Dappled Air

Yesterday, as I was stopped at a red light at the busy intersection at the MacDonald bridge here in Dartmouth, NS I wished I had had the opportunity to take a picture of a single starling crossing the road with the green light, walking across in front of my stopped car on the crosswalk. The bird stayed within the lines and just kept on walking rather than flying. I imagine that this bird has been observing people and the traffic and then decided to to the same. Has anybody else observed this at the Wyse Road and MacDonald bridge intersection? a whole flock of starlings in my backyard photo source: Marlies Cohen

How many times are we totally devastated when something we have wanted soooo much falls through. We wonder why oh why? That's when I came across this quote and learned to go with the flow.

This week I came across a couple of quotes that reminded me that you can only make changes in the Now and to stop worrying so much about what happened and what could be. The first one points out the futility of worrying so much: The second one reminds you that holding on to things from the past, prevent you from moving forward. Events happened in the past, but they are not happening any longer, but if you hold on to them you are recreating them every time you think of them. Take action today and enjoy everything you are doing and what the day brings to you. June 27/2012 just came across this quote:

While going through my Facebook stream this morning I came across this picture and just had to share it.

I am in the middle of figuring out to describe myself and my business and have been working on it since the start of 2012. It is a slow process that seems to go in waves. March with Mercury retrograde was slow as molasses. With Mercury moving forward again on April 4 there is movement again and this morning I discovered this information  from a book called "The Tipping Point" by Malcom Gladwell from 2000 where he talks about people as Mavens, Connectors and Salespersons . So who am I? Before I even knew about this information I have been calling myself a "creative maven" and after reading the 3 categories, I have to say that "yes, I am a Maven with a bit of Connector and Salesperson mixed in". Mavens Mavens are "information specialists", or "people we rely upon to connect us with new information." They accumulate knowledge, especially about the marketplace, and know how to share it with others. A prototypical Maven is ...

Swiss Mercenaries I was just looking through my quarterly magazine called 'Swiss Review" that arrives regularly like clockwork in my house and an article about the history of Swiss Mercenaries caught my attention. In school we were taught that the Swiss soldiers had a reputation of being fierce. The Swiss guard at the Vatican started out like that a long time ago. As the center Cantons are primarily catholic it stands to reason that only catholic men can join the guard and many are from those central Cantons. I am not sure for how long this article is going to be reachable through this link as I had to go searching for it, I am putting the content here: Switzerland – a warfare service provider Mercenaries do not have a good reputation. The Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi attempted for months to prevent his fall from power in October 2011 with foreign troops. The UN recently warned of a worrying rise in the number of mercenaries in Africa. The use of “external mil...

I like watching the Mentalist TV show and yesterday I got finally around to watch my latest recorded show. To my delight and surprise Patrick Jane's character gave this tip to help you fall asleep: If you have falling asleep you can count sheep or on your in-breath say or think 1 and then when you breath out say or think 2. On your next in-breath say or think 1 and when you breath out say or think 2. Keep on repeating this and you will be surprised that when you wake up it is morning. Give it a try and then connect with me on Facebook and let me know what happened . . . counting sheep