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Visualising a New Challenge

“Vision is the art of seeing what is invisible to others”. ~ Jonathan Swift The theme for the month of September on NaBloPoMo is “Vision”. Although I have taken the challenge before, and succeeded, in writing and posting a new … Continue reading

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A Leap of Faith ~ Immigrating to a New Country

“What the mind of man can conceive and believe, it can achieve.” ~ Napoleon Hill. After World War II had finally ended in the mid 1940’s, England spent a number of years in recovery. Ration tickets to acquire certain food … Continue reading

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The Funniest Thing Happened, Last Weekend…

During the weekend we adopted a very unlikely new family member. I place the blame totally on the shoulders of my eldest daughter. Whenever we go shopping together we simply must visit ever pet shop within a two kilometre radius … Continue reading

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What’s Behind the Fear of Parting with “Stuff”?

Yesterday I spoke about my thoughts on “Adopting the Minimalist Approach”, a subject which I feel quite strongly about for my own life, and although the concept is to “minimise” the material and emotional baggage in our lives, I have … Continue reading

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Adopting the Minimalist Approach…

Yesterday, I “accidentally” finished all of my ironing…yes, that’s right… I don’t have an ironing pile climbing up the wall anymore! It all began a couple of days ago. I felt cold. My fingers were so cold that I’m sure … Continue reading

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