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Entries from April 29th, 2010

may flowers came early

April 29th, 2010 · No Comments · my world, remembery

My rhododendron usually starts blooming in time for my birthday, mid-May. This year it’s already fully in bloom — started flowering a whole month ahead of schedule! Posted via email from prePosterous

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may flowers came early

April 29th, 2010 · No Comments · my world, remembery

My rhododendron usually starts blooming in time for my birthday, mid-May. This year it’s already fully in bloom — started flowering a whole month ahead of schedule! Posted via email from prePosterous

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please make your driver’s seat a No Phone Zone

April 29th, 2010 · No Comments · I'm recommending

via oprah.com’s No Phone Zone campaign April 30th is No Phone Zone day, but that’s just an awareness raiser and reminder. Let’s all make EVERY day a No Phone Zone day. Please take the pledge and save a life — it could be your own.

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Your child’s lifespan will be 10 years less than yours

April 21st, 2010 · No Comments · I'm recommending, websites I like

Can your children correctly identify vegetables in a grocery store? Millions in the USA cannot! because their parents and schools don’t buy or cook them from fresh! I know, it’s hard to believe. Jamie Oliver’s 6-program TV series will be winding up this week on Friday. An amazing and shocking documentary series that keeps you [...]

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retirement goal: become a Child Who Knows

April 20th, 2010 · No Comments · for fun, my world, remembery

“But the adult is not the highest stage of development. The end of the cycle is that of the independent, clear-minded, all-seeing Child. That is the level known as wisdom. When the Tao te Ching and other wise books say things like, ‘Return to the beginning; become a child again’ that’s what they are referring [...]

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Tuesday, Positivity, Pooh

April 20th, 2010 · No Comments · for fun, I'm recommending

“You can’t help respecting anybody who can spell TUESDAY, even if he doesn’t spell it right; but spelling isn’t everything. There are days when spelling Tuesday simply doesn’t count.” ~Winnie The Pooh~ I’ve been reading The Positivity Blog in my feed-reader lately. (Excellent; I recommend it!) Today’s post (Winnie the Pooh’s Guide to a Happier [...]

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Retiring!

April 19th, 2010 · No Comments · for fun, my world

I’m retiring! Again, that is. I’ve had 8 careers and loved every one of them. I’m retiring from my freelance copy editing business, which I’ve had on the go since 1987. You know you should retire when you’re driving along in your convertible, sunny day, top down, and find yourself hoping there’s no new work [...]

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For when life spits in the soup

April 11th, 2010 · No Comments · I'm recommending, websites I like

You just need to hear a quick kudo. Or maybe you need a 1-sentence pep-talk? (I’ve got it bookmarked) Click to this site and you’ll read exactly the right thing. Posted via web from prePosterous

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can the anti-HST campaign work?

April 11th, 2010 · No Comments · whatever

This isn’t about my opinion about HST (harmonized sales tax), one way or the other. But as 80% of BC people object to our provincial government’s upcoming instigation of HST, I’ve been wondering whether everybody knows the extent of what it’s going to take to block this from happening. The following is from a CBC-online [...]

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50 Ways to Open Your World to New Possibilities

April 10th, 2010 · No Comments · I'm recommending

by Lori Deschene “To get something you never had, you have to do something you’ve never done.” ~Unknown Maybe you feel stuck. Or bored. Or frustrated. It’s not that you don’t like the life you live, it’s just that you suspect there’s something more. Some greater sense of meaning or excitement. New connections. New adventures. [...]

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