December 2009 Blog Posts (7)

Recurring Dreams - 2006

I published this poem on my birthday, three years ago, and it is the inspiration for this Haiku, which I wrote just a few days ago:

Recurring dreams with ~~

dreaded themes. Yet each one has ~~

unique twists and turns.

Happily, as my life grows more rich day by day and I am able to identify the personal issues and restraints of the past, the broken stairs and speeding lifts bring me no dread now.

RECURRING… Continue

Added by Lesley Dewar on December 22, 2009 at 0:30 — 1 Comment

The Fragrance Of Christmas

Pure clear notes of piano echoed through the house and resonated within my soul. With no swooning violins or thumping bass, no strident brass or tinkling triangle, this was just the essence of music – one man and his instrument in perfect harmony.

A parcel in the post is such fun. The excitement of its arrival, the anticipation of unwrapping and then, savouring the gift so lovingly sent. This parcel indeed contained not one, but three gifts – for me, my Mum and for Lisa. CDs all the… Continue

Added by Lesley Dewar on December 22, 2009 at 0:30 — No Comments

#help_portrait project is a huge success around the world

I am more than happy to share with everyone that Paul O'Mahony (my fellow contestant in the #beatleschallenge) was also the organizer for the Cork (Ireland) #Help_Portrait project on December 12, 2009 largely promoted through Twitter.

This was an around the world event that allowed photographers and support staff (make up artists, hairdressers, production assistants, etc) to take portrait photographs of people who would never otherwise have been able to get a professional photo of… Continue

Added by Lesley Dewar on December 14, 2009 at 16:00 — No Comments

Duel Is Now Officially CLOSED For Voting (#Beatles Challenge - Twitter)

Paul O'Mahony, ( Irish poet, writer and political activist ) and Lesley Dewar ( Australia poet, writer and political activist ) are in a duel - to write a composition using the titles on Beatles songs

Lesley Dewar's entry was published according to the agreed rules of the challenge. You can read her entry here Lesley Dewar: Beatles Challenge.pdf

Paul… Continue

Added by Lesley Dewar on December 10, 2009 at 17:00 — 4 Comments

Beatles Challenge on Twitter and LinkedIn

Paul O'Mahony, an Irish poet, writer and political activist and I have gotten ourselves into a challenge - to write a composition using the titles on Beatles songs. My deadline is 5:00PM WST (Perth Western Auustralia) and his deadline is five hours later in the early hours of an Irish morning.

My entry is written and will be set up to appear in my blog at 5:00pm on Thursday 10th December 2009. Judging will be way of a Poll on LinkedIn, which is open to all Twitter followers too. The… Continue

Added by Lesley Dewar on December 10, 2009 at 6:20 — 1 Comment

Today is "Growly Granddad's birthday - December 9th.

“Why are you always so growly, Granddad?”

Those few simple words from our grandson, Michael, created a ‘tag’ for Robbie that became a badge of honour, affection and warning to the uninitiated or foolhardy!

It was a family gathering – birthday, Christmas, Easter, wedding – not sure which! Our blended family (which closely resembles a bowl of spaghetti in terms of sorting out relationships) was gathered together to celebrate whatever it was. In fact, it might just… Continue

Added by Lesley Dewar on December 9, 2009 at 13:30 — 2 Comments

Determining your Budget when Seeking a Virtual Assistant

During the last week I started with another new client which was great. The following day I received an email from this client to format a small document to ensure consistency of logo placement & branding specifications. The client specified in their email "please spend no longer than two hours on this project".

Now, I took a look at the documents that were sent through as examples and the unformatted document and I thought I had misunderstood the instructions. Perhaps I was to… Continue

Added by Debra Barber on December 4, 2009 at 14:53 — 2 Comments

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