This month’s beauty comes courtesy of the High Line in Manhattan, New York. I had the absolute pleasure of wandering the walkways of this rejuvenated railway track several days ago and these Coneflowers caught my…
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Changing the world through a simple choice. This is the mission of Australian social enterprise, Thankyou. I noticed their Patchouli and Vanilla Hand Wash on the shelf at Coles some months ago. It was actually their…
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I have never eaten a tangelo before, not that I remember. But for the last week, I have had five juicy specimens giggling at me from my fruit bowl. I bought them because my…
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I spent the last ten years not pursuing joy. I had times of thankfulness, of happiness, but I walked through the better part of a decade of my life feeling restless, feeling like I…
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I am alarmed when it happens that I have walked a mile into the woods bodily, without getting there in spirit. In my afternoon walk I would fain forget all my morning…
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This delicate little beauty caught my eye at the Sydney Botanic Gardens last week. It’s a Camellia but not the C.japonica variety I’m used to, which is also flowering everywhere I look at…
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As part of an exercise in reassessing and realigning my values and actions, I challenged myself in July to go without three things that are a regular part of my life: alcohol, coffee and…
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I am a big fan of Australian director, Kip Williams. I’ve seen a few of his plays over the last couple of years and I’ve been impressed with each one’s beauty in interpretation and…
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Last Sunday, my church held a ‘Celebration’ service to help us reflect on all the things we’re thankful for and for where we can see God moving and working in our lives day-to-day. It…
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About a month ago, I found myself moved to action by a sudden realisation that much of what I do in life is motivated by fear. I was literally moved – I had been sitting in North…