Lesley Dewar's Blog – January 2010 Archive (6)

Tweetie2 and ReTweet Alerts.

I have only recently updated to the new version of Tweetie2 on my iPhone and it has some great additional features.

I was immediately attracted by seeing that some retweets (RTs) had a red triangle in their upper RHS corner, with a return arrow clearly in view. After about three hours of detailed analysis, I was able to determine the reason for the red triangle alert.

I have posted the conclusions in the Twitter group as a discussion and attached a brief summary document… Continue

Added by Lesley Dewar on January 17, 2010 at 2:30 — No Comments

Piccaninny Dawn

Through a window clear,

A piccaninny dawn welcomes the new day.

Silhouettes of great gums lighten

to show the entwining branches

within which the galahs are still asleep.

The first magpie carols me his joyous chorus

- Handel's Messiah never rang… Continue

Added by Lesley Dewar on January 16, 2010 at 20:00 — 1 Comment

Life's Journey Upon Water

This free verse expresses a change in my dreams once Robbie and I married. That brought a wonderful change to my dreams of love, life and family. Even with that joy, life's journey was not an easy one

Life's Journey Upon Water

I am a dolphin

frolicking in clear water as I follow your boat downstream.

We know each other well and keep each good company

Until we come to the sandbar and I turn again, upstream.

I am your… Continue

Added by Lesley Dewar on January 16, 2010 at 2:34 — 5 Comments

Getting My Priorities Right - and Write

One of the most exciting, yet frustrating, things when you are working for yourself or are largely self responsible for your work output is trying to decide what to do next; what is the more important as opposed to "what do I want to do". Time management and prioritising are essential - but not easy.

In my financial planning career, much of our work was re-active. Changes in tax and Social Security rules, fluctations in financial markets, unexpected changes in client's lives… Continue

Added by Lesley Dewar on January 16, 2010 at 2:00 — 3 Comments

Mornings

My Mother's birthday is on New Year's Day and not long ago, I took her and Dad for a drive up to Sorrento so that she could enjoy the beautiful views of the Indian Ocean. My Mum loves the sea. As we were getting ourselves settled into a nice new cafe for lunch, she passed the remark that "the trouble with mornings is that they are too short".

This poem is for my Mum - although at 89, she may not have had all these ideas in mind about mornings when she spoke. :-) However she… Continue

Added by Lesley Dewar on January 12, 2010 at 0:30 — No Comments

Depression - How Does It Really Feel?

Recently one of our Network group, Paul O'Mahony had a post on his own blog "From Bath to Cork with Baby Grace." regarding the topic of depression. Paul is familiar with this dreaded affliction and in this instance was writing about the famous author, Marian Keyes. Marian has recently posted to her own blog her need for solitude while she battles a current bout of severe… Continue

Added by Lesley Dewar on January 11, 2010 at 20:00 — 2 Comments

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