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Episode 9 – The Spirit of Poodle
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This is Episode 9 of the podcast and the last of the Poodle haiku journey. I do believe we are all beings of Spirit having a human experience. I believe we are the Universal Force and Source experiencing life on earth in the body and circumstances we choose. I believe when the physical, biological…
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Episode 8 – Jesus Poodle Pee
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This is Episode 8 of the podcast. And we are still on Poodle. Although we have reached the penultimate Poodle haiku. Jesus poodle, pee I know you want to just go In to pee on floor. Oh Poodle. He was so much work. And stubborn. I guess that is the prerogative of living to…
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Episode 7 -Grace, Ease, Lightness and Middle Earth
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Despite ending with Poodle’s epitaph in the last podcast. Grace, ease, lightness and middle earth – we continue with Poodle for a little longer. Can you find your way? Sometimes it’s an obstacle Course I can do it Middle earth, as we talked about in the last episode of this podcast, was Poodle’s domain. …
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Episode 6 -No Plan
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We continue along happily with Poodle. I saw you when I Was not looking for you, and You did not see me. There was no plan, no passion no persuasion. A photo on senior rescue page Act2pups had spurned a tiny interest, but passing, definitely no commitment. Definitely no desire to uproot the balance…
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Episode 5 – I Think Therefore I Am
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We continue another few episodes with Poodle. How sad to be left Deaf and blind and unwanted In Rescue no more. We are good at labelling situations in accordance with our own perceptions. Cogito ergo sum. I think therefore I am. I think therefore it is. That is a sad situation. This is the…
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Episode 4 -Stumbling Around in the Dark
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This is Episode 4. We continue stumbling around in the dark with Poodle. You stumbling around in the dark – it frustrates me Me not the blind one. As discussed at some length in the last episode it is human nature to remember the good old days. With Poodle we remember the hardships –…
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Episode 3 -What a Big Mistake
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We started and continue for a while still with Poodle. Give him his due. What a big mistake He’s deaf and blind, by God And now he’s ours. Human nature is rooted in pessimism bias which refers to the tendency to overestimate the likelihood of negative events while underestimating the likelihood of positive events.…
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Episode 2 -The Start is Never Where it Ends
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This is Episode 2. A start has been made. And the start is never where it ends or even where it’s going. But we do continue a few more episodes with Poodle. Poodle you old dog With your foggy eyes – for you We remain unseen. Poodle was fortunately not a stray when she…
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Episode 1 – One Word, Poodle
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In the immortal words on Julie Andrews, let’s start at the very beginning. A very good place to start. One word, Poodle. We got Poodle from Act2 Pups – a rescue for senior dogs. An amazing organization actually run by Linda Hunt. She pulls senior dogs from metro Atlanta shelters, gets them vetted, cleans…
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It Takes One Person to Act
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In his book, The Tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell asserted that studies show someone is less likely to be helped if in trouble in a crowd. In other words, the more people present in an emergency the less likely anyone will help. Possibly because people are all expecting that someone else will act. However, I…
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Miraculous Monarchs
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Nature has many marvels. One of the most miraculous is the Monarch butterfly. These creatures, fragile flying origami dipped in orange and black water colors, undertake a massive 2500 mile migration every year, often to the exact Oyamel fir tree in Central Mexico’s Oyamel Forest that they overwintered in the previous year. Monarch butterflies…
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Conflict Resolution : Pushing Through Tempests in Teapots
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Shit happens. People can be obnoxious, obscure, obstreperous, obtuse, oblivious and pretty much any form of obstructionist you can imagine. And at some point, whoever you are, you’re going to find yourself perching awkwardly, and possibly innocently, in the middle of a firestorm of ‘he said, she said, blah blah blah.’ So what do…
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Being An Expat
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You look back over time with something akin to nostalgia. Walking to the train station, hands plunged deep into pockets of a black winter coat, streetlights blinking through the damp mist. City lights reflected in dark canals. Noise spilling like overflowing Hoegaarden out of smoky pubs, a siren call out of the wintery gloom.…
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Embrace What Is : A Subtle Mindshift
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We are only in charge of our own lives, paths and journeys. Sure shit happens. Life is not always a walk in the park. Indeed it is only really in the struggle and clearing away obstacles that we truly find clarity and growth. The world outside of our inner thoughts, perceptions, biases and values…
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Status Update: So Many People, So Much Despair ……… What to do about it.
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Social media opens all these windows into people’s lives. One sees much more than one would like to, a lot of the time. Young people’s anger and despondency and generally hostility broadcast in disappointed detail for all the world to see. Why? How does it help? Are you looking for pity or sympathy? Validation? …