Have you heard of the 750 word writing exercise? It was first introduced by Julia Cameron, in her book The Artist’s Way. The premise is simple: every morning as you wake up, grab a notebook and fill it with 750 words of writing on …whatever it is that your mind …
We’ve had a bit of loadshedding lately (this, if you are not from South Africa, is a friendly euphemism for having no power due to our power supplier being unable to meet required capacity). There are a lot of downsides to loadshedding if you are unprepared for it (no lights, …
I think so! (But that’s not why I’m writing on mine). I am quite aware that as things stand, blogs are dead in the water. People much prefer the quicker and more convenient medium of Instagram. (Facebook is dying a slow death too, in my opinion). But I think that …
I think not! Overall, I really enjoyed my 2018. Yes, of course there were some quite severe downs (cancer, death), but overall there were no serious setbacks. I learnt a lot of tough lessons, learnt that I was strong and resilient, worked on my priorities, and did what mattered most. …
So, technically it’s four months since I’ve posted on this blog, almost to the day! But I am going to do a massive cheat and write “in-between” posts corresponding to the chronological date that they happened (like my first chemo treatment, for example, or my reflections on 2018) and simply …
It really is the most wonderful time of the year! We were certainly hoping to spend it in a winter wonderland this year, but chemo treatment had other ideas so we need to shelve those plans for this year. In the meantime, we are having as much festive time as …
I have a delusion that has been biting me in my butt for as long as I can remember: I continually fool myself into believing that “this weekend” is going to be productive. So I will go through the week putting things off “until the weekend”, and then when the …
Well, I’m a little bit late to this, since the pup has in fact been home for over a week. (She was due to come this past Monday, but then that got pushed forward by the breeder to Saturday, and then on the Thursday I got a phone call that …
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