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Life Lessons #2 : Perception Versus Truth

Happy New Year Readers!  May 2018 be all you hope for and dream about. Here is a short piece of writing I created a few months ago for our monthly writing group under the theme of  'A Mysterious Container' . Enjoy! Mysterious opened her eyes. She felt strange, different somehow. Her whole being ached and tingled with pins and needles. Confined to a tight, dark space, a haloed green sheen reflected about as much light as a festival glow stick. ‘Where am I?’ she wondered, smelling the sickly sweet goop that maintained her supine position. Encamped in the jelly-like substance, Mysterious inhaled. Sampling a deep swig of syrup, she gulped. It wasn’t half bad. ‘Mm mm…Best pace myself. I could be stuck here for a while.’ Cooped up in the dingy surrounds, her vision remained blurred. Boundaries obscured and faded, sometimes clashing as Mysterious strived to focus. With little else to do but think, a rhetorical question played over and over on the turntable ...
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Leaning on Leamington Legs : FBG's #3

Well, it's been well over a month since my last FBG's blog. But never fear, we have been walking in our droves ( and so much more!) Many hearts have been shared and inches shed, muscle has massed and some have been missed as issues of life -illnesses and family commitments have intervened for a time. 2C : Strut Your Stuff Resilience and Perseverance are the two words that resonate with us during this wild  winter weather. And yes, you may not know it right now but we have broken through to Spring. The cherry blossoms, port-wine magnolias, lambs and daffodils are beacons of better things to come, lights at the end of tunnels. We have well and truly crossed the bridge,        through both the high(s) and low(s), and now have a very identifiable purplicious presence on the streets. ( Special thanks to Eden's fantabulous design skills and the friendly, accommodating staff at Image Apparel.) 2D : Feel the Burn Our FBD's ( Fat Bottomed D...

Life Lessons From a Butterfly #1 : TRANSFORMATION TRANSACTIONS

Throughout history, butterflies have continually fascinated humankind with their mysterious metamorphic processes and incredible beauty. As a child, I was often nicknamed ‘Monarch Butterfly’ Perhaps because it was hard to match a rhyme with Monique, apart from 'Unique' of course. I have always carried, in my heart, a fascination for these amazing creatures. My own mother engendered a love of all things nature, beginning with shell collecting on Great Barrier Island from a very young age.She decorated the most beautiful coffee tables, mirrors and other shell-mosaiced furnishings. Mum's beautiful shell mirror made with love from the treasures at Great Barrier Island and gifted me on my own first Mother's day. We holidayed there until I was 7 years old, until my father sold the bach at Awana Bay, purchasing and designing a 21 acre bush/ horticultural block near Muriwai, West Auckland. Me at three years old on Great Barrier Island. We had a pl...

An Ode to the Fat Bottomed Girls ( Where the Flubber Meets the Road)

She opened the packet excitedly Her new trou'd arrived from Harrods (TradeMe) But alas and alack, the fit not to be Action must be taken, drastically. Through with her rant, she had another wine,  She threw to her posse, the Cambridge Grapevine. Would the gym be the answer? What were her choices? The ladies cried out in unison voices. “We don't have gym bodies. The prices are steep. But how does one get there? How does one leap?” The answer my friends waits in the wings:  A theatrical gal, the questions she sings. What is it that makes our world go round? How to escape our limited bounds? Let's get together, hair straight or in curls,  We'll step out together - the Fat Bottomed Girls. And so they gathered over lounge meet and drink,  Heartfelt goals set in concrete, penned in blue ink. Why not do a challenge? We'll walk every street,  Each Ave, Cres and Place ‘til mi...

There's No-One Youer than You are: FBG's #2

Already closing in on a crisp,new calendar page , I realise a new healthy habit has been formed in me. Not only do I enjoy walking more, now that I have a motivated group to do it with, but I miss it when I am unable to join in. Half way through the Urban Challenge, to walk every side of all 240 urban streets on both sides of our town!! We walk the talk and talk the walk. It no longer feels like hard work. Continuing to charge on with 3+ walks of 45 mins or more despite the cold starts and hard rain on one particular day, the km's are racking up. The knees are numbed, the hips a little unhinged but the spirits are not dampened.  Each walk ends in a triumphant picture. The smiles from ear-to-ear tell the story.And each  incredible FBG tells a story. Many are CEO's of their own businesses ( Cute XXtraordinary Organisers). Others are overcoming illness or serious obstacles in their lives. What an inspiration they are. Wonder women sharing ideas and i...