blog posts are great. but comments are equally important. when you think of it, that’s similar to life. experts can talk all they want. what’s important is how their ideas are applied in real life. so it occurred to me that once in a while i should dedicate a post to comments, so that you… Continue reading celebrating my readers
Category: general
grateful in seattle
yesterday my daughter, my grandson and i went on a trip to seattle, to meet with some of my daughter’s online friends. they took us to the aquarium – what a fabulous place! fish, art, education, photography, fun, otters, starfish and so much more, all in one place. can’t wait to go there again. what… Continue reading grateful in seattle
try a little money management
looks like this is guest post week. today you can find me on nancy zimmermann’s blog. nancy is a money coach, and i wrote a little piece on “trying” money management. below is an excerpt. for the full article, go here. a little while ago i wrote an article on trying vs. allowing. nancy thought… Continue reading try a little money management
good resumes, bad resumes
today, my past as an employment counsellor is creeping up on me again. read all about it over at the job mob. in my contribution, i’m asking: do you need help with resume writing? if you’re looking for a job right now and it’s driving you crazy, maybe you’ll get some good ideas there. and… Continue reading good resumes, bad resumes
hi dad!
remember the inspiration post? you never know what’s going to inspire you. i just found a new blog that i’m going to try and follow, written by a venture capitalist in new york, and his blog entry for today was very short: i just called my dad. got voice mail. wished him a happy father’s… Continue reading hi dad!
of tractors and violins
well, we’re back from alberta. we went there for my graduation from the master of distance education program at athabasca university. it was a nice ceremony but the best part was when i came home to a letter from the university, telling me that i had won the annual tim byrnes scholarship for “combining academic… Continue reading of tractors and violins
athabasca, here i come!
just wanted to let you know, my good readers, that i will be away for a few days in beautiful athabasca. it’s 150 km (95 miles) north of edmonton – quite a ways up north, so i’m really looking forward to loooooong days. be back on sunday!
a to do list
always looking for new ways to think about goals and to do lists. what do you think of this one? it came to me thanks to carol, one of our vancouver bloggers meetup members.
apocalypse now!
i got tagged by jolynne from the fit shack for “the last blog post”. albert at the urban monk created this orginally, wondering “what if the blogosphere was over tomorrow? no more blogs, and you had to write your very last post?” albert is also very generously donating $1.00 to the salvation army for each… Continue reading apocalypse now!
listening to mom
listening to the cbc’s early edition this morning after driving back from lifting weights in my friend tom’s garden, i was intrigued by the question the host, rick cluff, asked of his panel: “what’s the best advice your mother ever gave you?” one answer was particularly memorable. moe sihota said that when he told his… Continue reading listening to mom