View from Long Point, the Catlins, New Zealand. Tea and cake around the world makes me a happy girl! Don’t wait for a better future Before enjoying your life Wear your best dress today Get out your finest china Notice the breeze kissing your face The blossom offering up her scent Life is in the …
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Your Mental and Emotional Warrant-of-Fitness #6 Avoidance
(A Warrant-of-Fitness is the New Zealand equivalent of an M.O.T. in the UK, being a certificate to say your vehicle is road worthy.) Nature hates a void, a vacuum. I am a lover of words, a logophile, and when I found this name for “a lover of words”, I was delighted! I love playing with …
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This Polar Blast!/ Polar Opposites
Manuka trees in the Catlins Coastal Rain Forest, South Island, New Zealand Flax leaves gently bow and turn, Yielding to the weight of raindrops and snow Moving with every nuance of wind. Spindly manuka collectively sway Grounded Yielding to what is Dressed for the weather. Razor-sharp wind Showers of snow and Hail stones, Like tiny …
Nurture the Seed and it will Blossom
Nurture the Seed and it will Blossom. I saw these words on an add on my FB page for planting a native tree. I couldn’t help but relate this to raising a child. What a beautiful metaphor. You may not have been nurtured the way you needed as a child but you can nurture yourself …
Your Mental and Emotional Warrant-of-Fitness #5 Assertiveness
(A Warrant-of-Fitness is the New Zealand equivalent of an M.O.T. in the UK, being a certificate to say your vehicle is road worthy.) Assertiveness is that sweet spot, where you can speak up about your needs or opinions. You are neither passive nor aggressive, the two opposites on the continuum of communication styles. To be …
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Can I have a dose of self-discipline please?
I made myself laugh out loud today when I was thinking about my writing. The neighbours probably think I’m crazy walking about, talking and laughing away to myself! But the older I get the less I care what others think. For example, I have low tolerance for technology not doing what I want it to …
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Spring has Sprung!
Spring in my courtyard As I write this, I’m aware that some of you lovely readers are in the Northern Hemisphere and are embarking on their autumnal journey, another glorious season, filled with colours and different experiences. Spring has sprung early here in New Zealand. Although today is only the 2nd day of spring “officially”, …
The Great Unwind
Autumn reflections, Christchurch Botanical Gardens, New Zealand It’s National Poetry Day here in New Zealand and I forgot about it enough to not be involved, which I’m a bit sad about. I call myself “an accidental poet” because this type of writing was never my intended genre. I was sure I was intended for more …
Contradictions
I like the contradictoriness of nature. Standing in the forest Engulfed in stillness And the buzz of life. I have learnt that vulnerability is a strength That you cannot separate light and darkness And to trust is risk To love is to be open to hurt That grief is healing An inextricable part of growth. …
Writers Dilemma
Write something every day To stay in the flow Is what they say. A verse, a poem A line or two You’ll be surprised What the Universe Will write through you. Turn up to the page Put pen to paper Do it now Instead of later. Don’t worry about it sounding silly A rhyme, a …
Words from the Lighthouse 