So we have our stuff, and some of it requires power. How about some environmentally friendly power stuff to go with it? Thanks to supply and demand, and all that talking we can do to manufacturers with our wallets, more and more enviro options continue to emerge. I do believe… Continue reading
Taking a more light hearted approach to death today. But before I go on, if for some reason you’ve never seen Meet Joe Black, but plan to one day, maybe you better not read any further. I don’t want to spoil anything. Thus the rather vague title of the post… Continue reading
Stuff. We do seem to like it. And collect it. And move it around. And around again and again someplace else. Hopefully in the process we get more enjoyment from it than it costs. Both to the wallet and to our sense of freedom. Tied down to all that stuff.… Continue reading
Not the cheeriest title for a Monday is it? But my hope here is that it feels a bit more so, by the end of the post. Maybe even a little glimmer of peace. While probably never really easy to think or talk about, I do believe it can at… Continue reading
I’ve always been really impressed by those who learn English as a second language, or third or fourth… There are just so many rules, many of them seemingly arbitrary. And as if that weren’t bad enough, there are countless exceptions to all those rules. I know other languages have their… Continue reading
People take advantage of us. Not something I like to think of, but probably faced by all of us from time to time. But do we bear some of the responsibility too? Do we allow ourselves to be taken advantage of? Like that adage, “Fool me once shame on you,… Continue reading
Words of wisdom, or at least words that we take to heart, can follow us forever. Or maybe they just stay with us, and we journey with them. Sometimes little thoughts and ideas shared by loved ones resonate with us forever. Maybe it was the way it was said, or… Continue reading
I closed yesterday’s post with a mention of hope. Hope that such petitions can effect change, or at least have a significant impact. Hope too for the day when such petitions are no longer needed. Hope for respect and compassion towards all living things. And a hope I’ll always believe… Continue reading
Yesterday’s musings on work-life balance as opposed to that of life-work, got me thinking about another choice of words. Why don’t we say work-play balance instead? Isn’t the opposite of work more accurately ‘play’ than ‘life’? And wouldn’t the opposite then to pair with ‘life’, more accurately be ‘death’? Now… Continue reading
We hear a lot about work-life balance nowadays. More and more employers seem to at least address the issue, if not fully nurture it. The thing is, we each have our own unique idea of what that ideal balance really is. So how can anyone else define it for us,… Continue reading
