Strenuous Wholeness
CategorySomething about rubbish dreams
Years ago, I had a dream. In my dream I was running very fast. I was running the trails of Piney Lakes Pine Plantation. Those trails now f..
Something about beetroot and bitterness.
On 14 March 2002, I managed to convince a bunch of sensible friends to join me in enjoying (but mostly enduring) twenty-four hours of noth..
Something about the long journey of growing up.
Have you ever woken from a deep sleep disoriented and struggling to reach through the fog of dreams to return to reality?
The moment wh..
Something about change
Coffee has been a mainstay in my life since I met and married my Italian-English husband fifteen years back.
His family were cranking o..
Something about trust
I have a friend. She is a lovely lady; smart, often smiling and we get along like a house on fire. I respect and admire her for many reaso..
Something about overcoming fear
By the time I was four, I had experienced a myriad of life lessons that many adults would struggle to come to terms with or, better still,..
Something about the year of no goals
It was such a weird January this year. Normally I’d have that Spirax notebook out, drawing up my standard 7-day grid, calculating how best..
Something about juggling.
At one stage in my life, I wanted to be a circus performer.
When I was younger, my parents took my siblings and me to a visiting circus..
Something about the switch and the dial
Around thirty years ago, I stopped eating meat. The ultimate cold turkey. Ate it one day, didn’t eat it the next. That was 1986. Never tou..
Something about waiting.
Waiting is an ongoing experience evoking a plethora of emotions.
Sometimes you can be waiting for something that seems to be an eternit..