I’m going to go out on a limb and say that in my 25+ years of working, I’ve finally reached the conclusion that building a learning culture in organisations where there’s a free flow of knowledge, experiences and opportunities for relationship building and co-creation is impossible. Organisational systems, traditional thinking and most of all, egos […]
We Live In Hope
Yes please. Please Facebook, please be like TikTok. This great post by Cal Newport, link above hopefully spells out the demise of Facebook where TikTok becomes the poison pill that “cripples” Facebook. We live in hope. “This all points to a possible future in which social-media giants like Facebook may soon be past their long […]
Writing in the Dark
What do you do when you have an idea and it comes to you in the middle of the night? Too easy. Switch on the light and write it down on a piece of paper on your bed stand or tap it out onto your phone. Well back in Lewis Carroll’s time, you can imagine […]
Back Yard, Be Gone!
Some time ago I wrote about a back yard project that we would like to do. It’s been ages in the making due to COVID and lockdowns but after a whole year of waiting, our land doing of our back garden has begun! If you want to read the story, check it out below 👇 […]
Digital Art That Goes On & On
This is a fascinating video that had me mesmerised. Andrew showed it to me on his phone as I think it came up on his Facebook feed. So I searched for the clip to delightedly find that it has a French narration. C’est mignon et magnifique en même temps. J’espère que vous l’apprécierez.
Writing My CV
One of the things I’ve slowly been doing is updating my resume (or CV) as I hadn’t touched it since 2016. Really, there’s no rhyme or reason for it as I am thinking of my future at the moment and considering when would be the best time to ‘retire’. Part of me thinks I have […]
Yammer & Viva Engage: Same? Same?
Yes. Okay you can stop reading now. Seriously, it didn’t take long for the new announcement by Microsoft for people to start pinging me at work and on the phone (thankfully, I’m off social media or else my notifications would have been out of control). “Helen, you’re a Yammer fan, what do you make of […]
Knitting Glenan
I love some of the websites of knitting designers. One in particular, is Kate Davies Designs based in Scotland. I’ve written about this pattern, Glenan in another post here in my blog but thought I’d share my progress to date. As you can see it’s ticking along. This is my second project (I’m also knitting […]
Idealist, Be Gone!
If there was a spray I could douse myself in, it would be “Idealist, Be Gone!” I’m at an age where I’m doing a lot of soul searching and made the conclusion that my idealism has failed me. You can’t get to this age and escape it unfortunately as you deal with big problems in […]
It’s So Cold Here!
My Brother Jack Awards 2022
The MBJ award is a literary prize that our local Council awards to locals of all age groups who live or work in the area. Every year, they award prizes for short story and poetry categories and every year, I make some excuse not to submit an entry. This morning, over a cup of coffee […]
Dreams Are A Whole Level of Crazy
It’s bordering on the ridiculous. Two dreams last night and both like feature films. If I write them down, I could sell them as novels. One I was in a domestic violence situation. The fear felt real, the husband (whom I’ve never seen before in my life but had a striking resemblance to my father […]
I Wore My Pyjamas All Day
Now I have to clarify this. It was Monday. A work day. I worked all day in my pyjamas. I ran meetings, in my pyjamas. It’s a first. I’ve never done this before. What level of “not caring about personal appearance” have I reached? My usual habit is to get dressed appropriately complete with hair […]
Sunday Afternoon in Virtual Reality World
Some years back in 2017, I got a Favolcano VR viewer from some conference I attended. It was a freebie. Part of the swag they gave out. At the time, 360VR was relatively new but you could use your iPhone as the player and the viewer as a stereoscopic device to immerse yourself into the […]
Turtles Helping Each Other Out
This is what we need more of – not just turtles but humanity too.
Life Is Like Quadratic Equations
I have no idea why but my dreams have been vivid recently. I’ve also been sleeping deeper than I ever have before. I have no idea why. I know I’m not physically tired, I’m in good health generally and count myself lucky I haven’t caught COVID…yet. However I do find myself finding it harder to […]
Photos From the Wool Show
I’m sitting up in bed looking out towards this window waiting for the rest of the house to wake up and get ready for the day. It’s a quiet Saturday morning at a regional town of Elphinstone which has a general store, a pub, a cemetery and some homesteads dotted about. We are staying here […]
The National Wool & Sheep Show is ON, Baby! Yeah!
Sitting here at 0615 on a Friday morning. Ahead of me a 2 hour drive to Bendigo to attend the National Wool and Sheep Show, the biggest in Australia. It’s a chance of anyone who is a lover of sheep and wool to come along and see the different industries. My favourite? The yarn stalls […]
Changes I’ve Experienced Without Social Media in My Life
Here are some things I’ve been noticing now that I’ve permanently deleted social media from my life. It’s nearing 30 days now which means at the 30 day mark without re-entering my accounts, they are wiped of everything I’ve ever written and shared is permanently deleted. Years of work, photos, videos, followers and followings, ramblings. […]
Sunday Sunday
This morning Andrew arrives home fifteen minutes after he left for the golf course. I thought he has forgotten something which doesn’t set up the day ahead because he becomes cranky for the rest of it. However, the course was closed due to fog. That was my signal to get up from bed, get dressed […]