15th February 2008
Christmas has come and gone, the New Year is here, the children are back at school, and most of us have settled into some form of a “normal” schedule. It is the time of year in which we hear and read statistics about the exorbitant cost of Christmas, ...
15th August 2007
"There was an old owl who sat in an oak.
The more he watched; the less he spoke.
The less he spoke; the more he heard.
Why can’t we be like that wise old bird?"
That’s an interesting hoot that deserves some pondering.
One of the biggest cau...
18th June 2007
Yahoo, it’s spring! As the grass began to grow, I knew it was time to connect with nature and get our garden ready for another productive year.
It was fun to work in the garden that sunny day. There was that distinctive rich, sweet smell. It was a...
17th May 2007
How-To Attract the Perfect Mate, Job, Neighbourhood - Part 2
In the last article, How-To Attract the Perfect Mate, Job, Neighbourhood - Part 1, you created a profile of your “ideal” mate, job, business, neighbourhood, or whatever it was that you ch...
17th May 2007
How-To Attract the Perfect Mate, Job, Neighbourhood - Part 1
Jessamyn West said, “You make what seems a simple choice: choose a man or a job or a neighborhood - and what you have chosen is not a man or a job or a neighborhood, but a life.”
Whoa ...
05th April 2007
There’s Something Fishy About Life! Want To Know How To Choose Your Pond?
The pond of life? Hmmm.
There we were, young fry, swimming in the calm waters of life. In the middle of the school, we felt safe. As we grew, we were pushed outside where we...
26th January 2007
Yahoo, the New Year has arrived!! It’s an exciting time to look forward to growth, learning, and change. Many of us have a list of resolutions for new behaviours. It’s out with the old and in with the new. This year is going to be the best ever.
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21st December 2006
Holy cow - life can be hectic. We make lighting-fast decisions about how we will use our precious time – some with great thought and some without much consideration for the consequences.
Many of us have received requests/demands like these.
"Could...
11th December 2006
The squirrel chattered loudly from his position on a high spruce branch. Then he made a mad dash down the branch, a mighty jump to the deck, across the deck and up into the bird feeder. He carefully placed a small mushroom and zoom, retraced his steps i...
18th November 2006
The fact: Families are decaying.
The solution: Food and what we do when we eat it.
Look around your neighborhood and you will see husbands, wives, and partners going their separate ways. You’ll hear a ton of reasons, yet food may be the culpr...
04th October 2006
The rumour: aerodynamically, based upon the ratio of wing surface area to body size, a bumblebee should not be able to fly.
A strange thought as I watch several bumblebees wiggle their pudgy black and yellow bodies in and out of purple delphinium flow...
21st August 2006
A Journey Across The Cow Pasture?
How Does That Relate To Life?
Life is an interesting game that we play.
Life is a chunk of time between when we are born and when we die. Everyone that I know goes through it. Most of us don't consciously know ...
24th July 2006
"We're in a time when we must choose between what is right and what is easy. And remember, Harry, whatever happens, you're never alone."
Wise words to Harry Potter by Dumbledore, the head wizard at Hogwarts School of Magic.
Recently, I had the oppo...
21st June 2006
"WHOA GIRLS. DON'T BE AFRAID. SHE'S THE SAME AS YOU!"
The heifers stampeded across the pasture and right through the fence. There were posts popping, wires whining, bovines bellowing. I had not planned this rodeo.
I recently bought three groups ...
21st May 2006
Spring is in the air. It is a time of new life. There are green grass, kittens, puppies, and rhubarb.
The darned stuff is the first thing to show up in the garden. For those of you who don't know about rhubarb, it grows from a huge root ball under...
