Musings
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Nothing is lost, we’ve just been hibernating.
Are You Feeling Reluctant to Rejoin the World? The end of another seventy-seven days of lockdown has some residents of the Yarra Valley leaping out of their homes with shouts of joy, but not everyone. For some of us, the end of lockdown might be a mixed blessing. After so long at home in our quiet bubbles, the phenomenon of cabin fever may have set in. Do You Have Cabin Fever? During the winter, it’s instinctive to slow down a little and go inward. This urge helps us to stay where it’s warm and dry, creating an innate sense of hibernation. The long lockdown in the Yarra Valley has deepened…
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Spring is the time of renewal
My orchids have started early this year. The traditional first place winner, my maroon one, has circled and extended itself making a larger hoop of orchids. The first one out though is a delightful fairy pink; stunning, fragrant, cascading. It is symbolic of beauty – orchids are stunning, fragile, ethereal – the beauty of ballet dancers or models perhaps. Those of us with the more usual beauty would say they were as beautiful as a rose or a daisy. Still all of us were young… Spring is the time of renewal. My maidenhair fern l thought l had lost because l tried to keep it happy indoors. My constant need…
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Blogging for Success
By Deb Marks I have started a writing course that will lead to me publishing my novels. It’s an interesting method developed by a ex AFL/VFL footy player, a self described non-reading, barely literate man who has walked through all that, to be the published author of eight books. I had reservations at first. He has broken the course into modules which seem deceptively simple. What he has done is to send out a message about being determined and focused. There are many affirmations that one needs to view daily. Andrew Jobling played seniors football for St Kilda, it was a brutal time in his life being a footballer, they…
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Don’t leave yourself wondering!
When I was at High School I was one of those kids who wasn’t particularly great at most things, but not awful either. Back then, in forms 4 and 5 you had choose a stream of learning: General, Art, Business, Trade, or Applied Science. I had undertaken Applied Science in Form 4 and only just scraped through, so a big decision had to be made, should I drop back to General or perhaps Business or have a go at Applied Science once again. I struggled on for a while searching for the right fit and finally approached my very understanding science teacher, Mr Griffin ,who spelled it out something like…
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Only 13 weeks until Spring!
Winter has arrived and while we have been blessed with a sunny start to the coldest season, we can tell by our toes that temperatures have been icy. Some people relish the coldest month – for them it’s a time to snuggle up in front of the Coonara with a hot drink, or whizz down the slopes of whatever snowfield you can travel to, but for many people Winter brings with it feelings of sadness, changes in sleep patterns and a loss of enjoyment in many things. These symptoms could be associated with the Seasonal Affective Disorder, known as SAD. We can’t avoid Winter (unless you’re lucky to have a…
