals. No, I wanted to say, but didn’t. I resist engaging in social media conversations with strangers (although I’m told that is the point of social media). Nothing proves Goethe’s…Memoir4 min readMemoir4 min read
