40 Lonely Planet Bloggers Release Stunning Ebook
It’s launch day for a brilliant project: a free (yes, no cost) and stunning E-Book by the Lonely Planet bloggers from the Blogsherpa programme. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Writing
Five Years of Faking It: Part II
I am also awed by Dolly Parton. She might not be your cuppa, but you can’t question that infectious spirit and her passion and commitment. Decades of it. You could say the same of Leonard Cohen, commitment- and passion-wise. (I bet ya never seen those names in the same paragraph before?) Cos Leonard Cohen didn’t write brilliant song lyrics for the past forty odd years because he wanted to, but because he had to. Continue reading
Five Years of Faking It: Part I
But then you have your Clint Eastwood’s and The Smiths and the Dame Judi’s. “Go ahead, make my seven thousand awesomely committed days, because I started something I couldn’t finish, my Shakespearean sister!” But don’t you just want to punch people who say: “If you love what you do you never have to work a day in your life”? Great for those who love what they do. But life is too short to not have something truly bum-worthy to commit to. Continue reading
World Cup Regression
In high school he told me that, when we were in primary school, I’d called him all sorts of racist names. I really thought he was joking. I couldn’t remember calling him names at all. But he insisted I had. Continue reading
The topless insanity of itchy appreciation
I’m a woman on the brink of insanity with itchiness. It’s a painful, prickling itchy. But mostly I’m worried about reverse culture shock, adapting to a culture of affluence and forgetting to appreciate the simple, but precious things in life, like running water. Continue reading
An Excellent Blogger and writer with a difference
Introducing an excellent blogger for writers, artists, travelers and fringe dwellers to boot. Chris Guillebeau’s The Art of Non-Conformity shows that one need not adhere to conventional notions of “how life should be” to live a meaningful and satisfying life. … Continue reading
Week in Review: Favourite things Feb 28
Here are some of my favourite links online this week. I love this blogger Blog called Sassytrash. I have a bit of a thing for used and old jewelry and mementos and this blog could do serious damage to my … Continue reading
