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Dear All, I’m sending this out on a personal note. In simple terms this email is a thank you. It is international Day of People with Disability. I refuse to deal with Christmas till after today every year! Regardless of how stage managed events around it need to become to raise the profile, IDPwD is [...]

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it was a time

October 14, 2011

Whoa what a strange week. Global and local highs and lows. Not sure what the parallels are if any but I think there will be some. It was a really personal time me, it was my birthday. It was a time for new technology, my own and others. It was a time for the best [...]

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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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Five

May 8, 2011

Five years. People talk about five years like it’s a long time. It is, and it isn’t. Five years ago today I started work back in Australia after what can loosely be described as “time away”. I re-entered the disability sector. I re-entered the Church (which in my case eventually included becoming a Catholic). Five [...]

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the dichotomy of me today

February 20, 2011

I’m swooning a bit today. Floating in the way I have been doing in the last few days, between, welcoming thinking too much, too deeply and feeling too much and not wanting to think feel or even do anything. I crave conversation. I crave silence. I want to read. I need to write. I want [...]

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Inspired by Steph here is my Boutique.com membership –for ideas mostly Roughly once a week I’ll put one of memberships online up in case you are interested in other things I do online Possibly Related Posts: The email I wrote for international day last year it was a time Moments with Socrates — making choices [...]

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Monday at 3:30 AM

November 1, 2010

I had great plans for today. I had a bit of an enforced break last week and although I took my laptop, some new billing software and at least a half baked desire to do work I found myself needing to rest again and playing computer games and watch YouTube videos of programs I had [...]

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growing my leaves

August 2, 2010

It’s been a difficult week again. A few things that will I know only seem significant to me. At the beginning of the week I had lots of writing ideas. Now I don’t. But I cane say the Willows leaves are growing again. By Friday I had “crashed”out and was shattered so after coffee with [...]

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a night of chill

July 26, 2010

After watching the Federal government election debate online tonight (don’t get me started about how underwhelmed I feel at this point about this election despite my usual interest) I waited. I was supposed to go to Melbourne again this last weekend, but once again couldn’t so spent most of the weekend, doing “workish” stuff and [...]

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I’ve left Facebook

May 30, 2010

Just as a note. Part privacy protest. Part just downsizing. Along the lines of this post from MacSparky Possibly Related Posts: The email I wrote for international day last year it was a time Moments with Socrates — making choices 6WS: Google plus Accessibility Apps — iPad

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