Monthly Archives: November 2011

(Breakfast) There’s another Idea Party tonight and I’m cleaning up all around me…. I mean I’m doing housework. It has become clear to me that I work very well to a deadline or in other words I don’t do things … Continue reading →

(Remember the summer? This is from August.) I have a lot of things to catch up on, now that my studying is over. So today it was time to ring about the house insurance. My call went straight to hold. … Continue reading →

(sigh….) It’s late, I’m tired, it’s time for rest. Don’t ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.—Howard Thurman What makes you … Continue reading →

(Thank you for the beautiful heart) Just bumped into another friend today that I hadn’t seen for years (Hello Mary! Wave, Wave! Thank you for the coffee and yummy scone!). It’s my first day back at coffee shops and I’m … Continue reading →

(Sun Light) I was getting ready for our NLP course tonight in Bray. We always start with a relaxation and this week we’re including a quote from Marianne Williamson that Nelson Mandela read on the day he was freed from … Continue reading →

(Beautiful Killruddery) I was very busy on Saturday. So busy. Very, very busy. Doing loads. Couldn’t stop for a break, much too busy. Loads to do. But Liam and Kate were going to a Christmas Fair in Killruddery gardens….. Well… … Continue reading →

(Fred enjoying a game of chess) Since the rainy season began the stray cats seem to be settling into their new home with us. There’s a small problem with fighting, though. Only small, because they seem to have the hierarchy … Continue reading →

(On table in Avoca cafe Dublin) I finally got to bring the recycling to the recycle centre. It’s been three months, there was a lot…. We do get our recycling collected with the normal rubbish but they don’t take plastic. … Continue reading →

(My notebook…. not finished yet) At the knitting and Stitching Show last weekend I learned how to make a notebook cover from scraps of old material. I have always liked patchwork quilts and one of the reasons is the different … Continue reading →

(Breakfast on Friday morning…. coffee) There’s bits and pieces of paper everywhere. There are magazine articles piled high. There are books, half read, half open in bundles on the floor. I’m coming to the end of my course and there’s … Continue reading →