It has been quite a hiatus! I hope this finds you well!? I realised today I haven’t officially blogged since February 15th. That’s over a month – and I think the longest time I haven’t blogged since I started www.natalieshell.com. It isn’t that I haven’t had material. It is just somehow it didn’t materialise online [...]

Been thinking about trying to make and submit a last minute entry for Pangea Day focused on bringing dialogue about Earth, what we are doing to it, and raising awareness for how everything is interconnected…the challenge for me is balancing the positive and negative – and also getting it done in time… Meanwhile,here is a [...]

I repeat: You are not your resume! Please repeat, out loud if necessary, like a mantra. If you are not up for the whole spiel, You Can Find 7 Steps to Less Stressful Resume.doc Writing under Actions, below. Other people have written much nicer better things on how to be creative and not average. Here, [...]

Woke up this morning to fresh orange juice and then spent some time picking oranges. Highly recommend both!  Though am saddened that the oranges are ripe so early this year. (…some action you can take about Global Warming and caring for our Planet Earth here and here)  I Image source (c) Neil Creek II Image [...]

                                Image: Perseverance (c) Harry Araten  Backstory / Story with image  Please note: not all this backstory relates to image/notion above – you may prefer to scroll down to ‘related stories‘ section…   *** "When is the best time to plant [...]

I got an email about Pangea day – and it touched me. Go to the site and watch the video/trailer. Or view it here, on youtube. Essentially it is a global event that takes place next year on various sites (think live earth etc) but shares films and music of the world – about the [...]

In conversation with Chaim yesterday he mentioned, almost in passing, letting go to "life’s intricate dance". I’ve been thinking about his words – and thought you might also like to. As I sit and write I also recall a line from Dr. Seuss’s Oh The Places You’ll Go "I’m afraid that some times you’ll play [...]

I just saw this image and was reminded of something I wanted to blog about almost 2 years ago – "everyone can draw" If you ask a child if they can draw they will likely say ‘yes’ and grin. They will also likely go draw you something and expect you to see what it is [...]

"Who Am I Alreay Now That I Can Be?" – question thanks to Diederick Janse, at The Hub Amsterdam ‘s Collaboration Day – thanks for a great conversation all!) Can Image: Campbell’s Soup 1968 (c) Andy Warhol I am SO mindful that such questions as this one bring us back to what actions we CAN [...]

A Story  This tale takes place back in the days when men were God fearing and sought absolution for their crimes from Rabbis and other such intermediaries… …And so it was that two men found themselves receiving a punishment for a crime they had committed: only after they crossed the ravine that lay on the [...]