Yesterday, I wrote about empowerment that comes with learning new skills. Mindful delegation also brings empowerment. Recognising that you cannot be an expert in all things, and thoughtfully outsourcing to people or services with complementary skill sets, can free you up to focus on assignments that bring you joy and satisfaction. Against this background, I […]
Daily Life
Empowerment
For many months, my laser printer has displayed a message Cyan Cartridge: Replace Soon. Naturally I was half way through printing materials for France when that message changed to Replace Cyan Cartridge. Not to worry, I had a spare cyan cartridge ready to go. But then there was a clunk and a loud whirring sound […]
Daily Exercise – Creative Life
Here at Casa da Praia, we have a longstanding house rule – no breakfast unless you have been for a walk or a swim (or both) even if it is just down to the PO box to clear the mail and back up the “Stairmaster“. I am convinced that this daily routine is conducive to […]
Until the cows come home
Our major home maintenance project seems to have taken forever. At last the carport has been cleared of tools and building materials and “the cows” are back on the wall. We impulsively bought this sepia photograph from a butchery that was closing down in inner-city Balmain in the late 1990s and carried it home. The […]
Honey, honey
I love honey. In particular, I love honey from New Zealand. As a child growing up in Warkworth, my family would stop by Mr Sharp’s honey stand en route to Omaha and Matakana. Mostly we bought it in a large metal canister but, as a treat, we sometimes bought wonderfully oozy comb honey. For a […]
Autumn Days, Picnic Ways
I love autumn! The bounty of harvest, the extra weight of bed covers at night, the softer light and the picnic weather. Today the Laundry King, already a keen bread and pizza maker, took a bread-making class at a local restaurant Bells at Killcare. He returned home with these yummy samples and a generous portion […]
