From the monthly archives:

January 2010

Now I get it!

by Jan on January 27, 2010

That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you’ve understood all your life, but in a new way. Doris Lessing The photo is of a eucalyptus pod.

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Snow joke

by Jan on January 26, 2010

Our snow’s all gone now, and though it’s much easier to get about I really miss it. I particularly miss watching it fall from the sky. One afternoon at the beginning of the month the flakes were huge, enormous, never seen the like. It’s mesmeric, isn’t it? So very beautiful and ethereal, floating slowly down. [...]

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Work/life balance: who needs it?

by Jan on January 25, 2010

The whole debate about work/life balance puts me in mind of a tightrope. You set off focusing very specifically on the other end, the place where you can step off. You learn how to hold your body just right, the skills necessary to keep you moving forward. If you don’t balance properly, you’ll fall to [...]

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Some focus amongst the chaos

by Jan on January 18, 2010

Do you ever have those days where there are too many things to think about and even when you focus on one thing the others are clammering for attention. I do, often! And this photograph of gypsophila speaks to me of that. This photo was originally in my Blipfoto journal.

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What’s real anyway?

by Jan on January 11, 2010

Beau Lotto: Optical illusions show how we see This is a fascinating video which leaves me wondering, ‘What do we believe to be real, which is actually an illusion.’

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