tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-69873363363820478302024-03-13T09:45:27.890+10:00My Favourite FeedThe intersection of who I am being and who I want to be being.
A nourished woman.
Who uses adult language.
And is sometimes not present.
But is getting there.... and loving it.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12674004830678207339noreply@blogger.comBlogger84125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6987336336382047830.post-87746342932134380652017-05-16T11:32:00.004+10:002017-05-16T11:32:59.091+10:00You can love anyone<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b>I'm sick. Got a cold.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Between bouts of bed and the toilet I see around me so much stuff that was absolutely necessary at the time. And now I don't know what to do with it.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Now I want to travel and run a cafe in a foreign country and run an English school there, too. So the stuff's got to go somewhere.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b>The massive insight for me is that I want to do the new venture with a partner, not alone. Massive insight. I want to do the new venture with a partner. I'm done with solo.</b></span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12674004830678207339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6987336336382047830.post-91428091321413384722017-01-11T20:51:00.000+10:002017-01-11T20:52:20.836+10:00Social context is the biggest driver for our health - Dr Mark Hyman<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Another Marie Forleo <a href="https://www.marieforleo.com/2017/01/dr-mark-hyman/#comment-833633" target="_blank">interview</a>....</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>My place to contribute to others accomplishing their dreams and revolutions.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>A place to hold others <i><u>only</u></i> as capable. As performers. People of action.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Because in the France that I see, a coffee is about how big you want it <i>black</i>. Ristretto. Espresso. Lungo. Americano.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Forget milk. Soy. Almond. Skinny. Frothy. Not frothy. Half strength. In a glass. A paper cup.... </b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;">I love the clean lines of that. I think I've lost weight, simply from having my coffee black.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Here's a story about the café culture in France, well I think <a href="http://www.cafe-de-flore.com/the-cafe-culture-in-france/" target="_blank">Paris</a>, but interesting anyway. And here's the link to the <a href="http://cafedeflore.fr/" target="_blank">café</a> that the story refers to.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>How come I'm only getting a message <u><i>now</i></u> that my mobile phone's international travel pack has kicked in? I've been making calls since yesterday! Eeek. What rate have I been paying for that?</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Why didn't I get 100% on that exam? It should have been 100. What the hell did I get wrong then? Man, maybe I'll never know this stuff. (I got 83%)</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>The thought.... go to London for the last weekend in France. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>So when I noticed the thumping heart, I thought I might just have to choose London for my last weekend in France. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>What if it was excitement and I just didn't recognise it?</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Be who you want to be in the world.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Well I have 35 euros for 19 days left of travel.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>And I <i>can</i> get a ristretto and croissant for 1 euro.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>But that's not the point.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>So I had an indoors day working out how to work it out.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>And working out how to earn an income when I live here.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Another great day.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>All that effort and not even leftovers to freeze for 7 days like when I cook for myself.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Cook once, eat twice doesn't even do it for me.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Having said that, the omelette pictured was only one meal.</b></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12674004830678207339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6987336336382047830.post-74441821569896746242016-12-26T03:00:00.001+10:002017-01-07T02:39:23.120+10:00Pixies by Whippy Cake<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>She is brilliant styling <a href="https://whippycake.com/?p=11744" target="_blank">pixie</a> short hair looks using heaps of product.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: x-large;"><b>Love it.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: x-large;"><b>So <i>ALIVE.</i></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Follow the link to see her take a woman who happens to have lost a lot of weight and now wants a new hair look, from great to extraordinary, by <i><a href="https://youtu.be/LXGPAIzvELo" target="_blank">cutting</a></i> the pixie haircut, too.</b></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12674004830678207339noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6987336336382047830.post-55352897988427619872016-12-23T21:55:00.001+10:002017-01-07T02:41:10.508+10:00Chestnut mousse pudding<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>This is not a trusted recipe. Just sayin'.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Now that I've googled the name I should not have a problem finding it provided my accent doesn't get in the way. But failing on three attempts permitted me some creativity, I guess.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>I don't. I drop the whole eggs into the dish and add the honey, starting with about 2T, and beat it till I'm satisfied,</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>I then add the pureed chestnuts, because I'm in France and only have a fork to do the mixing. The kitchen in the studio is great, but not too well equipped for creating. If you have mixers of any kind, the order doesn't really matter.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>I then add a 1:1 mix of fromage frais and créme fraîche because I can. I'm in France.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Beat/fork it till you have achieved the consistency you want.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Refrigerate for 3 hours.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>If it is too runny, turn it into a power smoothy by adding some <a href="http://www.gelatinaustralia.com.au/products/peptipro-collagen-hydrolysate-beef-gelatin-500grams-premium-grade" target="_blank">collagen</a>.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>If you want something warm, bake it in the oven in a trough of water.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Eat after a long walk around the lake.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Cook and walk and eat.</b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Lucky the baguette was a mini. Now I get <br />why my mum puts butter on like cheese.<br />She grew up in rural England</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b> where the butter<br />tastes like this French stuff. </b></span><br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12674004830678207339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6987336336382047830.post-78832002888122937162016-12-23T00:40:00.000+10:002017-01-07T02:41:48.089+10:00Biathlon discovery at last<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://sens-a-sons-nature.com/" target="_blank">Sylvie Triboulot</a> introduced me to this sport at Les Bas-Rupts, Gérardmer, France.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Fun and rough and therapeutic somehow. </b></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><a href="http://sens-a-sons-nature.com/" target="_blank">Sens-a-Son-Nature</a> website.</span></b></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>After the biathlon session, I actually voluntarily entered a forest on my own, with verbal directions only. Outrageous (for me).</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>I made it to <i>nearby</i> the destination, but that was plenty good enough.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>I left home <a href="https://www.airbnb.com.au/rooms/9793426" target="_blank">(Annie & Jean-Claude's Airbnb)</a> at 08:40 and did not return until 14:30. All on foot, with the two hour biathlon stint in the middle. </b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>According to the <a href="https://www.fitbit.com/fr/chargehr" target="_blank">FitBit</a> data, that's 24,000 steps, 2000 calories, 16 kilometres and 131 floors.</b></span><br />
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<span style="color: #e06666; font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>You only live once as far as I know so make sure you come home completely empty just from being <i><u>in</u></i> the day.</b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>In Colmar, France, down a side street <br />near the train station.<br />Above & Below pics.</b></span></td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12674004830678207339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6987336336382047830.post-26493334771972904972016-12-21T04:59:00.003+10:002017-01-07T02:43:58.468+10:00Boeuf Bourguignon<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><b>I didn't taste one drop, but the meal<br />sure tasted delicious.</b></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b><a href="http://www.deliaonline.com/recipes/international/european/french/boeuf-bourguignon" target="_blank">Boeuf Bourguignon</a> is its formal name, but just like Spaghetti Bolognese has special family recipes, this will have as well.</b></span><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'courier new', courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">I made the batch pictured while in Gérardmer, France and felt right at home.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>This meal instantly takes me back to playing in the pile of sawdust in the shed while my father fixed mowers for other people.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Gigantic, orange flowered wall paper, even in the kitchen. </b></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Look at all that gelatin and animal fat. </span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">So delicious warmed </span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Playing down the river, walking past 'Haggy's' house to get there (as in 'The old hag' - she was probably only 33, but to us kids..... you get the idea).</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>And then sitting at the mosaic tiled kitchen bench with my brother and sisters and a steaming bowl of this in front of you.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Leffe Blond comes in a 250 mL size here. This Belgian wheat beer has 6.6% alcohol content, so one cup is enough for moi.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>I was told on my first day here that at dusk and dawn deer come and eat the grass in the back yard. This is pretty novel for an Australian. So I was intrigued.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Of course I kept looking </b></span><span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>out for them to no avail. My hosts, however, assured me that the deer had come. OK. Maybe it required more than a peek through the curtains every now and again.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>So the new Sunday ritual began. Sit outside with the lights off, drink the Leffe Blonde, and wait.</b></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12674004830678207339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6987336336382047830.post-30717923271251315162016-12-18T02:02:00.000+10:002017-01-07T02:49:13.031+10:00Gérardmer, France<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><b>Standard potatoes, bacon, onion, egg....<br />and yet so so gooooood.</b></span></td></tr>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12674004830678207339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6987336336382047830.post-52986641132319520622016-12-04T06:57:00.000+10:002017-01-07T02:49:46.006+10:00Dead dogs & divorce<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: right; margin-left: 1em; text-align: right;"><tbody>
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Droplets of the green fluid are glistening in the syringe.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>She is calm now. She is relaxed.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>I am upset. I am crying. I am sad. I am suffering.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>We've traded places almost.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Whitey is no longer stressed because the mass in her neck has suddenly got so large that it is restricting her breathing. But I am anguished.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>And then I am not anguished and suffering.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>I am still sad. I still look forward to coming home after work and catching up on the latest foreign detective/spy series on the mattress on the wee back deck with the big girl, Whitey the greyhound, before I remember that she is dead.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>But I can get back into life, into action. </b></span><b style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">And then I got that there is a clear distinction between sad and suffering.</span></b><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">I suffered for a long time after previous pets had died. Even though Whitey was the best dog I've had, as much as they've all been characters, I <i>suffered</i> the least.</span></b><br />
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<b style="font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;"><span style="font-size: large;">Thank you, self, for taking on training & development.</span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>And </b><i><b><u>then</u></b></i><b> I realised, I was sad after my husband left to live with another woman, but I <i><u>suffered</u></i> and unwittingly, all around me suffered. And I incapacitated myself with my suffering.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Wish I new then what I know now.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>O well. I didn't. Forward march.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>I have reconnected with my ex-husband and his wife for an empowering future with our granddaughter, and future grandchildren, and our amazing sons.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b><br /></b></span>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12674004830678207339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6987336336382047830.post-6585886756754988942016-09-03T10:01:00.004+10:002017-01-07T02:50:00.946+10:00Harry S. Truman<blockquote class="tr_bq">
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>I found the above quote on Todd Henry's <a href="http://www.toddhenry.com/leading/great-leaders-aim-influence-not-control/" target="_blank">website</a>.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>I didn't know that I didn't know that you could eat them.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>They select the young ones, before flowering. Sweeter. Less bitter. They only eat the leaves, but they pick the whole plant, chopping it off at the ground with a knife.</b></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12674004830678207339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6987336336382047830.post-14298767135177182982016-08-14T09:19:00.001+10:002017-01-07T02:52:13.902+10:00Hair<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>I have had some lovely guests through Airbnb now.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>I consider myself to keep a very clean environment.</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>But those hairs. I can still find a hair from a previous guest. Even a previous previous guest!</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Mon dieu!!</b></span><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12674004830678207339noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6987336336382047830.post-37782441156971057782016-05-22T08:04:00.003+10:002017-01-07T02:57:53.349+10:00Inquiry.... and data<span style="font-family: "courier new" , "courier" , monospace; font-size: large;"><b>Warning!</b></span><br />
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