After yesterday’s bizarre internet problems (DO NOT let you children play Mario Kart online using their Wii!), I’m back with my normal ADSL speed. Ahh… more about this in Wednesday Whiteboard.
But for now, here’s the June Book Reviews.
Entries from June 2009
June 29, 2009
June Book Reviews
June 24, 2009
Wednesday Whiteboard #10: Thesis Deadline Edition
Dotpoint #1 Thesis Deadline Day is July 26
If you’re wondering where I’ve been, the answer is busy. Busy, out bush for most of last week (sacred site clearances for gravel pits in the most glorious, remote outback places) and busy finishing my PhD thesis. The thesis needs to be in a finished state by 26 [...]
June 12, 2009
No Place Like Home
Thanks to Stella over at Shiny Yoga for inspiring this sweet post.
After reading Stella’s post, I stopped for a few minutes today and asked myself: what does home mean? What is home?
This is what came:
Home is about belonging, about security, about identity, safety, authenticity. Home is where you can be you, where the exterior can [...]
June 10, 2009
Wednesday Whiteboard#9: The Spiritual Bulimia Edition
Dotpoint #1: The 30 Day Challenge.
It’s day … (hang on, I’m counting) … 27 of my challenge to do yoga everyday. I can report that I’ve missed only 2 days so far. My practice has been asana, japa, pranayama and meditation. It takes about half an hour each morning.
Sometimes, I feel if I don’t do [...]
June 8, 2009
Journal Work: Three Tools for Instant Problem Solving
If you’ve never imagined that your journal could help you solve problems, then you might change your mind because in this post, I share three simple tools for problem solving with your journal.
That’s right: three really simple tools that really work.
Are you ready? Great. Let’s go then.
June 4, 2009
May Book Reviews
A brief synopsis of the books I’ve read during the past month –whether I liked them or not!
Arrernte Present, Arrernte Past – Dianne Austin-Broos.
This ethnography examines the history and of Hermannsburg (Ntaria), a remote Central Australian Aboriginal settlement, that was originally a Lutheran mission. Di Austin-Broos is an anthropologist (yes, I know this lady!) with [...]
June 3, 2009
Chocolate Banana Bread Recipe
Svasti and Anne-Marie have recently provided me with super yummy recipes that I’ve used (or will be using on the weekend), so here is my own trademark recipe, Chocolate Banana Bread. This recipe is adapted from Bill Grainger’s book, Bills Food.
It’s an extra-delicious way of using up those poor old bananas that went off before [...]
June 2, 2009
Wednesday Whiteboard #8
Dotpoint 1: Raw Food Freaks. Yes, I know raw food is good for me. That’s why I eat heaps of it. But I am absolutely, utterly, totally OVER people in the self-help community shoving raw food down my throat. (That’s a pun. Svasti & Gary note: I made a pun!). I have a message for [...]
