personal development

leaf magnet

My courtyard is an absolute leaf magnet. After serious observation and comparison with the neighbours, it is my courtyard that is the...

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Oct 3, 20162 min read

the crux of it all

I had been in two minds about how to acknowledge the passing of today. There is something I have wanted to write about for some time,...

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Oct 1, 20167 min read

Friday phrases

Feeling somewhat lazy today so I have dug into the archives for another free form verse, although the emotions expressed here are not in...

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Sep 30, 20162 min read

resurrection

To be honest, lately I have started getting a bit down on myself, so it was a good reminder for me to notice today that the fig tree in...

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Sep 28, 20162 min read

waiting

on the corner ... for my friend who is going to stay for a few days, to arrive from Melbourne. I am so looking forward to our late night...

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Sep 27, 20162 min read

returning home

In my last post, I spoke about how I find editing my images to be a meditative process. In recent years, the concept of mindfulness as...

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Sep 20, 20162 min read

sidetracked

A belated post. I have been somewhat sidetracked these past days, not by anything specific or spectacular, just a culmination of little...

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Sep 9, 20162 min read

smells fishy

Well these don't smell fishy, but waft with the seductive scent of Jasmine that has been drifting through the courtyard these last couple...

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Sep 7, 20164 min read

power of triangles

Have you ever had a wound that starts to itch like crazy when it started to heal? Were you able to resist the temptation to scratch at...

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Aug 22, 20164 min read

even keel

It was an "even keel" kinda day. Another day devoted to editing and delivery of final images to customers. In the past I used to think...

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Aug 19, 20162 min read

A is for ...

Acknowledgement. We all need it from time to time, whether we are flying solo or not. You may remember a few weeks ago, I posted some...

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Aug 18, 20163 min read

dealing with doubt

Doubt is an insidious creature. It is sly and cunning and lurks in the shadows. It wants you to feed at the Restaurant of Anxiety where...

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Aug 17, 20163 min read

getting back

... on top of things. Energy levels were a lot better today and I managed to get quite a bit done, and was even able to accommodate an...

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Aug 15, 20163 min read

habits of intention

Today I read on a friend's facebook her dismay at having tried on an old swimsuit to find it longer fitted and consoled herself by...

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Aug 10, 20165 min read

a bug's life

So, the blue light blocking glasses arrived and the experiment that I talked about in "Screen Time Down TIme" will begin. Maybe by...

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Aug 8, 20163 min read

screen time down time

After three full days of editing images, my eyes are tired. Working on computers all day can cause eye strain. As technology advances,...

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Aug 4, 20162 min read

... i'm in love ...

You know that captivating feeling when you can find beauty in whatever is around you, when the world seems more vibrant and peaceful. ...

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Jul 18, 20162 min read

If you play with fire ...

If you play with fire, one day you are going to get burnt. In many myths, dragons and breathing fire are synonymous. In Japanese...

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Jul 9, 20163 min read

... that piece of paper ...

What is it about a piece of paper that makes everything seem so much "more official" ? The birth certificate to prove our existence, the...

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Jul 6, 20163 min read

Sack the saboteur and snare a snark

We have envisioned a brighter future; we have imagined a satisfying outcome; we have done things differently to improve our chances of...

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Jul 4, 20163 min read

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