Book Reviews: Chicken – Self Portrait of a Young Man for Rent
Chicken: Self-Portrait of a Young Man for Rent by David Henry Sterry Here is an insightful review by friend and fabulous blogger, Holly Rizzuto Palker . You can read her Bio here. –oOo–
My Greater Good Blog
A Big, Bold Blessing Bag Plan
Synchronicity (what a beautiful word) is the extraordinary concept of the coming together of inner and outer events in a way that can’t be explained by cause and effect and that is meaningful to the observer. CNN recently covered it...
El Niño Simplified
We have heard much about El Niño recently – the much maligned phenomenon responsible for some record warm Christmases from New York to Atlanta on the US East coast. “El Niño is wreaking havoc with our weather” is an ice-breaker...
Cutting out the Chaos of Cooking Dinner by Phyllis Miller
These days it is difficult for any mother, working out of the home or not, to keep a level of sanity at dinner time. Our lives, and that of our families are often so scheduled and we rush out like...
The Wounded Healer by Jodi Carlton
My son, Aidan, has always loved animals and has the softest, kindest heart. Once, when he was about 5 years old, he moved a worm off of the driveway so it wouldn’t get crushed by the car. Perhaps, however, because...
Book Review : Agent 407: A South African Spy Breaks Her Silence
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...
Family Movie Night Reviews: Rudy
Rudy ‘Rudy’ is incredibly inspirational. In fact it should be required watching for everyone over 10 years old. It is based on a true story from the early 1970s about a boy who dreamed, since he was 7 years old,...
A Response : The Thing All Women Do That You Don’t Know About
Read my Response to the Huffington Post article – “The Thing All Women Do That You Don’t Know About”. Way to grab attention with a headline! It’s a good one and I click, wondering: what do I, and all women...
Sailing in Zululand by Lynn Maclachlan
A look at life in post-Apartheid South Africa – The kids in the townships of South Africa run unsupervised in gangs, and when I say gangs, I mostly mean harmless gangs of naughty friends, bored, looking for something to do....
Family Movie Night Reviews: Second Hand Lions
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...
DTC inspired thought for any day
I have lived with several Zen masters – all of them cats. Eckhart Tolle
Family Movie Night Reviews: Sea of Monsters
Percy Jackson and the Olympians : The Sea of Monsters Percy Jackson fans (largely a tween audience I imagine) will love this movie. It is exciting, flows well and is full of action as the friends embark on a...
DTC inspired thought for any day
To live in the moment with the faith and patience of a cat waiting on the morning sun.
Christmas Presents
What shall I buy for Christmas ? What I remember of Christmas mornings as a child is the tree, or more to the point, all the presents under the tree. My family was not wealthy, but we had enough, and...
