I believe in giving back.  We should all be engaged in doing something to help the world, to make it a better place ...(more here...…

Psychedellic and tie dye and freedom .. wow weren't those the key phrases of a whole generation?  (more here ...)

I spent most of the day painting.  It has been awhile.  (more here ... )

I gave a teacher an apple once.  I had no idea why but I I saw one of the Brady Bunch wingnuts do it and it worked so I figured I was so far down the hole, it couldn't hurt. I put my best Marcia Brady outfit on, straightened my hair and gave it a go.  (more…

Hubby and I had a great morning.He has been gone golfing and golfing and golfing for days because ... it's a gift. 

I watched The Friendly Giant when I was little.  We didn't have the internet or an evolved Disney to give us all kinds of permeations of imagination and so our giants came to us via "children's programming" that the execs at CBS sat down and thought about and produced - hence…

Had to get down to a Government Office first thing this morning and let me just say ... when that happens you have to be up, shower and shaved and perfumed and coiffed well in advance of the opening hour.  I have to say that when your government can't figure out what time their offices open ... it does not leave one with an…

I like nature.  When you grow up on a farm with grandparental units they tend to relate all life to nature.  It makes it much easier to have difficult conversations which I suppose you have to give them credit for broaching tough subjects ...  (more …

I had originally thought I might not share this interview as Bella is still sometimes in SL.  Had this been an anonymous posting I might have stuck with that decision.  I am trying not to censor these in any way and as I thought about it, I find it interesting that she considers herself as having…

I am completely against wearing fur.  (more here ... )

It is actually going into Winter here in Australia but I refuse to hand over my body clock which is still devoutly intune with Canada.  (more here ...…

David Foster Wallace's excerpt from a speech given to Kenyon College's 2005 graduating class that has been made into this amazing video is worth watching again and again.



We decide the world we live in.  We make judgements about people and situations every day in our lives that are simply a choice for the narrative that makes up the story of our…

Yesterday I saw a posting about a "pet" bird.  It is a bird that lives in the wild here in Australia which of course means that someone, somewhere decided they should fly it across the ocean, probably clip its wings and put it in a bird cage to spend its life ... oh of course except for the times when it gets to sit on its owner shoulder…

I like going to the beach.  I like being at the beach.  I just don't like coming home from the beach.  (more here ...…

We have two little turtle doves that show up every morning and sit on the fence over the pool so they appear like a framed picture in the middle of the middle pane of our big bay window in the family room.  They sit there cuddling, framed by the magnificent greenery and hills that are our back yard.  (more …

I don't think men get it.  They just are not paying attention.  (more here ... )

Why did you originally start in SL and did you have any specific goals or hopes for your experience?

I was dragged to SL by a friend from a chat room, and my 1st impression was not…

I always feel guilty on Mother's day.  I wish I could be more like the Mom's who march right up to sit in the VIP seats and accept their awards and accolades but ya ...no ... not me ....  (more here ...…