It's been a rough year. No happy outcomes yet, where I share my learnings and we all nod and agree on how the challenges and grief make us who we are. It's just been rough. It's been one surprisin...
Read MoreMistakes are like stains. Here’s a classic scenario: when you get a stain on your favourite shirt. You don't just throw it out. You're annoyed, and often you don't put dishwasher liquid on it strai...
Read MoreHow do you know when the time is right? It can be in small things, like when to buy that blender for the kitchen because the other retired ages ago, or for big things like when to have that important...
Read MoreThe tree looks like a Christmas decoration with LED lights put carefully at the tip of each needle. Merry Christmas. All year round. After rain. Isn't nature amazing? Looking at a branch on a pine...
Read MoreIn the middle of my morning stretches, I noticed an ant. Not any ant. The ant. The one and only. The one and only carrying a flower seed 5 times its own size. Just pause for a moment and imagine your...
Read MoreThe drawing was nearly like a family tree. Except for this tree being by choice. A piece of paper, my handwriting, documenting my key friendships through life. Done 10 years ago to illustrate the ...
Read MoreWhen do you know if you'll make it? What does that even mean? Taking lessons from observing lemons, a few things jumped to mind. 8 potentials, 2 survived so far, 1 definitely looking like it will ...
Read MoreHow lucky are we that the sun is up every morning? Whether we can see it or not, whether behind clouds or rain. It's still there. Hmmm..... What about ourselves? Are we up and ready each morning, ...
Read MoreSunday afternoons, there was this program on the radio when we grew up, where people sent through song requests – as part of celebrating someone’s anniversary or birthday or just giving a shout o...
Read MoreMy feet were loving the water in the local waterhole (nature’s one – not the local licence-needing-outlet). I was sitting observing all kinds of fish, but quickly my eyes were attracted to this g...
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