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Farewell My Lovely
My badly neglected blog has been calling me to write for some time - but today it's a sad post I'm finally writing.
This morning I am saying farewell to one of my beautiful Tonkinese… [Read more]
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The More Things Change …
For various reasons this last week, I have found myself in a deeply reflective space.
I've walked again in an earlier me, revisiting events and experiences from 10-25 years ago.
I've… [Read more]
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Multiple Realities
One of the assumptions made in Appreciative Inquiry is that "reality is created in the moment, and there are multiple realities".
The meaning of this assumption is sometimes a little… [Read more]
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The Storyteller
Unshaved, unkempt,
black nails, black teeth
and an old, tattered coat.
You'd dismiss him as derelict
and walk straight past.
Yet when he spoke
eagles soared,
mountains talked
and… [Read more]
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Dreaming of World Peace
World peace .. does that sometimes seem an impossible dream?
Maybe.
We're all human. We get cranky and annoyed. People irritate us - their actions hurt or anger us. And certain… [Read more]
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Why Does Writing Matter?
I've just finished reading Anne Lamott's book Bird By Bird.
Anne is a published author who also teaches others how to write. Bird By Bird is a distillation of what she has learned… [Read more]
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10 Lessons From Cats
I've been watching my two beautiful Tonkinese cats this morning and reflecting that the way they live holds great lessons for life.
Here are some of those things for which cats are… [Read more]
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Invisible People
We were in the city, at a cafe before a show. It was a cool evening but, warm enough in our coats, we were sitting at an outside table sipping our coffees and chatting. Vaguely aware… [Read more]
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Indra’s Net
There's a beautiful Hindu legend about the god Indra, who commissions an artisan to craft a vast net across the universe.
When the net is complete, at each junction Indra places… [Read more]
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Fence Sitting
Why is it that 'sitting on the fence' is so often considered a bad thing? When people talk about someone who is doing so, they often speak with a curl of the lip, a raised eyebrow,… [Read more]