You are never too old for Dr. Seuss! So I thought I would share this one - my favourite … Oh, the Places You’ll Go! Congratulations! Today is your day. You’re off to Great Places! You’re off and away! You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes You can steer yourself any direction [...]

"If you have no sense, put down your sack and dance" – Bouki sings Malice’s song, in Bouki Dances the Kokioko, as told deliciously by Diane Wolkstein The world seems to have no sense at the moment (for such a tiny planet we really do know how to make a mess!), and I am feeling a [...]

I’m not John Lennon but I must admit, at some point surely we will be able to live and work wherever we want, unbounded by visa’s etc. We already live in a world where work can be done from ‘virtually’ anywhere – you would think that countries would be asking to have you pay tax [...]

"A good word is like tree whose root is firmly fixed in the sky"- the Koran "If all seeds that were to fall would grow, then no-one could follow the path under the trees" – the Akan What did the tree learn from the earth to be able to talk to the sky? – Pablo [...]

This piece was delivered by The Elders, Oraibi, Arizona, Hopi Nation: "You have been telling the people that this is the Eleventh Hour. Now you must go back and tell the people that this is The Hour. There are things to be considered:Where are you living?What are you doing?What are your relationships?Are you in right [...]

The short: When you are trying to move into a new space ie you want to go to a new space in terms of your life, your job, your whatever, and there are ‘blocks’ / impediments it might help to go move. Or dance.  I did just that today. The medium: So today marked my [...]

A consummate storycollector (and teller) it was with mixed emotions that I heard this story* - "The Missouri Compromise". I love stories but this one gave me the chills.  I don’t like compromise. I would almost go as far as to say I hate it. Except that in general I don’t hate things. This doesn’t mean I don’t like [...]

"What do you want to be when you grow up?" remains one of my favourite questions of all time. Especially useful to break the ice with people in their later stages in life. I even started a book on this topic a few years ago. Then my computer crashed and though I still have the notes [...]

Consumating,  made Austin, TX, is the latest in dating websites -  I discovered this the other month thanks to Adaptive Path’s Janice Fraser. It is still in its beta phase (ie still being tested) but it’s certainly more fun than any other dating sites I’ve seen! Not that I have actually seen that many but… What makes it so fun? The site [...]