In 2020 I’m answering a list of 52 journal questions. Read about it here. What was the best thing that happened this week?This week was the first week of the new school year where we live. So hands down the best thing was having two Barbarians happy with their classes, friends, teachers etc. I always…
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Procrastination
I saw this quote by Sara Hess the other day. Brilliant. If procrastination was a religion, I’d have been discovered by village monks at age 3 and raised as a demigod, in seclusion, by monks. I’ve always had to battle my tendency to procrastinate. I used to be pretty bad as a kid, but over…
Motivational Monday
The Six Golden Rules of Writing: Read, read, read, and write, write,write.” ~ Ernest Gaines ~
Quote to live by
In 2020 I’m answering a list of 52 journal questions. Read about it here. A quote to live by?I have two quotes which I live by (and I think I’ve mentioned them here before), but there’s a song that really encompasses my philosophy this year. Have you seen the movie Zootopia? I *love* this movie,…
Pool to Pond
Pool to Pond is the conversion of the backyard swimming pool into a natural pond – with aquatic plants and fish. Apparently “pool to pond” has been around for a number of years, but it was only last year I heard about it. In Australia there are a *lot* of backyard swimming pools, about 13%…