I am not normally into those Chicken Soup type of books, sayings for the soul etc, but friend Jilly alerted me to the book "God doesn't blink" by Regina Brett, and it had this list, which when I look at it, reminded me that it is good to [...]
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I have been saddened each day as I read Sue Wells’ blog and her tributes as she faces day after day of funerals for lost colleagues. As a family and as a company we have been so lucky that we have not lost members of our whanau. We know people that have died and grieve [...] Yesterday (February 7 2011) marked the 20th birthday of the Books for Babies packs. Christchurch City Libraries’ Books for Babies Programme began in 1990, which was International Literacy Year. Since that time over 50,000 packs have been delivered, including one to Thomas when he was 1 day old in Christchurch Women’s Hospital. Each year the [...] People in Stony Stratford, near Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, have spent the week withdrawing their maximum allowance of books in protest against council plans to close it as part of budget cuts. And they said the plan had been a success, with all 16,000 books withdrawn from the library. Friends of Stony Stratford Library (FOSSL) used [...] Whilst I am now back at work I am still finishing off the pile of books which Howard bought me for Christmas. None are what you might call literary classics, but all are favourite authors whose books I have enjoyed over the years. In fact Christmas 2010 was the end of an era as Howard [...] A walk through Ecchinswell’s St Lawrence churchyard, with the smell of the yew trees reminded me of this poem- The curfew tolls the knell of parting day, The lowing herd winds slowly o’er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me. Now fades the [...] Stopped on way to Devon to show Derek one of the ancient sights of the South of England. I tried to find that pasasge from Tess of the D’Urbervilles, that so eloquently describes the mystique of Stonehenge, but could not find it so have made do with these more earthy comments from Bill Bryson. “I [...] Friend Sonia reminded me of this poem by the wonderful author Maya Angelou A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE . enough money within her control to move out and rent a place of her own, even if she never wants to or needs to… A WOMAN SHOULD HAVE . something perfect to [...] One of the keynote speakers today was Tom Kelley, general manager of IDEO and author of the best-seller The Art of Innovation. IDEO have worked with Apple transferring a number of their ideas into products, such as the Apple mouse and Palm V, The focus of his talk was on how to use innovation to [...] Had I the heavens’ embroidered cloths, Enwrought with golden and silver light, The blue and the dim and the dark cloths Of night and light and the half light, I would spread the cloths under your feet: But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread [...] We celebrated the new year with SingStar at friends Juanita and Philip’s house. We tried Singstar Abba, 80s and Rock Legends, but to no avail we were pretty useless at all of them.. not helped by the fact that the Reddish famaily can all sing! Although I think it would be safe to say that [...] This book was written by fellow New Jerseyite and long-term Springsteen friend Robert Santelli and was written with the full co-operation of the band. The result is this fully illustrated informal biography combines rare photographs with 30 removable facsimiles of E Street memorabilia, including Bruce Springsteen’s first business card and hand-written set list, and [...] It is almost Spring and flowers have started to appear everywhere- bright yellow daffodils, lovely pink blossom and little bluebells starting to show through in the park. It reminded me of this poem by Jessica Maness, so for all of you a flower… I will give you the flower of song and dance I will [...] [...] |
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