is served in service and trust. In the idea of presence in the moment and grace in the outcome.
“If anyone ever comes into your school and uses a gun — play dead.” My kids looked at me shocked at what I’d just said. “I’m serious, pretend you were shot and play dead so the bad guys leave you...
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...
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...
Know Your Food, Know Your Farmer : One girl’s mission to create awareness about where our food comes from and educate the next generation on the benefits of locally produced food. Last year I presented plans to the Principal of my...
I am the first to admit I get attached to things. If it weren’t for the fact I hate clutter, I’d be a classic hoarder in every sense of the word. (Not the trash kind though…..that’s just nasty.) I even...
Out with Ebola – the Zika virus has us all hot under the collar right now ! New? Not really – its been around since the 1950s, but only last year jumped the equatorial belt and went viral all over...
A Day in the Life My grandfather sailed from Cape Town, South Africa to England on Thursday 10th May 1917 to join the RFC (Royal Flying Corps) in the ‘War to End All Wars’(as World War 1 is commonly known):...
A hundred years since World War One…. My current view that history is more effectively understood the more you can see it through the eyes of the participants, is put to the test on a bleak winter’s day as I...
The following book had special significance for me, growing up in Apartheid South Africa and being not much younger than the author. Agent 407: A South African Spy Breaks Her Silence by Olivia Forsyth This book is about a young...
Second Hand Lions You really can’t go wrong with a movie starring Robert Duvall, Michael Kane and Haley Joel Osment ! This is a funny, feel good movie with a message about being true to yourself and living life...
I have lived with several Zen masters – all of them cats. Eckhart Tolle
I’m not a “foodie”. I don’t spend hours slaving over a hot stove. I don’t spend whole weekends compiling a month of different crock-pot meals in freezer bags, although I think it a wonderful idea and efficiency at its finest....
Best In Show My husband and I watched this movie years ago. Loved it ! Remembered laughing hysterically and thought – given our boys’ love of dogs, it would be a good family movie about participants heading to the...
