Minimize your therbligs until it becomes automatic; this doubles your effective lifetime–and thereby gives time to enjoy butterflies and kittens and rainbows. Robert A. Heinlein – The Notebooks of Lazarus Long This Heinlein quote has become a personal mission of mine. I first read Time Enough for Love (the book from which nearly all of […]
Minimize Your Therbligs Read More »
This is Part II of a two-part post. You can read Part I here. The Second Dark Spread Fast forward five more years, and Mark and I were doing a six-month special reading, one for each other. I don’t remember now what his was like. But I remember mine. Nearly every single one of the
Two Dark Spreads and A Bleak Christmas Later… Part II Read More »
This is Part I of a two-part post. Because I can never write short. 🙂 I had never seen Tarot cards until I arrived in Canada. I knew what they were, but wasn’t much interested in fortune telling, which in my opinion was right down there with snake oil, charms and tea-leaf reading – they
Two Dark Spreads and A Bleak Christmas Later… Part I Read More »
To stay young requires unceasing cultivation of the ability to unlearn old falsehoods. Robert A. Heinlein – The Notebook of Lazarus Long We’ve all heard the expression “set in their ways” – which is the other side of the coin to Heinlein’s observation. There’s growing scientific evidence that “age” is a state of mind
Age as a state of mind. Read More »
To everyone in the US, have a fabulous 4th of July weekend. Hope it’s a great one for you, filled with fireworks and family time.
Happy 4th of July, USA. Read More »
I’ve had a major revelation in the last few weeks and it has resulted in a slowly improving self-esteem and confidence. You can do it, too. It’s dead easy. What happened? I came across a HuffPo article about how well plus-size models are doing in New York these days. …and read it. It’s not like
Feel Good About Yourself in 1 Easy Step Read More »
If it can’t be expressed in figures, it is not science; it is opinion. Robert A. Heinlein – The Notebook of Lazarus Long _________ I’ve had my nose rubbed in science a lot lately, probably because it’s been on my mind. I know you’ve had patterns like that happen to you, too. You’re thinking about
The Immoveable Object and The Irresistible Force Read More »
It’s Victoria Day in Canada today. Public holiday, summery month…it’s one of the best long weekends in the year. We will be ripping out all the interior walls on the main floor of our house this weekend, and putting up a support beam in their place. It’s one of the prep stages before we do
Victoria Day Long Weekend Read More »
Unlike Father’s Day, which has different dates depending on where you’re standing on the globe, Mother’s Day is pretty much universal – the second Sunday in May. Which means that while the flowers are being spread around Canada, my own mum, in Australia, is also being toasted – by me, all the way over here.
Happy Mother’s Day to all the Mums and Moms Out There Read More »
No self-respecting Star Wars fan can slide by today without at least a mental tip of the hat toward their favourite franchise. I can’t believe it’s taken me so many years to acknowledge the date here on the blog! So let us pause for a brief moment of reverence for one of the best moments
May The 4th Be With You Read More »