Musings

Just writing

January 1, 2012

I’ve always wanted to be a writer. A good writer. Partly because I love words and the way they can move both writer and reader of all types. But partly if I’m honest ( the new me now) because when well done, it seems it can be portable. I want to write because I want [...]

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Vale Common Sense

September 23, 2011

This was a Facebook meme style update from a friend. It was too clever to just leave on Facebook particularly give it is something I’ve noticed,   Today we mourn the passing of a beloved old friend, Common Sense, who has been with us for many years. No one knows for sure how old he [...]

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Moments with Socrates — making choices

September 19, 2011

My recent readings having included re-reading Socrates’ Apology (as reported we think by Plato). A passage has struck me: — apologies for the gendered language   “You are mistaken, my friend, if you think that a man who is worth anything ought to spend his time weighing up the prospects of life and death. He [...]

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The view from 40 years on

July 15, 2011

I remember studying the Stamford Prison Experiment nearly 15 years ago. It was shocking then. Now 40 years on the reflections are really just as interesting. Possibly Related Posts: Just writing it was a time The solution to writers block; talking. Vale Common Sense Moments with Socrates — making choices

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Labels or Love — link love on labels

February 10, 2011

I’ve been having a lot of things float across my radar that have got me thinking about labeling around the issue of disability. Lets start with some links while I try and synthesise my brain a bit. Cerebral palsy change for the Spastic Centre – Health – News – Northern District Times. As a former [...]

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WWGD — Heated table meetings

February 1, 2011

For those of you outside Australia, the entire continent is having some very hard times weatherwise at the moment. In Sydney yesterday the heat was oppressive–today is slated to be worse to the point where I can’t sit at my window (where my desk is) for very long. In that context, this is what I [...]

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My granny is calling …. aka WWGD

December 29, 2010

First let me say; my granny (my mother’s mother) has been dead for very nearly 10 years. So no I don’t mean she’s literally calling, or even from the grave or even in a meta-physical sense. I mean that I often wonder what she would make of the world around me. I find myself asking [...]

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Healing #reverb10

December 23, 2010

What healed you this year? Was it sudden, or a drip-by-drip evolution? How would you like to be healed in 2011? (Author: Leonie Allan) Whoa — this is a tough one, depending how I was to take it. Healing and I have a strange love hate relationship. Some of the reasons why may well be obvious. [...]

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#reverb10 Lesson Learned: my own company

December 19, 2010

I haven’t done this for a while, but I like this question and I want to think about it. What was the best thing you learned about yourself this past year? And how will you apply that lesson going forward? (Author: Tara Weaver) I’ve learnt a lot about myself, or at least I think I [...]

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#reverb10 – Make

December 6, 2010

Growing up I always came late to the good fads. I was among the last to know about friendship bracelets, cabbage patch dolls etc etc. In that vein, I’ve only just discovered #Reverb10 of blogging opportunity to review the year that was in a series of daily posts. I will try and catch up over [...]

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