Category: Mindful Musings

Sink into the cinema chair and let go with a heavy sigh, my shoulders visibly dropping into                                                                   relaxation-mode        … Continue reading Holiday Bliss

Image source: https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=2069385066708225&id=1654531454860257&set=a.1845342005779200#!/SchoolOfPhilosophyMelbourne/photos/a.1845342005779200/2069385066708225/?type=3&source=54&ref=page_internal   Sometimes my job asks me for energy I don’t have. Sometimes I am so spent from responding to students all day that I cannot hold a conversation with my family: I can do the listening bit but can’t manage the replying bit.   Sometimes I’m bereft of ideas when I need them. Sometimes… Continue reading Sometimes

AKA: LABYRINTHS I HAVE ENJOYED PERSONALLY I The first real-life labyrinth I encountered was during a visit to a bush property. The owner was a kinaesiologist, in tune with phenomena beyond the seeing eye. She had selected this property out of many she looked at, assessing the health of the earth energy levels on each.… Continue reading Labyrinths

I love labyrinths and their qualities. My awareness of labyrinths increased alongside my awareness of my self being distinct from the rest of the world. This, of course, is a gradual process from when a baby separates from its mother at birth ... but when does conscious cognition set in, to the extent that an… Continue reading Labyrinth

  There are 10 types of people in this world - those who understand binary, and those who don’t. I don’t consider myself a strong Maths person - I dropped it after form five because I   didn’t make much progress in my Pure and Applied that year. I found the teacher difficult to approach,… Continue reading Ten Types of People

, I was about to cut a homegrown tomato from our kitchen bench when I was inspired to put down the knife and pick up the camera instead. This tomato, which had clearly been rubbing against some woody stalks while growing on the vine, had developed such interesting lines on its skin ... and it… Continue reading As perfect as … a tomato?

... for the Brag Book ... A place I worked for once had a Brag Book. This was the place where compliments from the public and feedback on successes went. It’s indicative of the workplace that I didn’t know of its existence for over six months, but that’s another story. I also never actually saw… Continue reading Two Things

Living as I do in the country, I am partial to fresh eggs: the laid-this-morning style I was fortunate to buy from colleagues at my last workplace. The current going rate is $5 a dozen, with individuals charging anywhere between $3.50 and $6. I’m happy to pay whatever price is charged because everyone has different… Continue reading Happy Hens