Inspiration

Groundhog Day

Today is Groundhog Day and I’m hoping to watch one of my favourite movies – The 1993 cult classic, Groundhog Day! Over the years I have discovered that people’s opinions about it fall into two categories – either they love it or they hate it. When you find a really good movie it’s kind of […]

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Beautiful

We’ve been living in a winter wonderland here the last few days. I post this photo (taken from my balcony) in my inspiration blog because beauty is most inspiring, isn’t it. I also came across this today: “The ideal outcome of an encounter with beauty through art is that one will want to become a

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Blue Monday

Today is the third Monday in January which has in recent years become known as ‘Blue Monday’. It’s supposed to be the saddest day of the year. They attribute it to several different things – less sunlight (‘seasonal affective disorder’), holidays hangover, resolution failures, the weather … But it may surprise you to know there

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Grey Days

Winter comes with its own reflective mood. The term ‘wintering’ has long been used referring simply to how animals survive the cold season. But as it always does, a metaphor developed for the human experience, meaning an intentional time of rest and rumination for us two-legged mammals. As one source says, “The concept of ‘wintering’

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