Who blogs on Boxing Day? Not me … too busy recovering from Christmas Day and preparing for my daughters birthday tomorrow. Blessing to you all … hope you didn’t get to Accident and Emergency Christmas Day or Boxing day (like we did). Off on holiday – camping – so I’ll be back in the New [...]
I’ve been reading Mindfood again … They have an article about kindness … I married my husband because he is the kindest person I have ever met. In the book The Art of Being Kind Professor Stefan Einhorn says ‘kindness is the most important factor that makes us successful in life’ Have a Merry Christmas [...]
Today is the 5th anniversary of the death of my brother-in-law, John. I will always miss him but I also celebrate the life he had with us. He died of Melanoma, which is the most aggressive of all types of cancer. The bad news for Australians and New Zealanders is that our risk is 10 [...]
I have just read an article in Mindfood magazine about Mark Grantham, who sells chocolate on Broadway, in Auckland, New Zealand. I have stopped and bought chocolate from Mark, and I have also walked past him pretending he is not there. After reading his amazing story and his compassion towards others – selling chocolate on [...]
I love the first motorbike ride of the summer season, the roar of the motorbike, the wind howling and there’s nothing but you and the road. I was trying to explain to my friend where to hold onto on the back of the bike. I told her to hold onto the bars of the backrest [...]
After blogging about street poetry yesterday I got on the internet and found the Southbank Centre in the UK has a Global Poetry System where you can upload poems you find in the street. About GPS: Global Poetry System is a Southbank Centre project to explore and map the poetry of the world. It’s based [...]
I often meet people who tell me they are not into poetry. But everyday we are surrounded by the poetic. Music lyrics are poetry as much as a stanza spoken at a poetry slam. On pavements in Auckland and many other cities, poetry sits mixing with the shoppers, even advertising and graffiti can contain poetry [...]
This billboard has been erected in Auckland and immediately controversy has broken out about its message and what it is saying. I posted a link to an article about it on Facebook and a huge debate about it slandering God and cheapening the message of Christmas ensued. While the message is crude, my take on [...]
Two great poems from my friend Stacey for you to enjoy:- Mitosis I want to give you my Whole Heart But it seems to be Divided I’ve never been fond of the Divided Variety They are not Peaceful to be around And certainly not Pleasurable to own I was never enamoured of Long Division [And [...]
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