A clean slate can become scary when it's more of an empty canvas or an empty page than a slate. What to write, say, draw or do? ChatGPT and Open ai have taken some of that fear away when it comes ...
Read MoreDuring the pandemic lockdown I had my first ever cup of tea in the bush. Offered to me by someone crossing my path. Given with kindness and no request for company or barter. I normally travel ligh...
Read MoreIf something is working, don’t fix it. If something is not right, take a moment before you jump to fix it. Go where there is a need. Help those change who are ready to change. Focus where it ...
Read MoreMy bush run was different this weekend: I was moving against the flow of participants in a maximum endurance run. Respectfully building in pauses where I stopped, scanned the next hundred metres of d...
Read MoreDiversity is one of the reasons that I love living in Australia. Even when we for a couple of years were stuck here, not able to visit family and friends overseas, I still felt privileged to be "quar...
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 MoreSilent water runs fast. This is not a game of “spot the difference” – even if your mind is probably annoyed that something is not right about the proverb I’ve referred to. The original, well-...
Read MoreDriving 25 km/hr a late night going home from the shops, increasing by 1 km at a time, 26, 27, 28. Not because it was foggy. Not because I was tired. Laughing like a madwoman all along: people truly ...
Read MoreThe water was glimmering. Glittering. Moving sparkles. And as one ingredient disappeared, the sparkles did, too. It was a beautiful morning at my usual creek. All of a sudden, instead of looking a...
Read MoreContrasts make us see clearly. No day without night. No quiet without noise. Our recent lockdown made me see many things clearly. And it made me hear things clearer, too. All senses got sharpened,...
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