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Perfectionism in Writing
Today I am referring you to an excellent blog post that appeared in my Brain Pickings Weekly email this morning. I have read the book about which it is written, Bird by Bird by Anne Lamott. Her advice about writing and her hard won life experience is a good read. If you don’t like well written,…
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Granny’s Secret
Recently I needed some plum jam for a recipe. Plum jam is usually ubiquitous here in Australia, so thinking I’d quickly grab some to have when I made the recipe in a week or so, I dashed down the jam isle at the grocery, in between picking up a short list of essentials. At first…
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Life at 60
The days are long, but the years are short” -Third Splendid Truth, ‘The Happiness Project’ It’s not every day a person turns 60. Some never make it at all. So I am grateful for every fleeting year. After posting recently on the topic of grief, it seems…
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What’s in a Number?
I am not a superstitious person. Nor am I a person who follows my horoscope regularly, or any other discipline, except that which ‘feels true’ to me and which is a useful ‘tool’ for understanding myself and Life. However… some years ago I did participate in a series of workshops about colour therapy. Within those…
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Our sense of Wonder
“We never actually lose the sense of wonder. We just let it fall into disuse. It resurfaces now and then to be put to use as we try to decide what meaning we shall give to life” – Dorothy Rowe (The Successful Self) When I read this, only a couple of days ago, as I…
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