What can we learn from daffodils in the snow?

March 31, 2010 2 comments

In the  previous post  I talked about how daffodils need both the sun and the rain to thrive and suggested that rain in our lives can be good ( and necessary).
And then…. a week on and this happens
 

We had a significant dump of snow overnight. Although not unheard of at the end of March it is unusual.
Now [...]

You can’t get daffodils without the rain!

March 25, 2010 No comments yet

Last week there were just green shoots. Then we had a sunny day and the shoots opened!
Are there any brighter indicators of spring than daffodils?
Soon gardens as well as grass verges, roundabouts, waste ground even will be awash with the bright yellow they bring .  The harshness and gloom of winter days will fade into [...]

The best way to learn

January 19, 2010 11 comments

Are you the kind of person who reads the instructions  before you  start something new ? Or do you only search “help” when you are stuck?
How we learn has interested me for some time – I suppose ever since I was first introduced to Honey and Mumford’s Learning Styles  . More recently we have been discussing [...]

The difference between can’t, don’t want to and have chosen not to.

November 2, 2009 2 comments

Here’s a question for a Monday morning ? When did you last say “I can’t ” do something ?Now think about what that really meant.
 
-Did you mean that you did not have the skills/time/resources to allow you to ?
or
- Did you mean that you did have what it took but didn’t want to?
or
- Did you mean that [...]

What I learned from two friends with cancer

April 12, 2009 9 comments

This is my entry for Robert Hruzek’s Group Writing project for April on the theme “What I learned from Adversity”.
A few years ago my husband returned from a networking event to tell me that he had bumped into my old friend and former flatmate Anne. He told me that she was going through another round [...]


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