tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-24965200484198247762024-03-13T12:08:38.941-04:00IslandEffectFinola JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223636471043830803noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2496520048419824776.post-69228899503301163302018-02-18T08:46:00.000-04:002018-02-18T08:49:54.468-04:00Fixits that will inspire even you!<img alt="Fix Broken Mug With Polymer Clay" src="https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/creative-ways-to-fix-broken-things-51-5849251451a6b__700.jpg" /><br />
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Every Sunday, I take a look at the BBC website and a few others, today, I found a video about a guy in France that fixes umbrellas - did you know we throw away so many umbrellas each year that we could build 10 Eiffel Towers...every year!!!<br />
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Well, here are a few links to inspire you to embrace the fixit movement - every little thing you do to reduce waste IS useful...BUT...it can also be fun as you'll see from some of these links :)<br />
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First my umbrella guy - Thierry Millet - what a darling! h<a href="ttp://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-43007051/i-fix-umbrellas-to-save-the-world">ttp://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-europe-43007051/i-fix-umbrellas-to-save-the-world</a><br />
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then, what about this for a wonderful volunteer group to start up in your city?<br />
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This one has inspired me to fix some mugs and to consider making my 15 year old car into a work of art...<br />
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a bit more on the practical side - home repair DIY - some may require special bits n pieces, but many are easier than we think... <a href="http://yourhouseandgarden.com/home-repair-tips/">http://yourhouseandgarden.com/home-repair-tips/</a><br />
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Tired of those guys asking $25 to make your headlights clear again? DIY with baking soda toothpaste...and other tips for your ride h<a href="ttps://thekrazycouponlady.com/tips/travel/16-seriously-clever-tricks-to-deep-clean-your-car">ttps://thekrazycouponlady.com/tips/travel/16-seriously-clever-tricks-to-deep-clean-your-car</a><br />
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Have fun and do share any resources you have or pictures of your own fixits!Finola JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223636471043830803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2496520048419824776.post-6053616681957305792018-01-16T09:26:00.000-04:002018-01-16T09:26:39.401-04:00Horcruxes and confidence as a woman<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">"A Horcrux is an object in which a Dark wizard or witch has
hidden a fragment of his or her soul for the purpose of attaining immortality." (<o:p></o:p><span style="font-size: x-small;">http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Horcrux</span>) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Quite often, when I’m
reading writing that I really like, I think, crap, damn, shit. I am not a good
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">But then I think of my Mum’s favourite
quip about education…it’s not book-learning and I think,
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meaning of the word and get on with it!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">Oddly, I just noticed that Word 2016 figures it should replace 'witch' in the definition of Horcrux with 'which'. Which I'd say is a great indication of how sexism pervades even the
most unexpected corners of our lives. Really, this great software can’t figure out that in a sentence
containing ‘wizard or witch’, there’s
nothing to consider out of place? Double, nay, just exponentially compound the disbelief when you consider that it’s this
blog post that gifted me the Horcrux word <a href="http://www.everywhereist.com/i-made-the-pizza-cinnamon-rolls-from-mario-batalis-sexual-misconduct-apology-letter/">http://www.everywhereist.com/i-made-the-pizza-cinnamon-rolls-from-mario-batalis-sexual-misconduct-apology-letter/</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">On the brink of ramping up to a new foray into blogging I am
realizing how rusty I am but at the same time, how there’s a powerful seam of pure gold confidence in the solid
rock foundations I’ve both consciously and unknowingly
been building these past years. It’s not
that I’m not still fraught with
moments of fear and doubt, but they’ve
become moments, no longer days or weeks or states of being. Moments like I just had, no longer derail me,
but instead, ignite that excitement that there’s lots
more out there to see and explore. I like that.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif;">At some point I hope to recount that journey in a book, but
for now, honestly, I’m just
glad to have a few miles under my belt and very aware that the road still
stretches – invitingly – ahead of me. I am writing in the background though and thanks for those along the way who've encouraged me to do this. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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support, so if you think that sounds interesting – go ahead
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Finola JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223636471043830803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2496520048419824776.post-65478528030849662222018-01-07T12:33:00.002-04:002018-01-14T17:05:31.902-04:00Grain-free Gluten-free Paleo cakes to DIE for!!!!!<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">This is a quick post folks. I have been exploring grain-free cooking and noticing that a growing trend is the use of plantain flour, cassava flour and coconut flour and joy, oh joy, Saint Lucia is now producing a range of grain-free flours that are superb quality - totally natural and fresh! </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">But try as I might, I was not getting the results I wanted - except with a few cases, which I've posted here already (links at the bottom). Then this last week I decided I'd just search for the kind of cake I wanted - forget Paleo, grain-free, gluten-free, AIP, IBS and all those protocols and just look for the result I want! (DUH!) </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">So two cakes later, I must share. EVERYONE who's tasted them has RAVED about the results. So here are the recipes:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><a href="https://www.spendwithpennies.com/banana-cake/">https://www.spendwithpennies.com/banana-cake/</a> </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">It's as simple as that!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Now let me just plug the wonderful businesses producing flours and coconut products in Saint Lucia - many are available already in our supermarkets, but for those that aren't, perhaps we can request them enough that they will be soon - in the meantime, contact the producers directly and let them know I sent you to them please :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Naturales - coconut flour and non-gmo supplements www.facebook.com/naturales.plus 758 7143920 naturalesplus758@gmail.com</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">PlasKassav - cassava flour - www.plaskassav.com 758 4594050 plaskassav@yahoo.com</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Gatas Traditional Foods - Yes! flours - Macabou, plantain and others www.facebook.com/gatas.foods gatasfoods@live.com 758 2862475</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Rain Forest Foods - sweet potato and breadfruit flours and sweet potato and breadfruit granola 758 285 6973 rffoodsslu@gmail.com (article https://www.stlucianewsonline.com/local-entrepreneurs-create-all-natural-cereal-products-for-export/)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;">Health Nutz - coconut flour and 'milk' (more like super-thick cream) www.facebook.com/Health-NUTz-790019177822643 www.instagram/healthnutz4u healthnutz4u@gmail.com </span></div>
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif;"><i style="background-color: white;">Enjoy your healthy cooking and I'd love to hear how yours turned out!!! Post a comment!</i></span></div>
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Finola JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223636471043830803noreply@blogger.com0St Lucia13.909444 -60.97889299999997113.416239000000001 -61.624339999999968 14.402649 -60.333445999999974tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2496520048419824776.post-71276172679619135742017-08-13T17:51:00.000-04:002017-08-13T17:51:47.686-04:00Week 2 Facebook-Free and Dog-in-water-tank Drama<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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week was my first real full week off Facebook </span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">–</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"> like last week, I
found I had to pop in now n then to do something business or learning related
and this week I took a different approach when I had to do this: I took a
moment to scroll quickly though notifications to see if anything important was
going on because personally, I have never seen wisdom in turning news about
your community and world completely off: </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">I know a cadre of guru-wisdom says
that you should cut off the outside world and not waste your focus and energy
on issues (like Trump, Brexit, Nuclear War, Pearl of the Caribbean) that you
can</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">t
control. But this </span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">‘</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">wisdom</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"> urges us to focus in
a very self-absorbed manner, only interacting with the world in ways that
directly align with the personal benefits you are channelling. For me, much of
my success goals are about creating a life where I feel good, and this of
necessity, entails a world where less strife and discord sully my days. I get
satisfaction from investing some of my time in doing my little personal
actions: they may not, in isolation, be much, but a river becomes powerful if
fed by many small tributaries, right?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">So,
I kept an eye this week and sent private messages to those I felt needed action
and left the rest to be responded to on my Sunday Facebook-wallowing session. But
I found myself less and less keen to even pop on because I really was reaping
the rewards of focusing inwards. Yessiree! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"><i><span style="color: #073763;"><b>There
is a lot to be said for at least an occasional stint as a hermit with a purpose.</b></span></i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">But
then some other aspects of the week had me looking forward to my Sunday
Facebook time: I found myself </span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">‘</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">enjoying</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"> a real small-island-experience
as on top of the horrible heat and humidity, my water tanks ran dry due to
weeks without supply from the water company and the repair bill on my 15
year-old car grew rapidly out of control! And to top it off, just as I started to post this, one of my 3 rescue dogs, the oldest and heaviest and stiffest of course, fell into the open underfloor tank! Oh lawdy, lawdy! I am now adorned with very minor scratches on my elbows, shoulders and knees from carrying, pushing, persuading </span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">her up </span>the ladder I popped in the tank - ie taking each foot and manipulating it onto progressively higher steps while I tried to squeeze myself up through the rough concrete edges of the opening. Well she was terrified stiff! That is until she got out then she was all wiggly and happy and excited and I was left to 'lick my wounds'! Gotta love'em, right?!? Well, it was my fault really, poor thing, I had left a temporary cover and how was she to know it would give way? So I treated myself to a warm bucket bath, as you do when there's no water in your pipes...</div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">So, back to this morning. Staying true to my schedule, post coffee and breakfast, I
dutifully armed myself with a big smoothie and prepared for the soothing mud of
Facebook to ease away the week</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">s stress and strains</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">…</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I say I found it far from the promised land?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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finding is that if you have a couple thousand friends on Facebook, you can</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">t just dip in once a
week and have it work its usual soothing magic! It felt more and more like a
disturbance to my vibe than the integral part of my vibe that the daily stop by
the </span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">‘</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">Facebook
Caf</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">é’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">
normally feels like</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">…</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">hmmmmm</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">…</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">So
as the month of Facebook Sabbatical progresses, we</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">ll see how this goes. I suspect, like most things, moderation is the key...too much, too little and you're out of whack!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">I
know some of my other friends have taken Facebook sabbaticals, so I</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">m going to check in
with them and see if they can shed some light on how it worked, didn</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">t work and felt to
them and we</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">ll
share them later on in another blog-post.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"><i><b><span style="color: #073763;">Growth and More Insights, or maybe just questions...</span></b></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">What
growth and insights has this Facebook sabbatical offered me this week?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">Well
I finished up the 21<sup>st</sup> Century Podcasts and added in a listen to the
<a href="http://www.stevenpressfield.com/the-war-of-art" target="_blank">War of Art by Steven Pressfield</a> of The Legend of Bagger Vance fame. Interesting book </span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">…</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">
a bit too full of other-worldly-beings for me, but the essential message vibed:
We have to overcome the many ways in which we suffer resistance to our calling.
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"><b><i><span style="color: #073763;">Art for Art's Sake?</span></i></b><br /><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"><br /></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">However,
much else of what he said just set off an internal discussion in my head over
the merits of focusing on </span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">‘</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">artistic quality</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"> vs </span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">‘</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">entrepreneurial art</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">. This was echoed last
weekend, by a friend posting an opinion <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2016/mar/21/for-me-traditional-publishing-means-poverty-but-self-publish-no-way?" target="_blank">piece from Ros Barber in the Guardian</a>,
where the author was all for the traditional seal of quality of getting a
publisher or winning a Pulitzer and the commentors were rooting a bit more for
the self-published, no gate-keeper team. </span></span></div>
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<ul>
<li>To
claim success, is the acclamation of peers, or that of paying fans, of more
value? Is a life of poverty because you<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">re being </span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">‘</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">true to your art</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"> something worthy, or
does it miss the mark?</span></li>
<li>Does
writing, painting, making, need to be art, or is there an inherent and equal
value in good craft? </li>
<li>Does appealing to the masses, vs the critics or your
professional peers, necessarily mean you are <span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">‘</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">dumbing down</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"> your work? </span></li>
<li><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">Is it
snobbish or true to art to crave recognition by the established </span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">‘</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">authorities</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">?</span></li>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">Ok,
enough esoteric stuff. But do chime in with your thoughts on this </span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">😊</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"> Meanwhile</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">…</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"><b><i><span style="color: #073763;">Advice</span></i></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">If you</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">re
a trainer, please prepare for the level of learners and ensure you update for
any new tools available!!!:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">This
week I persevered with my Coding Websites course: It was a test of
determination, as one day I hit a wall where, try as I might, I could not
figure out the scant instructions! I was so annoyed at the course I even looked
to see if I could still claim a refund, because it skipped way too fast from a
little instruction to </span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">‘</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">you</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">re all on your own</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"> and to boot, didn</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">t have updated
guidance that covered the method I was using (which they encouraged us to take
advantage of). I did figure it out, with questions and help and research, and YES,
it felt fabulous to figure it out</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">…</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">but I was also annoyed
because a good course should provide realistic challenges after giving a sound
grounding</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">…</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">so
I felt an entire day was unnecessarily spent, where it should have been a few
hours well-invested.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"><i><b><span style="color: #073763;">And in other news...</span></b></i></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">I
fell reeelly reeelly short of my aim to take on that new diet! I succumbed to
being a taster for my friend who</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">s trying to develop an
improved recipe for a cake</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">…</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">oh the sacrifices we make!!! </span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">😊</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"> But I did manage to invest some more time in learning about what
this particular challenge requires and in testing a recipe or two</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">…</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">nothing yet worth a
recipe-post though </span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">☹</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span style="color: #073763;"><b>In the Real World</b></span></i></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Moonrise looking like sunrise courtesy my overly 'smart' camera (fjc)</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">I had a good few real-world wonderful meet-ups with friends and strangers this week - those are priceless! There
were random, serendipitous and downright </span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">‘</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">ok maybe there</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">s something to the
secret after all</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">
moments this week that did help to balance out those challenges and when I sit
here now and reflect, it</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">s
fair to say, I excelled at feeling far happier and more confident about the
path I</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman", serif;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">m
taking.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">And
that, my friends, I think is about the best we can all hope for from one day to
the next, isn</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">t
it?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">Cheers
now! And if I don</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">t
see you today online, maybe I</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">ll see you on one of my Facebook
mini-dips this coming week, or, or, or</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">…</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"> in person!!! Now
wouldn</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">t
that be grand!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Finola JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223636471043830803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2496520048419824776.post-49775730503629595712017-08-06T11:20:00.000-04:002017-08-06T11:20:33.941-04:00Week 1, Facebook-free<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">Well,
technically only 3 Days Facebook-free, social media sabbatical, but</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">…</span></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">Coming
back from my 7 months abroad has, not surprisingly, been a mish-mash of
emotions and met and un-met expectations, ideas and hopes. First off, I</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">d been less than eager
to be here in Saint Lucia smack bang in the middle of the rainy season </span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">–</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"> and that fear of
being able to cope with the stultifying heat and humidity was not misplaced.
Temperatures in the house of 34.8 and relative humidity of 65%+ have had my
little ol</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">
brain struggling to string one sensible thought after another, far less sort
out <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br /><br /><ul>
<li>Dealing
with wildly overgrown, weed-filled, too-big garden;</li>
<li>14-year-old
car under major engine repair;</li>
<li>mosquitoes; no-employment; deciding how to chase down unpaid
consulting fees;</li>
<li>hosting
my 2 nieces on holiday (bless <span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">‘</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">em, lovely young ladies);</span></li>
<li>deciding
and beginning to finally learn to code websites;</li>
<li>keeping
up with my Masters project;</li>
<li>cleaning
up the accumulated sticky salt-air Sahara dust off belongings and studio;</li>
<li>leaking
roof; bust pipes; catching up with friends; missing Tupperware and tools;</li>
<li>miscellaneous
requests for this n that help; </li>
<li>deciding
how active I want, and can afford to be, in agitating for better alternatives
to things like the DSH Development;</li>
<li>mulling
the possibility for addressing funding needs of local NGOs;</li>
<li>posting
photos of sunsets; discovering
the Instagram video story thingy (yes, late, I know);</li>
<li>engaging
in various social issue discussions on Facebook and not least, deciding which
Facebook Memory to share each day<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif;">…</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"> (I just peeked, and
this one seems very appropriate from about a year ago </span></li>
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<a href="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cnK5tGdwBRs/WYcyhnoiBMI/AAAAAAAADiQ/kLHpxoJYI08ccCg5lh-cTpeQgsHW1ImuwCLcBGAs/s1600/fb%2Bsnippet%2Bcleanse.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="282" data-original-width="840" height="107" src="https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-cnK5tGdwBRs/WYcyhnoiBMI/AAAAAAAADiQ/kLHpxoJYI08ccCg5lh-cTpeQgsHW1ImuwCLcBGAs/s320/fb%2Bsnippet%2Bcleanse.JPG" width="320" /></a></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>"Out of Place"</i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">So,
not surprisingly, one morning last week, after a couple of migraine-disturbed
nights, I woke up feeling categorically </span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">‘</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">out of place</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">I
swiftly decided to have a Social Media sabbatical while I invested some time
and focus in clawing my way back through the hot n stuffy jungle of my life to
a place where something resembling clarity existed. I had a series of podcasts
from the 21<sup>st</sup> Century Creative that I had </span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">‘</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">not had time</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"> to listen to and
another from Empowered Sustenance that equaled the podcasts in unopened-ness</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">…</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">I hadn</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">t written or created a
thing. Wondered what the hell I was actually doing, going to do, wanted to do</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">…</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>These
few days of the first week have been </i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>absolutely wonderful. </i></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">Sure,
I missed the camaraderie of Facebook and Instagram, but the decision to pull
back and invest in clarifying what developing my assets </span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">–</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"> again </span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">–</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"> was, again, the best
decision I</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">ve
made. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">Let</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">s be realistic, for
most of us, figuring all this out take a mommatonn of time. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>The Journey</i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">But
if you are anywhere on a journey like mine, I figure I can at least reassure
you at this point, that it does get better as you keep pulling your focus back
to what you need to do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">Whether
you</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">re
a creative like me, or someone yearning to step out of your job and create your
own business with your innovative ideas, or someone just looking to feel more
in charge of your life and more fulfilled at the end, heck, beginning, middle
and end of each day, I</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">d
highly recommend pulling back for a while and investing your time in yourself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">We
all know the theory that no-one will take you seriously if you don</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">t take yourself
seriously. Well it turns out that</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">s pretty
nail-on-the-head! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">My
experience has been that once you start pulling back from social life, you will
have some friends that resist and question why, what are you DOING, suggest you</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">re depressed, start to
come up with a slew of things you could do </span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">–</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"> all with good
intentions, granted. Some may even take it personally. It can be the hardest
part of going on this path. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">My
advice, be gently firm, don</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">t entertain those suggestions, don</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">t feel you have to
explain yourself. But DO be aware that you will need to keep in touch with the
world out there now n again because this task of clarifying <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><i>what you really value,</i></b></li>
<li><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><i><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">what you really want to do and not least,</span></i></b></li>
<li><b style="text-indent: -0.25in;"><i><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">how in hell you can earn a living doing this</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">…</span></i></b></li>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"><span style="color: #073763; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;"><i>Help is Available!</i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">It</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">s not a walk in the
park. Though walks do help sort an amazing number of things out and recent
studies show </span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">‘</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">Fores
Bathing</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">
has genuinely therapeutic effects. Sea baths, river baths, a swim in the pond,
all good too. https://qz.com/804022/health-benefits-japanese-forest-bathing/<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">DO
use the services of a good coach </span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">–</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"> and yep, there are a
slew of them out there, and you, like me, may even be thinking you too want to
be a coach. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">If
you have no idea where to start, here are a few people I</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">ve had good sessions
with and/or, I</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">m
currently testing out (and happy so far) (if you do use them, mentioning that I sent you there would be very much appreciated, xox).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">Debra
Ross </span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">–</span></b><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"><b>
Life By Choice Coaching</b>, she helped me through one section of my path, helping
filter through what</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">s
really important and along the way to defining goals and pairing up seemingly
disparate ideas, desires, skills. <a href="https://www.lifebychoicecoaching.com/">https://www.lifebychoicecoaching.com/</a>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"><b>Christine
Caruso </b></span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">–</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">
spiritualist, stone-reader, bars therapist, kundalini yoga teacher. I won</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">t lie, I had to go
with an open mind here </span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">–</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">
but the results were amazing! I</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">ve written before about her services and
where I have an uneasy feeling about many people who say they</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">re energy healers/spiritualists,
Christine felt genuine, so I gave it a go. Not everyone reports the same level
of results and I think a HUGE amount of how this type of therapy works has to
do with your own ability to let go and let happen. The power of belief is
massive and the power of opening up to positivity is equally so. <a href="http://www.christinecaruso.com/">http://www.christinecaruso.com/</a> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"><b>Mark
McGuinness</b>, poet and coach for creatives and leader of the 21<sup>st</sup>
Century Creative. Down to earth advice and discussion and good coaching
podcasts and personal coaching. <a href="http://lateralaction.com/">http://lateralaction.com/</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">For
physical issues, and many of us creatives and office workers alike, spend WAY too
much time hunched over a computer, I</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">ve had a session (and
intend to have more) with a movement coach named <b>Petra Fisher of Petra Fisher
Movement </b></span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">–</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"> she</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">s on my current list
to get back on track with. <a href="http://www.petrafishermovement.com/">http://www.petrafishermovement.com/</a>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">Many
of us suffer sluggishness, digestive issues, tiredness, achy joints</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">…</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">there</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">s a strong possibility
that our bodies have become overwhelmed with the toxicity of modern
environments and processed foods. There are many diets and plans around and I</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">ve come some way, by
adjusting my diet, in decreasing problems with gall-bladder issues, migraines and
more recently, aches exacerbated by a bout of Chikungunya in my case, but not uncommon
without that trigger anyway. I am currently gearing up to follow a sort of
paleo/auto-immune diet, guided by <b>Lauren Geersten</b></span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;"><b>’</b></span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"><b>s</b> books, blogs and
recipes.at <b>Empowered Sustenance</b> <a href="http://empoweredsustenance.com/">http://empoweredsustenance.com/</a>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">In
Saint Lucia, I can recommend a few people / places for easing aches and pains<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"><b>Sports
therapist and anatomy expert,</b> <b>Donovan Polymise</b> </span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">–</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"> not for the
faint-hearted </span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">–</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">
it hurts, he goes deep, but he knows what he</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">s doing and I found
the result was very worth the deep steady breathing required to get through my
session </span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "segoe ui emoji" , sans-serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol-ext; mso-hansi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-symbol-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">😊</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"> 721 1336<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">Kim
Jackson </span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">–</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">
sports therapist at Bayside Therapy Service </span></b><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">–</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"> a much gentler
option, Kim has great ability to pinpoint where your issues are coming from and
uses a variety of techniques to ease and adjust. Very good results and
affordable rates. Bayside has a bunch of other treatment offers too, so check
them out.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/bayside.physio">https://www.facebook.com/bayside.physio</a>
/ <a href="https://www.facebook.com/physiotherapy758">https://www.facebook.com/physiotherapy758</a>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"><b>Ojas
Spa</b>, tucked away near Kim</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">’</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">s offices </span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">–</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"> uses <b>Ayuvedic</b>
techniques and acupuncture, in my case, using electrical impulses through the
needles. They were recommended to me by someone who went to see them suffering
stress and feeling very out of sorts with herself, down in the dumps, irritable
and not her normal vivacious self </span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "times new roman" , serif; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin;">–</span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"> she was super pleased
with the results. Very knowledgeable staff will guide you on what treatments best
suit you - these range from the more medicine-like such as the acupuncture, to
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Gloria senior did wonders when life had pulled my jaw, collar bones and back
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so pleasant during the manipulation, but WOW, the result! 452 8475<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Finola JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223636471043830803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2496520048419824776.post-76500780037470924502017-03-22T15:26:00.000-04:002017-03-22T15:26:30.472-04:00Saint Lucia National Trust speaks about the threat to the world's rarest snake<iframe allowfullscreen="true" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="315" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/video.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FMediazoneSLU%2Fvideos%2Fvb.175808159133953%2F1275231665858258%2F%3Ftype%3D3&show_text=0&width=560" style="border: none; overflow: hidden;" width="560"></iframe><br />
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Choice TV Interviews Bishnu Tulsie of the Saint Lucia National Trust about the impending developments proposed for Pigeon Island which will destroy historical assets and natural assets to create a captive cetacean tourism experience against strong opposition from Trust members and local and international public and about the devastation on the world's rarest snake and the very rare Saint Lucia whiptail lizard which both live on the isolated Maria Islands nature reserve.<br />
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The Maria Islands Reserve is now being included in the Desert Star Holdings (DSH) development Pearl of the Caribbean - this development had already been greeted with dismay and protest when it was contained to a smaller site and included destroying a protected mangrove: the Government then agreed to take the mangrove off the project only to return with a massively expanded project that has multiple environmental impacts and will completely obliterate the nature reserves by linking them to the mainland with a 150-acre reclamation project that will also harshly impact reefs and sea-grass beds in the area and cause silting and other damage in a wider region. Impact assessments have not been done - these impacts are what local environmental experts believe will be the outcome. The Trust has been shut out of discussions despite pleas to both the government and developers and rumours abound now that the subvention to the Trust is being cut by the government and the entire statutory body may end up in the garbage.<br />
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The DSH project apparently involves the sale of hundreds of thousands of Saint Lucian passports under the Citizenship by Investment programme - this is in itself unbelievable since the population of Saint Lucia is itself only 180,000 - the citizenships come with voting rights and the question must therefore be raised, would this not put the human rights of Saint Lucians under threat? Would it not compromise the sovereignty of the people effectively reducing them to an adult minority?<br />
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Many Saint Lucians are expressing feelings of helplessness and deep distress and depression over what they see as the high-handed way in which their national assets are being removed from their control without consent or any regard to their opinions - to the contrary, the message they are receiving is that they are out of line to speak out against these projects. My personal feelings run along the lines of the Saint Lucians I have described - I can't believe we are finding ourselves in this position and feel pretty powerless to make a difference - so at least I can write about it briefly here.<br />
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I am currently spending my days studying a Master in World Heritage & Cultural Projects for Development in Italy, learning about sustainable development, cultural and natural tourism, Man and Biosphere programmes for development in hand with environmental protection, while I watch from afar as my home country turns it's back on it's own heritage, environment and natural assets and it's people's sovereignty - the irony is not lost!<br />
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Well, if you have suggestions, please help by sharing expertise or thoughts with us - we will need all the help we can get - international focus/press coverage, funds for the Trust (www.slunatrust.org), signatories on the two petitions<br />
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http://www.thepetitionsite.com/100/724/416/say-no-to-building-a-causeway-to-maria-islands-nature-reserve/<br />
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http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/249/031/518/<br />
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As we lay Sir Derek Walcott to rest this weekend - Nobel Laureate for Literature, we do not forget how he fought to save Saint Lucia's natural and historical assets and we hope that the lines of our National anthem remain true:<br /><br />"Land of beaches, hills and valleys,Fairest isle of all the earth."<br />Saint Lucia National AnthemFinola JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223636471043830803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2496520048419824776.post-8907624652398975012017-03-19T04:27:00.000-04:002017-03-19T04:29:25.436-04:00Development that Destroys<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DmjoG22gojw/WM5ABzJUP0I/AAAAAAAADbA/2--KmUSbnb4s708YqM2gX9B49BuDnRxGgCLcB/s1600/DSH%2BPhase2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-DmjoG22gojw/WM5ABzJUP0I/AAAAAAAADbA/2--KmUSbnb4s708YqM2gX9B49BuDnRxGgCLcB/s320/DSH%2BPhase2.jpg" width="240" /></a>Today I am publishing a piece written by my sister Sarah George: it speaks about some of the impacts we can expect from the Chinese development project our government in Saint Lucia has signed away our rights to.<br />
This project is supported by many in Vieux Fort where jobs are particularly scarce - Saint Lucia has over 22% unemployment and a lot of underemployment, so it's understandable that this glitzy mega-development seems like a diamond being handed to the people. However many of us understand that though the needs of the people in Vieux Fort are long overdue for attention, a project such as this comes with a price-tag that we can't afford and the damage it will inflict will be a cost that has far reaching effects - not just environmental, but on our sovereignty and safety. And that the development - the benefits - will overwhelmingly be for foreigners (including those hundreds who will be granted citizenship as part of this deal) Our government has not consulted the people who voted for them, far from it, they have lied to the people, indicating environmentally protected areas would not be included while behind closed doors they signed away those same areas...to say I and many others are upset over this is an understatement - we are desperately trying to find ways to stop this catastrophe - it seems our laws, our signed international conventions, declarations etc, do not protect us. If you can help - please do - we need expertise, power and international attention. There is a petition to save the Maria Islands which is linked at the end - please, if you think we need a better alternative to this development, at least sign and if you have other means, please message - there is also a facebook group for campaigners https://www.facebook.com/helensdefenders/<br />
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Now my sister's article:<br />
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">By: Sarah N. George<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I feel that I must voice my opinion on the
recently unveiled Phase II proposals for the DSH <i>Pearl of the Caribbean </i>development. I am a St Lucian marine biologist by
training, and a fisheries and marine management specialist by expertise. I can bring to the debate over 30 years’
experience working in the interest of national development as a member of the
Fisheries Department and also with the OPAAL project through which the
Government of Saint Lucia established the Point Sable Environmental Protection
Area (PSEPA) under the Physical Planning and Development Act. This valuable
site extends from Moule-a-Chique in the south to Pointe de Caille (just north
of Savannes Bay), and includes Maria Islands, and the Savannes Bay and Mankot</span><span lang="EN-GB">é</span><span lang="EN-GB">
Mangroves as well as the reef around Maria Islands as legally-declared Marine
Reserves (with the area being designated as a RAMSAR site of international
importance). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Given the valuable resources and ecological
roles of the PSEPA and the way these support both existing and potential
economic sectors and livelihoods, it is important that all Saint Lucians
appreciate what will be some of the likely short and long term effects of
building a causeway from the shoreline out to Maria Islands. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">Smothering
of critical marine habitats and endangering livelihoods <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">First, let’s consider the effects of a
causeway on marine resources and essential ecosystem services along our
southeast coast. Here we have Saint
Lucia’s largest remaining area supporting three <i>critical</i> <i>tropical marine
habitats</i>: mangroves, seagrass beds
and coral reefs; all functioning together in an interdependent way. These three habitats are valued world-wide as
the basis for productive tropical marine food webs and coastal fisheries. They are also the source of the area’s clear
and calm coastal waters which allow the reef and seagrass to thrive and give us
valuable space for local and tourist recreation. The PSEPA sustains some of our most important
nursery and breeding grounds for marine fish species, for conch, sea urchins,
lobster, crabs, and is also a key site for sea moss cultivation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Creating a causeway in this area will end
up burying large areas of the reef and seagrass habitats, resulting in loss of
vital nursery, breeding and coastal fisheries grounds. As happened when Pigeon Island causeway was
built, the reclamation work involved in creating a causeway ends up smothering
any reef or seagrass habitat within the boundaries of the causeway and in
adjacent areas. It also causes long-term
sedimentation and reduced water clarity over a large area in and around the
works because fine silt particles generated by the reclamation process remain
suspended and carried around by waves and currents for many, many years. Any settled silt is also easily re-suspended
by annual storms and is added to by erosion that will naturally occur on and
around the causeway as the sea battles against this artificial barrier placed
in its way. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">Beach
loss and erosion along the coast<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Another serious effect of placing a
causeway between an area of mainland and offshore islands is the disruption it
causes to the natural process of littoral drift (or “longshore drift”) which normally pushes
sand gradually over great distances along the shoreline. This is how beaches are created and
maintained by nature. A beach forms in a
location where the particular shape and topography of the shoreline, the
direction and nature of the prevailing wave action, and size and weight of sand
particles available to the area all suit the formation of a particular size and
type of beach in that specific site.
Longshore drift is driven by the prevailing wave direction, which feeds
a continual supply of sand as beach material moves from place to place as part
of this natural process. These large-scale nearshore dynamics determine which
parts of our shoreline get eroded and which become built up with sand
deposits. A causeway not only blocks
the littoral drift and thus starves all the beaches downward of it, but also
causes oncoming waves to be deflected around the structure, and this ends up
increasing the levels of erosion in some places along the nearby coast, while
causing others to become silted up over time.
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<span lang="EN-GB">Saint Lucia’s experience with the Pigeon
Island Causeway and the Choiseul Fisheries Project has shown us, first hand,
the massive and costly problems caused when such artificial barriers interfere
with natural nearshore dynamics.
Significant loss of beachfront occurred for many years at Pigeon Island,
in front of Gros Islet, and in the southern part of Rodney Bay. None of these areas have regained their
former beach volumes, despite efforts to put in place costly structures along
the shoreline (seawalls, groynes, gabion baskets) aimed at preventing further
erosion and protecting vulnerable coastal structures against storm damage. Even replenishing beaches artificially has
proven costly and short-lived as the sea constantly reclaims the added material
to regain the natural balance of the area. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The loss of beach front caused significant
loss of recreational space and caused collapse of what was a vibrant seine
fishery in the Gros Islet area. The loss
of healthy reef and seagrass habitat in Rodney Bay also led to a decline in
other forms of fishing due to an overall loss of fish habitat. In the case of Choiseul, changes caused in
the nearshore wave direction and longshore sand movement by construction of the fishing port has led to
continual trapping of silt and creation of stagnant waters within the
port. The walls of the “pond” inside the port
prevent sand from moving along the shore or moving back out to sea. Money has to be spent to dredge the port, with
no effective long-term solution found. Fishers
remain frustrated and without a properly functioning port.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">As part of the EIA process or during the
project development stage of developments such as these, hydrological studies
are usually done in the proposed site, funded by the investors. These try to assess the nearshore dynamics
of the area and factor this information into the way the reclamation and the
proposed facility are designed. However,
because coastal dynamics naturally fluctuate both seasonally and from year to
year, and doing extensive studies is both costly and time consuming, such
studies usually only provide a snap-shot of what is really going on. More often than not, they fail to accurately
anticipate or prevent serious coastal impacts and long-term issues caused by
the reclamation and the physical structures once in place.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">Creating
a coastal marine desert<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The recently released concept for Phase II
of the DSH development shows a large marine space becoming “semi-enclosed” by
the causeway - essentially establishing a large artificial bay. On the surface, this may seem like a benefit
(i.e., new calm and physically protected coastal space for use in recreation or
as a sheltered harbour). However, the
causeway construction will tend to cause reduced water quality in the enclosed
area, creating a “semi-stagnant” coastal marine space. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Presently, a wide range of species
including seagrasses and seamoss, coral reef fishes, lobsters and various hard
corals are able to set up and thrive in the well- oxygenated, clear waters of
the southeast coast. If part of the bay
becomes enclosed by the causeway, resources in the area become stressed by
poorer water quality, high silt loads, and reduced flushing. Inevitably, natural runoff from land will add
silt and other chemicals to this space, and the causeway would act as a barrier
reducing the rate at which they can be removed by wave action or wider coastal
circulation. These enclosed waters will
also become less safe for sea bathing and water-sports. We saw these sorts of problems in Rodney Bay
after the causeway was built: declining water quality, higher sediment load
within the bay, and die-off of seagrass, corals, fish and invertebrate
populations. This led to a loss of coastal fishpot and seine fisheries, and
loss of livelihood potential for local, small-scale businesses which could have
developed to provide visitors with opportunities for high-quality snorkelling,
diving, glass-bottom boating within the wider bay. As is too often the case, a focus on the
needs of large scale developments gets priority over local, smaller-scale but
more sustainable enterprises that could keep a significant part of the tourism
product and earnings in the hands and under the control of Saint Lucians.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">Threat
to the Maria Island endemics<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Finally, let’s look at one of the site’s
smallest natural assets, yet one highly at risk in light of the proposed
causeway: our extremely rare endemic species, the Saint Lucia whiptail lizard (<i>Cnemidophorus vanzoi</i>) and the Saint
Lucia worm snake (<i>Leptotyphlops breuli</i>),
with populations found nowhere else in the world except on Maria Islands. These endemics exist on the two tiny islets
because of the unique natural environment <b><i>and</i></b> the physical isolation the site
has provided over hundreds of thousands of years. These factors have allowed the endemic
species to evolve, adapt and survive there – and only there. The fact that an adequate stretch of sea
separates the islets from the main coast of Saint Lucia has managed to prevent
other animals and disease agents from getting to these rare endemics and
destroying their eggs, their young or the adults. Other rare endemic species around the world
have been created by such physical isolation.
A causeway would remove this <i>essential
</i>element of isolation. Despite the
best efforts of the Forestry Department and the National Trust to prevent other
species becoming a threat, our rare Maria Islands endemics would be at severe
risk of predation, disease and eventual extinction in the wild. As a result, we would fail to safeguard some
of the world’s rarest species and also fail in our commitments to international
agreements such as the Convention on Biological Diversity, among others.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">Are
causeways always a bad thing?</span></b><span lang="EN-GB"> <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Causeways have been built in many places
for many reasons and with varying effects on the natural environment. When a causeway or similar land reclamation
project is built in an area where the marine system is a naturally dynamic,
high-silt environment such as at the mouth of a large river system (like the
Mississippi) or in an exposed, rough shoreline, they may not have a significant
effect on existing species or habitats since the particular species present
will already be those best suited to such turbid and dynamic environments. In other cases, causeways have been built
suspended above the sea, such as the road built to connect Prince Edward Island
to mainland Canada. This raised
structure is designed to reduce the level of physical disturbance to the seabed
and disruption of wave action and littoral drift. But we must recognise that our southeast
coast is <i>not</i> a high-silt, unstable
environment, nor is the proposed causeway merely to be the base for a suspended
road or one that will minimise impacts on natural coastal processes or our
coastal marine habitats. Our sensitive
nearshore environment around Saint Lucia is not a suitable place for a
causeway.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-GB">Moving
Forward<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">I very much recognise the urgent need for
us to develop job opportunities, sustainable livelihoods and better services
for communities of the south, and that the outstanding natural beauty, coastal
marine assets and available land in the south means that that tourism is going
to be a major element in such development.
But as a country we must be able to strike a healthy balance that can
provide viable, sustainable social and economic progress for all Saint Lucians
while safeguarding our environmental assets.
Unlike larger countries such as the USA, Canada or China, Saint Lucia’s
tiny size means that we have no room for environmental error; no room for
easily moving from an environmental mistake to take up a “Plan B”.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The way forward in the case of the DSH
project must be some form of compromise, and such compromise must be rooted in
the long-term interest of Saint Lucia over and above any short-term interests
driven by political debate or external interests. While the proposed project
seems at first glance to be full of the promises of jobs for everyone, we must
consider the damage it can do to our resource base and consider hidden costs
that can arise as we compromise existing livelihoods and the quality of our environment. We must take the time and care to consider other
options, ones that would result in safer, sounder development for the south. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">Whether you consider yourself UWP, SLP or
no “P” at all, if you truly care about the future of Saint Lucia, I hope you
can agree that the compromise we reach for development in the south must not
include a causeway. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB">The <b>No causeway to Maria Islands Petition</b> can be found at:<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://www.thepetitionsite.com/100/724/416/say-no-to-building-a-causeway-to-maria-islands-nature-reserve/?taf_id=34614417&cid=fb_na">http://www.thepetitionsite.com/100/724/416/say-no-to-building-a-causeway-to-maria-islands-nature-reserve/?taf_id=34614417&cid=fb_na</a>
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Reading <o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB">The following documents, which you can
access via the internet, may help you get a greater understanding of the issues
discussed here. I have found that information, in-depth
consultation, and then careful consideration
bring wisdom, and wisdom provides the foundation for meaningful,
equitable progress.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB">A case
study of effects of the Pigeon Island Causeway:</span></i><span lang="EN-GB"> <a href="http://www.irf.org/eiacasestudy_failure_rodneybay_stlucia_op-45a/">http://www.irf.org/eiacasestudy_failure_rodneybay_stlucia_op-45a/</a> (Ed Towle, 1985).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB">Saint Lucia
National Trust information page on the Point Sable Environmental Protection
Area:<o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><a href="http://slunatrust.org/sites/pointe-sables-environmental-protection-area/">http://slunatrust.org/sites/pointe-sables-environmental-protection-area/</a>
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<i><span lang="EN-GB">A report on the
values and perceptions of the Pointe Sable Environmental Protection Area: <o:p></o:p></span></i></div>
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<span lang="EN-GB"><a href="https://www.google.co.uk/?gws_rd=ssl#q=Socio-economic+monitoring+by+Caribbean+Challenge+MPA+Managers+Report+No+...+Area+by+the+Saint+Lucia+National+Trust+...+Pointe+Sable+Environmental+Protection+Area+...+&*">https://www.google.co.uk/?gws_rd=ssl#q=Socio-economic+monitoring+by+Caribbean+Challenge+MPA+Managers+Report+No+...+Area+by+the+Saint+Lucia+National+Trust+...+Pointe+Sable+Environmental+Protection+Area+...+&*</a> (Bethia Daniel, 2013)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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me feel for quite some time now, but
there’s so much that it’s hard to figure out what to say and every day
we see a next example of his hideousness. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I even spent some time searching to see if I could find
enough explanations of things he has done, may do, is doing, that would give me
pause and help me believe it’s not as bad as I feel it is. No luck so far.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">So, I took a break and tried to step back from my frustration, disappointment and anger with those
who put Trump in power. I know a few of you personally. I don’t know you as
hateful people. I know you as people who believe you are caring, fair, just and
I have heard your concerns, your personal struggles, your fears and I
understand them even when I don’t agree with them on principle, or when I know I
am able to see a bigger picture perhaps, than you. So I can see that it
would seem you just don’t realise that you’re not in <i>that </i>bad a position, and a lot of the elements of your American
Dream actually require YOU to make things happen for yourself. It may just be that your attitude and entitlement are what's holding you back, and now you’re
following the age old habit of laying blame at the feet of those who have
historically been exploited and denied the rights you relatively comfortably
enjoy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Yeah, I hear some of you crying, “No! That’s not me!” – I voted
against the corrupt/non-functioning/whatever-adjective system of government,
the cronyism, the Fed…ok. Fair enough. You chose to replace ‘bad and urgently in
need of a serious reworking’ with lawless. Very Wild West. Actually, very North Korea, very ISIS, very Marcos, Saddam, very Great Turkmenbashi – and please don’t
say the ‘Communist’ elements make him
totally different – no, they do not, Stalin, Putin, Kim family, Trump family –
there’s a lot more in common than you realise. Not so much with Fidel though, who
was much more a man of the peoples and led his country to great levels of
social and scientific achievements, or with many of your county’s other old
Central and South American 'enemies' who’s legitimate governments, yours has long
fought to depose through covert wars and replace with corrupt dictators who
work to fill your corrupt power-mongers' pockets. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I’m, of course, not an American, I don’t live there and I
doubt I ever will. But I live in America’s back yard, in the small island
states that number among the neighbours that America has historically enjoyed
fucking with. So I have a genuine, valid, real, reason to have a say. I think
the whole world does anyway since America anointed itself ‘Leader of the Free
World’ – you don’t get rights without responsibility and if you pretend to
being the greatest democracy in the world, then hey, we are voters. Those in America,
who don’t see this, are just some of the (way too big), insular band of fools who
need to go back to school, preferably in a country where they can learn about
how the rest of humanity lives and little things like international relations,
trade, world cultures…</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I feel you getting indignant now. Good. Join the club. In
your indignancy, please invest some time in getting to know your countrymen and
women whose labour and effort made the
life you enjoy possible. Of course if you are an out-and-out racist, then you
believe slavery and Chinese labour were God-given rights to you - well I just
hope you get a knock on the head that saves you from yourself. For the rest of
you good people – please work on developing a bit more of a less arrogant less self-entitled, and more of a ‘judge not, lest thou be judged’ ethos. You are not the only ones
who matter. Get out, educate yourself and get to know and understand a few
more of the many countries out there in the world that do a much better job of
democracy than you do, that have granted, not perfect, but certainly </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">functioning </span><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">social welfare systems that
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">You, Trump voters, God help you. You have done a huge
injustice to America, her neighbours, the world. You better hope this has the
effect of waking up the rest of us and galvanising us into action to set things
to right, because, yes, we are also at fault. We were asleep at the wheel it
would seem – we let our ‘surrounding ourselves with light’ and our (rightful)
pride in the progress we did make, to ironically, cause us to become a bit more like you; blind.
We allowed ourselves to believe the tide was turning in favour of humanity and
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British High Commission in collaboration with the French Embassy and
Alliance Française have been running a programme of activities since
11 November 2014 to commemorate the centenary of the First World War.
As part of this year’s activities we are organising a poetry
competition with the theme being </span><span style="font-family: Arial, serif;"><i>War
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competition is open to persons from the islands of St Lucia, St
Vincent and the Grenadines and Dominica between the ages of 16-35.
Poems can be in either English or French and there will be a prize of
an Acer Tablet in each language category in each island. Entries
should be submitted to communication@afslu.org by 31 October 2016.
Rules for the competition are available at <a href="http://www.afslu.com/">www.afslu.com</a>.
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Armistice Day ceremony will also feature a special screening of an
Imperial War Museum restored film 'The Battle of the Somme',
originally produced and shown in 1916. The first day of the Battle of
the Somme was probably one of the most striking moments of the First
World War (WWI) as that day alone resulted in nearly 20,000 British
deaths and 60,000 British casualties, still the worst day on record
for the British Army. But the battle was not just one day; it
lasted until 18 November 1916 and involved not just Britain and
Germany but took place on French soil and French troops held part of
the line. It has also been estimated that there were
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also be launched at the ceremony. This exhibition will highlight
the importance of the rum industry during WW1 and will run through
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Finola JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223636471043830803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2496520048419824776.post-30840824010729242052016-09-01T12:35:00.000-04:002016-09-01T13:02:34.005-04:00Winds of change...7 days from today I will be segueing back, or is it forward, into a life of freelancing. My contract at the Cultural Development Foundation is coming to a close September 30th and I have a few weeks vacation due, so that makes September 9th my last work day here.<br />
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Reason number 1) I came across an opportunity to take a 1-year's Masters Diploma in World Heritage and Cultural Projects for Development - it's part distance and part on-site in Turin Italy. Run by the ITC-ILO through the University of Turin...and it came with the possibility of a partial scholarship through the OAS...I got accepted and got the schol...so that begins very conveniently, on October 17th (Viv la Margewit!) </div>
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Short story of perseverance with the application process...now, keep in mind I did my Degree in Crafts 24 years ago...and the college - Crewe & Alsager, has been subsumed into Manchester Metropolitan University via Manchester Metropolitan Polytechnic and my course no longer exists...and I never got a transcript...and Italy requires, I mean REALLY requires a bunch of legalized, translated, Declaration of valued documents or you may as well sit counting grains of sand while you wait to be accepted cos it just ain't gonna happen...</div>
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No matter that the online application crashed on the last page the Sunday afternoon I was completing it, (yes, of course it was the last day!!! sheesh...you know I procrastinate!) No matter the links to the explanation of what a 'declaration of value' was wouldn't work...no matter Google kept this secret from me despite my best searches...not sure why, but a twist of fate and test of my perseverance maybe? .... the thing is I decided if I wanted it, I would just have to persevere and make it happen...so I did and so, it did!</div>
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I miss the freedom of freelance...lord knows I have really appreciated the time I have spent at CDF - regular salary every month, staff camaraderie, comfortable air-conditioning ;) a chance to make a difference in the perceived value of arts and culture in Saint Lucia...and the unexpected hiatus from my creative work has actually given me the space to look at what I really enjoy, what really matters...that has been priceless. But I have long since used up my 'working double-time capacity' and so I've found I didn't have time, or energy really, to do my creative work...and I miss it profoundly...it is a very big part of who I am. I also miss being a trainer - yes, I've done some while here, but I miss being in the field and doing training and development work...I just do.</div>
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So there it is - I am hoping I can work out continuing some projects with CDF, but I am also moving back (and forward) to my creative work. It will be different from before: much more focus on the environment and recycling and reflecting my thoughts and feelings on life, hope, inspiration, enlightenment, peace, challenge and all that stuff.</div>
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And for those wondering if to leave the 9-5....well, you have to know what you want and make a reasonable path forward - it is not easy. I have been self-employed/freelance/micro-business for 25 years and so I can say, when you leave a job, you are leaving security, that's for sure. So know what you plan to do and work out how you will pay the bills and what you are prepared to trade off...it has been a real challenge to review what matters, what I am prepared to let go, not let go...don't under-estimate the rigours such a move to 'freedom' entails - not in the pre-planning, nor in the execution!</div>
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Finola JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223636471043830803noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2496520048419824776.post-38788149464724526342016-07-17T14:29:00.002-04:002016-07-17T15:30:21.459-04:00What’s the Buzz about?<br />
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">Last night my friends and I went
along to support the soft opening of the ‘New’ Buzz Restaurant in Rodney Bay.
Buzz has been a standard on the list of restaurants in Saint Lucia for many
years now, serving up South African-inspired cuisine in a beautiful open
setting that spilled into the garden under a big beautiful flambouyant tree –
my parents were friends with the owner Pat Bowden and had gone to her restaurants
many times over the years. I admit, I had not gone to Buzz much…it was a bit
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">So Marisa has
kept the hint of South Africa alive, but has given the place a pick-me-up of
modern style and remixed the menu with some really delicious local flavours –
most notable of the new appetizers we tasted last night were the Jerk Fish Breadfruit
Tacos (gluten-free) – so good, they were gone before I could get a photo of
them! And the Tamarind Spicy Chicken Wings – my choice. They were both definite
winners – ones to go back for again! And from the more traditional Bar Bites
Menu we were treated to the Famous Cheesy ‘Crack’ Break (one bite is all it
takes!) and the Classic Bruschetta – both of which I could easily have feasted
on all night too!</span></div>
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the island, local expats and embassy people and of course real, bona-fide
locals and all sorts of Caribbean people who have made Saint Lucia home – I think
this kind of atmosphere is what you can expect any evening you may visit:
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decided to decorate her lovely peaceful grey palate walls with featured artists
– for the launch, Saint Lucian artist Shay Cozier’s work adorns the walls –
each and every one is for sale. and the paintings are provided courtesy of Island Mix Café & Shop (near
the Antillia Craft Brewery) in Rodney Bay, where you can find more authentic
local arts, gifts, fashion and crafts along with a beautiful patio
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Finola JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223636471043830803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2496520048419824776.post-28645335984676318282016-07-17T14:29:00.000-04:002016-07-17T14:31:05.004-04:00What’s the Buzz about?<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">under the Flambouyant Tree at Buzz Restaurant</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">Last night my friends and I went
along to support the soft opening of the ‘New’ Buzz Restaurant in Rodney Bay.
Buzz has been a standard on the list of restaurants in Saint Lucia for many
years now, serving up South African-inspired cuisine in a beautiful open
setting that spilled into the garden under a big beautiful flambouyant tree –
my parents were friends with the owner Pat Bowden and had gone to her restaurants
many times over the years. I admit, I had not gone to Buzz much…it was a bit
pricy for my pocket at the time….so what’s changed?</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #0000ee;"><span style="color: black;">Mari<span style="color: #0000ee;">sa Groenwald<span style="color: #0000ee;">, Buzz R<span style="color: #0000ee;">estauran</span></span></span></span><u><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u><span style="color: #0000ee;"><u>t</u></span></u></span></u></span></u></span></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">Well, Pat has decided it’s time for her
long, long stay in Saint Lucia to come to an end and she’s handed over to the charming
Marisa Groenwald who has been her Manager for the past few years. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">So Marisa has
kept the hint of South Africa alive but has given the place a pick-me-up of
modern style and remixed the menu with some really delicious local flavours –
most notable of the new appetizers we tasted last night were the Jerk Fish Breadfruit
Tacos (gluten-free) – so good, they were gone before I could get a photo of
them! And the Tamarind Spicy Chicken Wings – my choice. They both definite
winners – ones to go back for again! And from the more traditional Bar Bites
Menu we were treated to the Famous Cheesy ‘Crack’ Break (one bite is all it
takes!) and the Classic Bruschetta – both of which I could easily have feasted
on all night too!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">All in all, it was a lovely evening –
last night there was an eclectic mix of people enjoying the evening – visitors to
the island, local expats and embassy people and of course real, bona-fide
locals and all sorts of Caribbean people who have made Saint Lucia home – I think
this kind of atmosphere is what you can expect any evening you may visit:
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– for the launch, Saint Lucian artist Shay Cozier’s work adorns the walls –
each and every one is for sale provided courtesy of Island Mix Café & Shop (near
the Antillia Craft Brewery) in Rodney Bay, where you can find more authentic
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN"><a href="http://www.facebook.com/Buzz-Restaurant-133670557065904">www.facebook.com/Buzz-Restaurant-133670557065904</a><span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span>(758) 458-0450</span></div>
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Finola JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223636471043830803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2496520048419824776.post-71454642545119135192016-05-22T08:07:00.000-04:002016-05-22T08:20:03.245-04:00Is the right to vote enough to make a democracy?I'm reposting below, something I wrote last elections - my feelings about people focusing on how important it is to vote have not changed at all in the last 5 years - we are told it is exercising our franchise, but really, it is not that at all. If we are to exercise our franchise, the systems have to allow us ongoing input into governance (thanks <a href="https://www.facebook.com/dawnnbooks/">Dawn French</a> for that word). And we the people, need to find it in us to change ourselves so that we can contribute something valuable to ourselves as communities and a nation...vote or don't vote - I understand some people not wanting to give any credence to a system they see benefiting only the politicians, but either way, whether you vote or not, do what you can to make what you do in society matter in-between.<br />
I say that, but at the same moment I am asking myself, how and what? How broken is our system and can we fix it? What can we do to provide people a safe and open space to listen, speak and effect change? These are genuine questions - so if you have an idea, please share! <br />
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I started writing this as Saint Lucia and a few other
countries across the world were going to the vote. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"></span>I wasn’t at home, so didn’t vote – and for a
while, I was saying that I’m glad I’m not home because for the first time, I
really would not know who to choose – I am disappointed and do not trust either
of our main parties to really govern – it’s that plain and simple – they both
did some good things during their stints in power, and they both did a lot of
crap – a lot of questionable things – things that seemed downright not in the
interests of the people, but rather, in the interests of those who could get
away with it or could pay for it.
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And now we have an interesting number of alternatives to the
historical two parties– but none with enough candidates to form<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a new government…we have a Facebook Page
“People’s National Movement for Change” – a page set up to encourage
non-partisan discussion of the REAL issues…I like that page, though in the
weeks leading up to the actual elections the posts have degenerated too often
into empty party slogans and colour-bound blind party loyalties…never mind, the
fact that people have found it possible to discuss openly is imho, a great
start. <i>(EDIT from 2016 - we have a bunch of pages ostensibly for non-partisan nation-building purposes now - some are party initiatives, some not - sometimes they contain useful discussion, sometimes not, but at least it is one more possibility for people to take part in ongoing debate)</i></div>
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And though, in the end, yes, I would have liked to have put
my ‘tikwa’ next to a choice out of the 4 that are running in my neighbourhood…I
know that it is just not the most important thing to do…whoever wins, not much
will change …unless…WE THE PEOPLE CHANGE.</div>
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And since I started writing this, the importance of each and
every vote has come into fine, fine focus as the elections happened and days of
recounts followed; as one incumbent candidate’s 68 vote initial lead turned
into a 2 vote defeat, and another’s slim defeat of about 19 votes turned into
an even slimmer one of 7…but my belief voting is the least important thing you
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What I believe is far, far, far more important than the vote
– for Saint Lucia and perhaps many other places – is what the people do with
their government in-between. In Saint Lucia for sure, we need to complain
constructively – with suggestions for solutions (and be prepared to set aside
personal<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for the greater good), we need
to stop being part of the ‘bobol’ (corruption) system, we need to become colour
blind – this ‘en rouge’ nonsense (and ‘en jaune’ if there is that one too), and
become symbolically challenged – not know a flambeau except for at a beach
party, not know a star except for the night sky. We need to clean out our ears
and re-learn to hear, relearn a language that does not rely on empty slogans
and catcalls, learn to speak our minds and LISTEN to what others are saying and
make INFORMED decisions and plans that are based on content not colour, that
contain substance not kick-backs…I don’t know, but I’d figure by now people
would have started to realize the biggest kickback we all end up with is one in
our head to knock us down. </div>
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So yes, voting is important, but getting away from the old
blind party loyalty system is much more important because unless we do, even
the new alternatives will find it more difficult not to repeat history in all
its less than glorious moments.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And to
do this, we also need to make it difficult, if not impossible for the reins of
power to be attached to a golden carriage over which we have no control whatsoever,
and which sooner or later flies mud in our faces and breaks our toes as we
stand by and let it ride on up <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>at our
expense.</div>
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And yes, I did mean it when I said I think each previous
government has done some good things as well – so we need to be able to
acknowledge those things – without it being a party thing – acknowledge good
things with good critique and by ensuring that the good things are available
for all to benefit, not just those of one fixation or another.</div>
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Does not all this colour branded party fixation not strike
you as so ‘Victorian’, ‘Colonial’ ‘divide and rule?’ I know I am not the first
to say it. It’s powerful propaganda – playing up people’s insecurities and
fears to divert attention away from the things that really matter. It’s a tried
and tested (and I think, should be outlawed), method. It does not benefit any
of us, the people, truly, in the long run – it benefits just a few – and at a
cost we should not be prepared to pay.</div>
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So, you have voted…or perhaps you have not…for me, it does not matter
anyway near as much as what you do now, what you say now and for the next five,
ten, fifteen and forever years– some people have been making these steps,
taking up substantive discussions on issues beyond, under, across party lines -so
why not more of us? Let’s choose our words and actions as best we can – even
each small effort, each small step towards a government of and by the people is
a movement for positive change.</div>
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What do YOU think? </div>
Finola JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223636471043830803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2496520048419824776.post-27015624566990273112016-05-08T19:32:00.000-04:002016-05-08T19:33:04.499-04:00Access Consciousness and the Artist's Way at Work<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rain Maybe? Or is it sun breaking through (photo finola jennings clark, rights reserved)</td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Why are bad habits so much easier to get into than
good habits? I mean really, usually good stuff is easy to love, right? We don’t
have problems accepting affection, enjoying good food, taking an afternoon nap
on the sofa…they’re all good things and they’re easy habits to integrate into
the daily routine. Why not the same with exercise, writing, painting? It’s not
like they’re chores that I don’t enjoy…it’s something almost intangible but
very, very real, the reluctance to ‘just do it’. Is it really ingrained lack of
confidence from years so long gone by?</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The Artist’s Way</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">I was listening to The Artist’s Way at Work this
morning which though I find somewhat less than captivating to listen to because
of the narration, has some excellent insights into the creative, productive and
non-productive nature we all have within us. I easily recognized other people
who’ve been and are in my life and I recognized myself too...happily in some
cases it was me seeing my reflection in the good habits, but not in every case!
I could see myself in so many descriptions that were about habits that keep us
back.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Yes, I would like to say I try to ‘do my best’ at my work
but I know that’s not true and as for being really proactive and creative? Am I
really or do I allow myself sometimes still to believe ‘my hands are tied’ by
other’s bad habits, limited resources, urgent important tasks? How many of us
actually really are prepared to step out of our comfortable box with walls
papered with excuses and blame – aka – ‘reasons why I can’t’? How many of us
consistently find ourselves saying ‘Oh I can’t because so-and-so isn’t/hasn’t/won’t/didn’t
…”? But the bigger question is, what did WE do to overcome the challenges the other
person’s bad habits create for us? Did we just let ourselves off the hook,
comfortable in having a scapegoat to enable our failure? Or did we just dive
into the wave and trust that where there’s a will, there’s a way?</span></div>
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<b><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Access Consciousness</span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Recently a bubbly young woman, Christine Caruso, came
back to visit Saint Lucia and I decided to let her ‘run my bars’. I was, to say
the least, astounded at the effect it had on me – I am pretty sure part of that
was that I am in a space where I’m open to any kind of positive vibe – and
prior to going, I had no idea about what ‘access consciousness’ was about…I
just got a really positive vibe off Christine and decided to go. And it was
amazing. The verbal takeaway, conceptual really, was ‘what else is possible’:
when we find ourselves butting up, as we so often do, against our tired old
assumptions of how things are, or when we find ourselves desperately seeking answers
or trying to bend life to our wishes… just stop and ask ‘What else is possible?’
Open yourself up to allow other options to float on in to your life instead of
blocking the way with old assumptions that are most often negative.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">The physical takeaway for me was also amazing – during
the session I didn’t experience much other than becoming very, very relaxed and
gradually seeing a rainbow of colour behind my eyes and eventually just lighter
and brighter white light. When I got up, I felt physically taller. Really. I
really felt taller. I could not wipe the glowing smile off my face either – I felt
so much lighter and a deeper peaceful, joyous openness. My friends could not
believe what they saw…yes, it was the ‘old me’ but to them I also appeared as I
felt.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">So, I went back a couple weeks later – and this is
after researching what ‘the Bars’ are and realizing it is another of ‘those
franchises’ that in principle I SO don’t like (I have a build-up of negative
assumptions about them!). But I also realized, whatever the tool, how good it
is relies almost entirely on how open we are to letting it work. And then of
course, where therapy is going on, it relies also on how genuine the ‘therapist’
is – and with Christine, it was easy to place your trust in her because she
just poured out good energy. Not the fake kind of hippy-happy all is light and
good kind – genuine good energy – the kind that can exist even in dark places. These
two combined, I think, are of fundamental importance for a positive result.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">My second experience was completely different, having
very physical effects during the session and no light shows this time </span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "wingdings"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;"> It was equally, but very differently, good.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">Both the Access Consciousness Bars exercises and the
Artist’s Way at Work I realized, work when we are really prepared to let go of
our past that is so full of all the stored experiences of failure and denial
and can’ts and won’ts and don’ts, should, must, mustn’ts etc and open up and
really ask ourselves ‘What else is possible?’ and then, key, key point here…do
it and keep on doing it until we have picked down each and every brick of our
personal walls and built ourselves a nice sturdy set of steps, climbing as we
go. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-size: 11.0pt;">What they, and any other system are not, is magic
fixes that remove the need for us to take action, so my advice for the road…Open
up and step up and keep remembering to actively seek to let go of the millions
of assumptions we allow to cloud our good judgement. If you want a better life
then you will, at some point has to embrace asking, from the core of your
being, ‘What else is possible?’</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Skip Monday, Saint Lucian Band - these guys love what they do and it shows! (photo Finola Jennings Clark, rights reserved)</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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Finola JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223636471043830803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2496520048419824776.post-18247548265358169472016-05-02T21:17:00.003-04:002016-05-02T21:17:55.515-04:00Life in Time-Lapse<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dawn over the East coast Saint Lucia</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">A day passes by so quickly now.
There was a time when hours would stretch beyond anything our imagination could
fill them with. But now the years are like a few sleeps before Christmas. There
is so much left to do. Like a time-lapse video of the beauty of night into day
and spring into summer, autumn, winter, our breathing has sped up. The dawn sun
rises in an lcd glow on our face with her sky filled with soft pinks and warm
yellows in rgb. The early morning sun only warms our skin through the fading
tinted windows of the suv as we ride a stranger’s bumper hard because we’re
forced to go slow. Late. Late. Late again. For what?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">We tell ourselves how wonderful it
is that despite that we don’t see each other for months, years at a time and
still find ourselves firm friends, that this is a good thing. It is a good
thing, but why? Thank goodness and ever grateful for small mercies. Is it small
mercy that we see so many of our friends at other friends’ funerals?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN">24 little hours, minute by minute,
today. In the end, it is all we have and while money can certainly buy it, is
it ever a seller’s market? Look around you. Do the math. Tomorrow is nothing but
a figment of your imagination and Christmas is but a few sleeps away. Live
well.</span></div>
Finola JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223636471043830803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2496520048419824776.post-20295776295350630682016-03-29T21:19:00.000-04:002016-03-29T21:19:58.396-04:00Maranatha Gardens - Prayer Gardens - SoufriereOwened by The Beacon Restaurant's Hilary Charlemagne, these gardens are located on a hairpin bend in Colombette above Soufriere. They are free to view and I've driven past so many times thinking to myself I should stop. Well I did with my sister Liz yesterday. They are beautiful, serene even with a gaggle of noisy young women taking photos against the beautiful backdrop :)<br />
Well worth making time for.<br />
<b><span style="font-size: x-small;">www.facebook.com/The-Beacon-Restaurant-Tranquil-Villas-Maranatha-Garden-140772536112008/</span></b> <br />
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I'll let the pictures talk for themselves:<br />
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<i><span style="font-size: x-small;">All photos by Finola Jennings Clark - feel free to use for personal purposes but if you want to use commercially in any way, please ask me first and whichever way, please credit me and link to the blog - thanks for respecting ownership - enjoy! </span></i></div>
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Finola JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223636471043830803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2496520048419824776.post-91780526407062646012016-03-06T09:55:00.001-04:002021-06-08T13:44:11.182-04:00The Wrongness of Rightness - repost from Sunrainor<h3 class="post-title entry-title" itemprop="name">
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">I'm looking back at some of the over 200 posts I wrote over on Sun, Rain, Or... and I found this one - my second ever post, September 2008. Good recall for a Sunday I think - I still think just like this</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">It strikes me that a lot of people spend a lot of time trying to figure
out who’s right and making sure people know it. Probably just one of
those quirks of human nature that either is great at keeping us from
paying attention to the glaring probability that the whole human race is
pretty much not right, thus allowing mother nature to get on with the
tiresome job of getting rid of us while our attention is diverted, or,
is it nothing so exciting, just our mundane animal instincts; can’t give
up on fighting for territory even if it’s just all in our heads.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Or
maybe it’s got to do with our need to figure out what more there is to
us than a few fleeting years here on planet earth and our
uncomfortableness with admitting that we don’t actually know. There
comes religion and the biggest right ‘n’ wrong tug of war there is.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">I’m
currently reading “The Secret”, living in very close proximity to a
Jehovah’s Witness elder, belong to a family of Catholics, and I digest
the world’s news daily and today was a slew of religious stories; so
that combined with recent hullabaloo about how the mad scientists under
the Alps are going to blow us all back to the Big Bang with their
particle accelerator, well it’s no wonder I’m thinking about our
obsession with being right about those pesky questions – Where did we
come from? Why are we here? And by the way, who did this? And what on
earth or elsewhere will happen after?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">No answers to any of those
here folks, sorry. But anyway, it’s not just about being right about
religious beliefs – we humans have an insatiable need for righteousness.
But for me, I’ve grown more and more towards the belief that when it
comes down to it, it often seems that it’s so much more practical to
accept that no such absolute exists. Not that I can in any way claim I
always achieve such magnanimity myself. But really, let’s not even go
into quantum physics where the possibilities become a bigger infinite
than I can comprehend, but how can we possibly know the right and wrong
of the most of it? There are just so many permutations and combinations
within our own households let alone our countries and our world – it
just strikes me as a little over important of us to really believe we
“alone” have the right way. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">I like to take a breath sometimes
and put being right aside and see what becomes a possibility that I
thought wasn’t there before. Yes, it’s important to be right on
occasion – about the answers to the questions on an exam, following the
map accurately back from the wilderness adventure, how much baking soda
to put in the cake, labelling jars of dangerous liquids, what money you
really have in your bank and such, but when it comes to judging a fellow
human’s right to their views, their ways, their lives, I feel much more
comfortable knowing it’s okay that I can’t possibly always be right.
That opens so many more doors to me for discovery, understanding,
enjoyment, peace and happiness and leaves me with a lot of energy to put
into creating and enjoying the quirks and unexpected gifts of life as
we don’t know it.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">But just imagine if those burrowing scientists
did bring about the end of the world – who would be right then? Or maybe
we’re already in a parallel universe and we haven’t yet noticed. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">Ok, so what do you think? How do you view yours or other people's need to know?</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span></span>Finola JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223636471043830803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2496520048419824776.post-34519993844361943232016-02-28T10:31:00.000-04:002016-02-28T10:32:23.400-04:00Rewind – The things we take for granted - Water<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"></span><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">So, I decided I should
look back through the over 200 posts I’ve written over on Sun, Rain, Or… and
what better thing to do than borrow from Facebook with their somewhat
endearing, somewhat annoying ‘Memories’ feature…so 5 years ago this week, I
wrote: </span><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://sunrainor.blogspot.com/2010/02/survival-after-disasters-sustenance-in.html">Survival after Disasters - Sustenance in Your Yard</a>. </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">This was after the Haiti
Earthquake but before our own disastrous Hurricane Tomas.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The gist of that post was looking at the everyday
plants we probably don’t know are food, or maybe use in one way, like eat the
fruit, but don’t know the leaves make great tea to help relax, uplift, calm,
cure, etc.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">So I’d say it’s worth taking a look back over at
that post if you don’t know much about plants, but read on also if you’d like a
few tips on how to survive better in the drought we are told we should expect
again this year, or if you’re not in Saint Lucia, read on anyway – a lot of it
is just good conservation practice anyway :)</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Water</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The stuff of life. Our most precious resource but
simultaneously, one we waste like it goin’ outta style! (West Indian expression
of my youth – ‘back in the day’ </span><span style="font-family: "wingdings"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">) </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Some simple tips to save water that you maybe haven’t
thought of</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Showering</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> – do you
let your taps run while you wait for the hot water to start? Catch it! Last
year when my plants were dying in droves, I bought a 1-gallon bucket and put it
under my taps as I mixed up my perfect temperature water to take my shower – I was
amazed at how much I’d been pouring down the drain! If I was not paying
attention, the bucket would easily fill ¾ and sometimes full. Now it fills just
about half way. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">This water is totally clean! I give it to the dogs
to drink and I use it to water plants. Since it is collected daily it is enough
to do many things with and you use it daily so it won’t be a breeding ground
for mozzies!</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Toilet
</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">– ok, so you may not want to do this, but give it a try – If it’s yellow,
let it mellow – don’t flush every time you tek a pee! At least let it mellow
for a few uses and then flush – if you are in a household you can set a guide –
once someone sees evidence of too yellow water or a wad of toilet paper..flush
after use </span><span style="font-family: "wingdings"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> C’mon,
it’s just pee and the only thing you have to fear is the scent of ammonia
getting too much – then flush once it reaches close to that.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Alternative
toilet therapy</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">: Fill a bottle with sand or with water and
carefully place it in the toilet tank – use two small ones or one large but
they <b>must not float. </b>These will displace water in your tank and yep,
your toilet will still flush perfectly well but use a litre or two less each
time.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Dish
water – </span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">well, don’t use very soapy water to water your plants –
they tend not to take kindly too it. Do empty out your basin of soapy dirty
water and then rinse your soapy dishes into it – this water is not too bad but
can still ‘burn’ your plants. There’s instructions for a DIY ‘Gray Water’
filter here, but I am thinking – need a water expert to give their opinion on this
though, I’ve asked a friend but until then, my thoughts are:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Buy some activated charcoal (from Eastern Timbers in
Saint Lucia – check in the supermarkets for it) and make a simple filter. Buy/get
a 5 gallon bucket – recycled from the supermarket or paint buckets, cut a
square of mosquito mesh and secure it over the top by tying a strong elastic /
rubber under one of the ridges around the rim. Let it dip about 6 inches and place
your charcoal in the dip: Wrap the charcoal tightly <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in a piece of looseweave cotton or cloth so it
stays put and forms a tight mass. Pour your water through this, repeat a few
times – I’d think the water should be clean enough to use on your plants now…</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Or Go
Green!</span></b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> There is of course, another alternative – I used to
make handmade soap, and have recently switched to a very plan, unscented soap
as I get more sensitive in my ‘ahem’ ‘old age’ ;) so, why not wash your dishes
with plain simple handmade soap? NOT ‘blue soap’ West Indians, not bluesoap ok?
That has artificial fragrance, chelating chemicals and ultramarine blue pigment…none
of these may be super bad on their own, but it’s NOT a natural soap. But get a
fully saponified (no excess oils) soap with some lemon/lime or other citrus
essential oils and it should be great for washing dishes – rub on sponge, clean
off grime and grease </span><span style="font-family: "wingdings"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="mso-char-type: symbol; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The phosphates in dish soap and detergents may seem
fine for plants as they are fertilizers, but they are NOT organic and ARE
environmental problem causers. Plus most detergents have other chemicals that
are not good for plants.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I've linked below to a page with info about natural
alternatives for dish soaps and detergents – I suspect we don’t get them in the
Paradise Islands…but if we ask for them, maybe we will eventually.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Check out the links for more info on some of the things I mentioned:</span></div>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ie9Bza1dCeM/VtMCT1pZTrI/AAAAAAAAAUA/27L1F0Uyz-0/s1600/rainbow%2Bmoon.jpg" style="clear: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Ie9Bza1dCeM/VtMCT1pZTrI/AAAAAAAAAUA/27L1F0Uyz-0/s400/rainbow%2Bmoon.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr>
<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Rainbow moon - My Mum used to say it's a sign of rain FJC rights reserved</td><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://home.howstuffworks.com/green-living/gray-water1.htm"><b>Gray Water</b></a> </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://www.doityourself.com/stry/building-a-grey-water-filter"><b>DIY Gray Water Filter</b></a> </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://www.asonomagarden.com/2009/04/09/garden-friendly-detergents-and-soap/"><b>Garden-FriendlyDetergents</b></a> </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/11066122_Final_report_on_the_safety_assessment_of_EDTA_calcium_disodium_EDTA_diammonium_EDTA_dipotassium_EDTA_disodium_EDTA_TEA-EDTA_tetrasodiumn_EDTA_tripotassium_EDTA_trisodium_EDTA_HEDTA_and_trisodium_HEDTA"><b>Safety of Chelatingagents EDTA HDTA </b></a></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="color: #741b47;"><b>Do you have any tips you can share for water conservation? Please drop them in the comments below! Thanks for reading :) </b></span>
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Finola JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223636471043830803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2496520048419824776.post-55774195024276936132016-02-22T14:49:00.000-04:002016-02-22T14:49:40.071-04:00Sir Derek Walcott - finally!<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">For the first time ever, Saint Lucia has awarded the honour of Knighthood on our own turf - "Her Majesty the Queen has agreed that Saint Lucia may award its own knighthoods under its National Honours and Awards Act."</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: small;">Here is the full list of Independence Honours</span></span><br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">INDEPENDENCE AWARDS 2016</span></u></i></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">On the
occasion of Independence Day 2016, Her Excellency the Governor General, as
Chancellor of the National Societies of Honour, and in accordance with the
provisions of Section 25 of the National Honours and Awards Act, has been
pleased to make the following appointments.</span></i></div>
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<br />
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Knight/Dame Commander of the Order of Saint
Lucia</span></u></i></b></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Derek
Walcott</span></i></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">(For
exceptional and outstanding service of national importance to Saint Lucia)</span></i></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Vaughan Allen Lewis<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></i></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">(For exceptional
and outstanding service of national importance to Saint Lucia)</span></i></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Lawrence Martha Priscilla Laurent </span></i></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">(For
exceptional and outstanding service of national importance to Saint Lucia)</span></i></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">The Saint Lucia Cross (SLC)</span></u></i></b></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">Harold Calixte
Simmons (Posthumously)</span></i></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-themecolor: text1;">(For distinguished service and contribution
to Culture and the Arts) </span></i></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"> </span><u><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"><br /></span></span></u></i></b></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">The Saint Lucia Medal of Honour (Gold) SLMH</span></u></i></b></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Earl Mingus Bousquet </span></i></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold;">(For Outstanding contribution in the field of
journalism<b>)</b></span></i></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Zacheus Dominique</span></i></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">(For an act of conspicuous courage in
circumstances of extreme peril)</span></i></div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Kerwin Francis and Kudisha Francis</span></i></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">(For acts of conspicuous courage in
circumstances of extreme peril)</span></i></div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Haggeus Carlton O’chilly</span></i></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">(For an act of conspicuous courage in
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<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">The Saint Lucia Medal of Honour (Silver) SLMH</span></u></i></b></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Jacqueline Lois Bird-Compton</span></i></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">(For eminent service in the area of child
advocacy)</span></i></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin;">Andrew
Kenneth Richardson</span></i></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">(For
outstanding contribution and exemplary service in the field of medicine)</span></i></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"></span></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Lawrence Poyotte </span></i></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">(For
outstanding service in the Trade Union Movement)</span></i></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Rickie Raynald</span></i></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">(For an act of bravery in hazardous
circumstances)</span></i></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"> </span></i><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"><span style="text-decoration: none;"> </span></span></u></i></b></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">The Saint Lucia Medal of Merit (Gold) SLMM</span></u></i></b></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Vincent Adrian Augier</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"> </span></i></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">(For long and meritorious contribution in
the field of Arts and Literature)</span></i></div>
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<br /></div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Levern Donaline Spencer </span></i></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">(For long and meritorious service in the
field of Sports)</span></i></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
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<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Bernard Cecil Theobalds</span></i></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">(For long and meritorious service in the
field of Engineering)</span></i></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">The Saint Lucia Medal of Merit (Silver) SLMM</span></u></i></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Stephen Trevor Anthony</span></i></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">(For long and meritorious service in the
field of Music)</span></i></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Emmanuel Bellas</span></i></b></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 200%; text-align: center;">
<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">(For long and meritorious service in the
field of Sports)</span></i></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 2; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;">
<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Wilfred Monty Maxwell</span></i></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%;">(For long and meritorious service in the
field of Music)</span></i></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level: 2; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<br /></div>
<br /> <div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">The Saint Lucia Les Pitons Medal (Gold) SLPM</span></u></i></b></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Carolyn Archibald</span></i></b><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"></span></u></i></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">(For long and meritorious dedicated
service to Special Education in Saint Lucia)</span></i></div>
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<br /></div>
<div align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;">
<b><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">Taj Weekes</span></i></b></div>
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">(For
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;">THE PUBLIC SERVICES LONG SERVICE AWARD</span></i></b></div>
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Excellency the Governor-General has been pleased to award the Public Services
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<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="color: black; font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt; mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-fareast-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-themecolor: text1;">Marian Bernadette Hazel Southwell</span></i></div>
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<b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Calisto MT",serif; font-size: 16.0pt;"> FEBRUARY 22, 2016</span></i></b></div>
<br />Finola JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223636471043830803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2496520048419824776.post-55296861268786593062016-02-22T10:10:00.000-04:002016-02-22T10:12:36.677-04:00Independence – Do any of us really have it?<!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">As we celebrate our 37<sup>th</sup>
Anniversary of Independence here in Saint Lucia it seems a good time to reflect
on what Independence means.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We all grow up with our
parents guiding us in their own way, to be independent. Some do a great job,
others barely know themselves what it means, having grown up with the aim of
securing a job upon which you will be dependent for the rest of your life, or for
many of our mothers, securing a husband upon whom you will remain dependent till
death do you part.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I’ve written on
Independence before over on <a href="http://sunrainor.blogspot.com/2009/02/independence-in-time-of-recession-121.html"><span style="color: purple;"><i><b>Sun, Rain, Or…</b></i></span></a> but that’s the thing – what Independence
really is turns out to be hard to pin down! Yes, it’s a level of self-reliance
and self-sustainability, but since none of us exists as an atom in a vacuum,
then our ‘independence’ tends to involve a whole myriad of relationships and
alliances that are what makes life, well, life. And in many cases make life its
best and its worst as well, right?! Lordy. What to do?</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Relationships</span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Yesterday I read and
posted this article titled: <a href="http://elitedaily.com/dating/smarter-independent-hard-love/1262556/">“</a></span><a href="http://elitedaily.com/dating/smarter-independent-hard-love/1262556/"><b><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Smarter And More Independent You Are, The HarderIt Is To Find Love” </span></b></a><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Ok,
well, it’s interesting and makes some good points but what true smarts is, is
another question! Because being emotionally open and able to form relationships
is definitely something that requires intelligence – just not the kind we have
been brainwashed into thinking is the most valuable! But more and more you hear
people referring to ‘Emotional Intelligence’ as being THE most important asset
for the future we have ahead of us if we are to break free from the shackles of
the world run by greed, money, power and mob-psycho driven war. Being able to
relate to people in a truly intelligent way is what might just save us from
ourselves…</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">My personal road to
independence has been an interesting rollercoaster. I’m naturally someone who
looks constantly at what is going on around me and tries to find the root
causes, see values and meanings beyond the obvious accepted and often erroneous
interpretations society has written onto the books for us, so in that vein, I
am by nature, a very independent person. But I am equally not. I grew up very
lacking in confidence – shy as could be and constantly seeking to fit in. Well,
all that’s changed a bit now!!! Lol. Yeah, but it took quite some work to get
where I am today and I am still not quite as ‘independent’ as I want to be!</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I am still one of those
who seeks companionship of ‘that someone special’, though I know that person
must be as enamoured of their own space as I am of mine and of equally as we
may be of each other… <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I am still someone
who likes to dip in and spend time with people even though I’ll just as easily
exit and spend time alone. Where ‘independence’ comes into it for me is that I
can do this without feeling the need to answer to friends, family, partner or
people in general, when I choose to do one or the other. Being able to
comfortably say ‘no thanks’ and not feel compelled always to explain, even when
not asked, but not being selfish either -that’s my idea of true independence in
relationships, and of course it has to be reciprocal!</span></div>
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<span style="color: purple;"><b><span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Daily Grind</span></b></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In work now, that’s
another matter. Here is the hardest part I think many of us in today’s world
deal with is the trade-off between the money we need to live well in this
money-driven society we have created, versus the need to have a quality of
life. And as we hear more and more stories of twenty-something year olds having
strokes and 40-somethings dropping dead of brain aneurisms, it becomes more and
more of a worry for us that we are selling our life away for no good reason. But
then we only have to cast our eyes off our computer screens for a split second
to be tamed back into submission by the hoards of chronically jobless people and
their unenviable reality.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Where is our
independence? Surely we can break free from this unhealthy, unsatisfactory,
unholy alliance we have created for humankind. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Shops open 6-7 days a
week now – many businesses operate a 24-hour shift. Tell me how many times you
hear someone state that there is not enough time in any given day to complete
the work that needs to be done. Yes, granted some people laze about on jobs,
but you have to ask why – is it really that we are so lazy or that we are
unmotivated by the drudgery and misplaced motivations for having a job?</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We have created a cycle
of dependence in our current social-work structure that is inherently flawed.
We chase more and more money because the ‘cost of living’ keeps rising.
Meanwhile the real cost of living is ignored - the price we pay for the money
we earn – loss of health, loss of time to actually live, loss of enjoyment and fulfilment
from the work that we do.</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Independence for me I
think involves a mix of things – a job/way to earn that is reasonably </span></div>
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and brings in a reasonable amount of cash-money or tradeable goods or services
and does not cost me my life! I would happily trade time for less money – the key
being just enough solid income to live well – and of course, living well in my
world involves a lot of alternatives that mainstream has not yet adopted –
recycling, growing my own, bartering, cutting wastage, opting out of the
super-wasteful ‘fashion cycle’ whether it be clothes, home accessories or
whatever – moving towards long-term style & quality over throwaway fads…all
that means I can enjoy a genuinely rich life without so much cash. </span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Independence on a
larger social scale I think could come from re-examining how we set up our work
/ employment systems and moving towards less hours per person with more hours
per society – employ more people on a shift system for less time each, while
teaching sustainable lifestyles as a core subject in schools. That’s the simple
bones of the thing. Let us all earn enough and all live enough</span></div>
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<span lang="EN-CARRIBEAN" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Does society have what
it takes or are we too enslaved by the system that exists to be able to break
free? What do you think?</span></div>
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Finola JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223636471043830803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2496520048419824776.post-60596349891625481922016-02-14T09:37:00.000-04:002016-02-14T10:06:49.161-04:00Let’s Talk about Love Baby…<div class="MsoNormal">
<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">It’s
interesting as you grow older and look back at yours and your friends’ lives
and the mix of experiences of love, relationships, marriage, divorce, single
lives, freedom, loneliness and desires.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Love. What
really is it? Each heart you ask will give you a different answer and each
experience of love a heart goes through makes pinning down what love ‘is’ as
impossible as figuring out how many leaves will fall with each breath of wind.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">There’s a
repeating conversation that I suspect many of us have: The essence of it is
what X person, should or should not do about their less-than-perfect
relationship. In this conversation, there is usually a ‘good’ partner,
diagnosed as being misguided in believing they ‘love’ the other ‘bad’ partner
and so is enduring no end of misery.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Now, while
there are definitely people out there who really are NOT good partners…is this
what is really the core of the problem for most of us? How many of us have ‘loved’
someone who just keeps not measuring up to our expectations? How many of us
have just grown away from our relationship, still ‘love’ the person, maybe don’t
‘like’ them so much anymore, but don’t know how to let go? How many of us have committed
to a long-term, legally and / or religiously bound contract with someone before
we really understand the commitment we are making and the very nature of what
we are doing?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Well, this morning
I read some corny ‘Granny Advice’ that was set in the context of a cheating
husband, but I want to take it more generally. Long story short – the carrots,
egg and coffee put in boiling water (do you know it?) They all go through the
same trials, the boiling water. Carrots go in hard and get soft, eggs, fragile
shell protects but inside they get hard…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">The story says:
<i>“The bean actually changes the hot water,
the very circumstance that brings the pain. When the water gets hot, it
releases the fragrance and flavor. If you are like the bean, when things are at
their worst, you get better and change the situation around you. When the hour
is the darkest and trials are their greatest, do you elevate yourself to
another level?”<o:p></o:p></i></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Well,
personally, I think that’s selling coffee short – that is not what happens with
making coffee, one ingredient doesn’t change the other, the coffee and water
come together to make something great. This takes both elements working in
harmony. The two ingredients are in and of themselves complete, but together
they make more. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">That’s a pretty
good starting point for what love should look like don’t you think? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">But most of us
are far from ‘complete' when we first commit to love really, right? That’s why
my friends and I talk so much about what we would tolerate now versus back then,
what we desire now versus back then. So let’s take
that coffee story past its half-ass ‘finish’.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">First off, it
takes time and effort to learn about brewing a really good cup of coffee right?
Most of us can easily make ’instant’ and that can be satisfying, but the truly amazing
cup of real coffee that leaves you just wanting more of the same…that takes understanding
and practice - you have to take time to learn how to do it right and mistakes may be made along the way, some of which will leave a really bad taste, but should we give up because of this? </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Now tell me, what
do you do with a cup of coffee? What good is a cup of coffee if you don’t drink
it? And when you drink it, doesn’t it finish? If you leave it there undrunk, won’t
it eventually dry out? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Coffee, like
love, has to be remade over and over again. Each time you learn a little more
and your appreciation grows, you grow. It may be that you love that one coffee
bean for ever as it subtly changes as the soil it grows in and the hands that take
it from green to roast bean change, but you change in harmony with it and you
are still happy as pappy in love. That’s fine, that’s good…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">But it may also
be that your tastes and what you want from your coffee changes. And this, I
think is as natural as life itself, but our socialized constructs about what
love ‘must’ look like doesn’t embrace this and it is this that causes us the
real grief and not the changes of love themselves. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">As me and my
friends always come round to saying – we have all grown and changed so much in
the time since we first started dating, and this, we unanimously agree, is a
good thing. But when it comes to love and relationships, somehow we just don’t
effectively recognize the inevitability of change, the fact that we all grow
and so <i>must change, </i>and so, that
change has a very rightful place. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">There is a lot
to be said for ‘working things out’ I don’t dismiss that, but the nature of ‘working
things out’ must fully incorporate a recognition of this rightful place of
change. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "verdana" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Love can be
just as true when it lasts only for part of our lives as it is when it lasts
right through. Can’t we celebrate both
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Quite a few
things have come up in the past few weeks and months that have pulled my
attention back, again and again, to subtle and not so subtle examples of
discrimination in the workplace and in life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">With all that’s
going on in the US - in recent times especially easy to watch because of the
internet - the issue of white racism against blacks and Latin against blacks
and white against anyone non-white and Trump against anyone with an IQ over 40 …
well, it is not hard to see that discrimination is alive, well and kicking
serious ass in the US. The UK and many other nations are not so far behind when
it comes to the BIG issues of discrimination. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">But that’s not what today’s post
is about. I’d like to take a look at the
more insidious, less famous kind…the kind you often don’t notice until a few
minutes past it happening…the kind that rarely makes the news but as it leaches
possibilities out of our lives, immensely impacts us all.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">This kind of
discrimination takes many forms – it’s sometimes race based, sometimes accent
based, sometimes clothing based, sometimes geographically based, sometimes
looks based, sex based, newbie based, age based, faith based, makeup, too many
smiles, too few smiles, voice, mannerisms, shoes, hairstyle, car, no car….you
name it. Sure, some are more prevalent than others – race, sex, faith, appearance
being the biggest I think, but it’s not the tripping factor of discrimination that
interests me so much as the fact that it exists and what it does to our lives
and our potential.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Why do we so
often assume negative things about people? Judging potential not by examining
facts, but by an assumption that is based for instance, not on what is being
said, but some other characteristic of the speaker? Or even what <i>will</i> be said.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">So many people
do it – you recognize something that you associate with being an inferior trait
– messy hair, darker skin, female, casual clothes…and your mind applies that
negative feeling to everything else that person does or says. Think about when
you’ve noticed a small shift in posture and an almost imperceptible change in
facial expression that comes across a person’s face. How often have you seen
that? A subtle, somewhat blank, ‘patient’ expression, or the slightly raised
eyebrows, just a little, and widened eyes that seems to say with an almost
imperceptible sneer, “Really, you think you are worth my time?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">I’m sure, if
you are sensitive to it, you’ve noticed people doing thing. And if you think
about it, you may find you also do this now and again…I suspect most of us do.
I’d like to say I don’t because I really was brought up to ‘give the benefit of
the doubt’ but my parents had their biases and they passed them on to us, as
did our teachers, friends, colleagues…so I know I am not free of this
shortcoming. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">What is going
on here really and why? Judging value based on a measure that usually has
nothing to do with the ability of the person to contribute.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Yes, in some
cases, pre-judgements may be based on the person previously having said or done
something that was below par, but why is it that we often then let that
flourish and grow while we lose our ability to give benefit of the doubt and
perhaps act on an alternate assumption, for instance, that the person does have
worthwhile contributions but perhaps is nervous or just finding it hard to
articulate? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Think how much
you have learnt in life from the mistakes you’ve made (Hopefully!J) …why are we so hard on mistakes other’s
make?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #cc00cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">“You don't
learn to walk by following rules. You learn by doing, and by falling over.” Richard
Branson<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Why is it then,
when we look at other people, that we so often default to locking down our ability
to hear and to process facts; lock out our faculties of genuine reasoning in
favour of our faculties to embrace negative bias? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">I have heard so
many varied people talk about how society will judge you by the norms, so if
you are outside the norms, expect people to judge you for that. But really? Is
this the limit of humanity’s mental and empathetic capacity? Is this all we are
capable of? <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #cc00cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Wasted
Potential<o:p></o:p></span></span></i></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Just stop to
think of the wasted human potential of people with something to contribute
being shut off and cut off based on a trivial prejudice or a minor, or major,
previous stumble. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Just stop to
think how many times this has happened to you. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Just stop and
think how many times you have done this to someone else. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Why do we need
this layer of self-protection? What is it that we really are afraid of? Do we
actually have anything to lose by embracing people who have different ways or
appearances to us? We don’t have to be best friends, but why not entertain that
there may be more to gain from actively seeking to assist someone else to show
their potential; make their contribution than there is to writing them off
because of a trait that most often has nothing to do with the issue at hand?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">It isn’t
anything about people who are less capable of contributing. It’s about our
prejudices and how they limit ourselves and by extension, limit our world. Limit
OUR world - not just that of the person we’re being prejudiced against. Think
about it for a moment. Think about how often you know your contribution would
have made things better if only people could have understood / listened / seen…not
pre-judged you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Think about how
often you have let prejudice in when someone is trying to contribute. Why not
assume they, like you, may have had something really worthwhile to bring to the
table. Think about what you may have lost in that process.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">And by ‘prejudices’
I mean all our ‘societal norms’; the many, seemingly innocuous, things we are
taught to judge people by that really are imperfect measures at best and
downright damaging at worst. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b><i><span style="color: #cc00cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN;">“First
impressions count”</span></i></b>
Yes, indeed they do, but often they are counted so many times over instead of
being counted accurately, just once for their true - limited - value.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b><i><span style="color: #cc00cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN;">“Don’t judge
a book by its cover”</span></i></b>
We are all taught this wonderful saying, but then we are taught in so many
ways, shapes and forms, to ignore this lovely simple core truth and judge cover
after cover after cover. Just think what we lose. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;"><b><i><span style="color: #cc00cc; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN;">“Do unto
others as you would have them do unto you”</span></i></b> We can’t change how others do things,
not directly. But we can change what we do. We can change our habit of judging
people by misleading measures; we can choose to listen and hear and to assume
value is there to be uncovered and so choose to be an agent of discovery rather
than an agent of oppression. Just think what <i>you</i> would prefer in every
situation you have been wrongly judged: Do <i>that</i> unto others and see if there is
not more than enough to go round if we just stop killing off each other’s
potential. See if life does not become better, fuller, and more successful… <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: large;">Worth a try,
isn’t it? What do you think? </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">An interesting
question on decision-making popped up on Facebook last week. <a href="http://www.thevoiceslu.com/author/stan/">Stan Bishop</a>, one of my favourite
local reporters asked: “Which is better
-- running around in circles or being stuck at square one?” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Well, for me,
the answer was easy<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">“I'm going for
stuck at square one. You know its square 1 and there are others to get to.
Being stuck is only permanent if you let it be. Keep checking for a solution
and you'll get one eventually. Circles....well, that's the definition of
madness - doing the same thing over n over again”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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others’ ideas was interesting and made me realize, yet again, that whatever
your problem, how you look at it determines how you find a solution – and
nobody can tell us all the ‘right’ way to see things. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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completely different take to mine: “The fact of being stuck at square one
sounds very stagnant I have hot feet so I will opt for going round in circles.
Maybe, just maybe whilst going round in circles I may encounter something or
someone that will help change the circumstance.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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comment looked at both options “They are both equally bad to be very frank,
however being stuck at square one allows you time to re-evaluate your strategy,
while running around in circles takes you absolutely nowhere, but back to the
starting point and of course provides good exercise...Personally, I rather the
circles, cause it allows for wonderful physical activity while simultaneously
offering much needed re-evaluation time... (Strategy-wise)... So in essence it’s
'killing two birds with one stone' and the best of both worlds... in an odd,
not so productive kind of way :-)”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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somewhere that when Buddha advised people to follow the path to enlightenment,
he actually didn’t mean, do as he did, except in that you should find your own
path, like he did. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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tried to write a few ‘take-aways’, (see list below - there are some
possibilities in there <span style="font-family: "wingdings"; mso-ansi-language: EN-CARRIBEAN; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-char-type: symbol; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-symbol-font-family: Wingdings;">J</span> ) but really, the main thing is that we can tend to get caught
up in just doing things the way we are used to, I call it as I see it…but this can result in our sight being (un)fairly limited. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">There are many ways to get
somewhere: Being open to possibilities while focused on finding ways forward is
probably the best combination of attitudes to get you going forward. Whether
you adopt a meditative run round in circles, (labyrinths come to mind) or you
stop for a moment where you are, at square one, (seated meditation?) and open
up from there matters much less than being open and trusting that a solution is
there.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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go your assumptions, try a different approach, sometimes the change in habits
is enough to crack the door and let the light in and be able to see something that you didn't know was there before<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">While “whatever
works for you” may be good advice most of the time, there’s bound to come a
point where we have to be able to open our minds and look for new ways to do
things</span></li>
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boss’ – Good leaders help people stay focused but let them use their own
methods once they are able to get through to a solution</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">People take
different approaches and what works for you may not work for another</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Your answers
are your answers and mine are mine, and they may or may not coincide.</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "helvetica neue" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Whatever works
for you is your right answer/right path</span></li>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Well, not so fast chappy! I unsubscribed to a lot of things on Sunday – I had both Saturday’s and Sunday’s emails to deal with, and the 3 main emails I still use - but what I didn’t expect, was that I would still be going right up to this morning!!!!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">So, guess how many I am up to at time of posting… no, I’m not going to tell you in the post, have a guess. One guess each and whoever comes closest first will get one of the few remaining 2016 Nature Calendars I have in stock and if you have one already, well, they make great gifts <span style="font-family: "wingdings";">J</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">So, I have resolved to stop asking people carte blanche, to subscribe to my blog – by all means do if you feel it is going to be a worthy read that will help you move forward on your journey – I have kept a small selection of subscriptions for this purpose, but otherwise, do the more important things! <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Ok, I’ve been on this journey of self-rediscovery for quite a few years now and I’m sure that helped, but what happened was I found that as I lounged or went to bed early tired, but could not sleep, my mind wandered all over the place, thinking, wanting, yearning, being pissed, annoyed, occasionally depressed, over all that I was losing, what I felt I couldn’t do anymore. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #0b5394; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Also, per a convo I had today: Don’t buy into that crap that you have to be all positive feeling and big goals all the time – positive affirmations are good, but ONLY if you are really ready to buy into the positivity, otherwise, if the bar it set too high, they can just seem like one more unattainable goal and big reason to beat up on yourself for ‘not being good enough’. Allow yourself to be occasionally sad, mad, depressed about something, recognize the feeling, respect that it exists and see if you can let yourself find some learning from it. Maybe permission to accept you don’t like something, maybe realization that you are asking too much of yourself or trying too hard to be what someone else says you should be…take it one teeny step at a time if you need to and know that sometimes, being still for a while neither moving forward or backward, just ‘being’ is just fine too.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Finola JChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17223636471043830803noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2496520048419824776.post-21049280045280068032016-01-17T11:43:00.002-04:002021-06-08T14:03:33.519-04:00Laser Focus, the Real ‘Secret’ and Experiences of Success<b>Distraction is SO, SO easy to find isn’t it?</b><br />
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I had a mini-jolt listening to my current audiobook ‘Unlabel’ on my way home Friday when the author said something about his ADD – can’t remember exactly what, but it fit me – always being distracted by things I want to learn and things I can do. It’s a dangerous place to be if you are self-employed and responsible for creating your own income and even if you just want to live a full life. I think most of us in today’s world have ‘ADD tendencies’ – not the full-blown illness, but enough that our lives are constantly derailed. But I believe this ‘ADD’ is a thing I CAN push aside. I can have laser focus and a life on smooth running tracks. We all can.</div>
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So, here comes my start to 2016. <b>I don’t ‘do’ New Year’s resolutions</b>; they usually just give you one more ‘experience of failure’ and let’s face it, most of us have enough of to go round and share with every passing stranger if we wanted to right?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Damn! You see! I just went off and checked something on Facebook because my phone pinged! Ok, ‘focus, focus, focus…’ phone is now on silent. <b>Simple tools, like ‘mute’ buttons, to help you achieve your goals ARE worth using.</b><o:p></o:p></div>
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So, it’s not quite a New Year’s resolution because <b>I’ve been working up to this all last year</b>, but I have decided that I MUST get back on track with my personal business goals this year. I have been derailed by taking on the M-F day-job which has proven to be a real energy drain as there is never a moment when, in my position, I can say I have completed my work: it’s one of those roles where the pile of things to do is sky-high and messy and there’s no time allowed to sort it out…yuh know?<o:p></o:p></div>
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Happily, we now have a new, very organized and capable Boss who is, using Project Management techniques, gradually, bringing things into a manageable focus – and that has helped immensely! It makes such a difference, and can for you too –simple project management tools really help with many small businesses – especially creative ones and are easily applied to home and personal life; they can really help move you forward to a clear view of the light of day. </div>
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Over the years, I have read and practiced MANY techniques – starting with ‘The Secret’ and some ‘Clear your Clutter’ book – can’t remember which one. I subscribed to some blogs etc…and as the internet of how-to’s has grown (of which, yes, I know, ironically I am a part), I have gradually realized that you can really have WAY too much guidance in your life and that the real ‘secret’ is that there’s a reason there’s no film called ‘Think It And They Will Come’ … because it is DOING things, ACTION, Building it, that makes things happen!!!<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: red;">The Secret in a nutshell: If you think it, you will be it<o:p></o:p></span></i></b></div>
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I’ve written before about how it pisses me off, the mega-bucks industry of telling people they can bend the ways of the universe by focus and all good things will fall into their lap…<b>I believe VERY strongly in our ability to create a positive energy that helps make things happen</b> - <b>what many people would call the power of prayer</b>, <b>but I believe just as much that without laser focused action, no amount of mental, cerebral, spiritual focus will make things materialize.<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: red;">Luckily the real secret is actually quite doable</span><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>By all means choose a few guides and help books – they are all useful</b>, including ‘The Secret’ which I credit with helping me move from a negative life cycle into the positive one I am now in. <b>BUT don’t get trapped in hoarding how-to books!!!</b> Just use a few, and let them lead you to your own conclusions. <o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Trust that you CAN: </b>trust in it being really possible and you will find your locks clicking open.<b> You have to make a definite personal choice to allow that to happen.</b> If you don’t, no amount of reading and coaching will unlock you.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Sign up with a coach</b>: If you can afford it sign up with a coach. And think carefully about how you decide if you can/can’t ‘afford’ it –this is an investment that should enable you to break out of a negative cycle and start to experience success. I signed up officially for my friend Debra Ross’s coaching sessions – <a href="http://www.lifebychoicecoaching.com/#!coaching-packages/e3rhr">Life by Choice</a> – to help me find the laser focus. I had gotten quite far with various books and mini-coaching sessions, and blogs – <a href="http://lateralaction.com/coaching/">Mark McGuinness</a> of Lateral Action blog being the one I have had most really useful help from, he also provides coaching to creative people. BUT, I realized I was not, in my current circumstances, able to make my personal goals happen. <b>Recognizing the need for specialized help is a positive, sound business move.</b></div>
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Now, my ‘Aha’ moment <b>BREAK IT DOWN! Chip, chop, section off, divide and conquer! </b>Break it up into small enough chunks that you can get yourself on the road to a whole <b>life-changing</b> <b>EXPERIENCES OF SUCCESS </b>(Arnold Mol, ‘<a href="http://www.arnoldmol.co.za/books.html#winwork">CreatingWinners in the Workplace</a>’ is a good book even if you are a solopreneur)<b><o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>Make your goals achievable – mini goals – </b>yes, you (may) have your big goal – you may not, and that’s also ok – don’t build an Iron Curtain for yourself by not doing anything because you can’t figure out your life’s dream/ purpose…it will come as you unlock things for yourself<o:p></o:p></div>
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<b>Use Project Management Techniques </b>– Goals (the big end result) eg Success as an artist may be a good goal, but heck! How the hell do you get there? Break it down into steps. Baby steps.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Clearing the mental clutter – writing a list of all the ‘little’ things I have to do – for house, family, colleagues, friends…and ticking them all off one by one by making the conscious choice to do them regularly during my breakfast, lunch and evening. NOTE- do not use up all your rest time – this is a non-negotiable – just do a bit each day in each period and you’ll see how doable it is.<o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div>
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Choose a small selection of my photos to work from. This is also to be done while having a glass of wine on an evening – relaxing…enjoying browsing my photos. BUT I have to do it efficiently – once I have enough to get going, then I…GET GOING! Avoid rolling down another slippery slope to ADD-dom! It is NOT necessary to find absolutely the best, perfect things to work on – that is a fairy tale place! <b>Good enough is exactly what is needed!<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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Maybe ‘Hold a mini-exhibition’ <b>NEVER be afraid to show your work</b> and get it out there – you don’t have to achieve greatness all-in-one, but you do have to build it step-by-step and b<b>elieve in yourself</b>. And a piece of extra advice – <b>do market research </b>at these first showings – it will help you decide how to have your authentic voice and the market be really good profitable friends (I am still on this step btw!)<o:p></o:p></div>
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Before I knew of Nike’s ‘Just Do It’ I had made my own wall-stickers saying ‘Do it, then it’s done’ this was long before any self-help books or internet blogs<b>…like me, you DO have what it takes inside you. Believe it, unlock it, do it. Succeed!<o:p></o:p></b></div>
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<b>End Note: </b>I will be, finally, moving my blog over to <a href="http://islandeffect.blogspot.com/">Island Effect</a> I do hope you will join me here - please pop over and subscribe there so I can see that you are still going to be with me :) </div>
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I will post a mix of my work as it evolves as well as my journey and things I learn along the way. Also, there'll be places and things that interest me - especially as I set out to be a tourist in my homeland Saint Lucia...so lots of things .... for now, these posts will be in both places</div>
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Thank you to all those who share the love and comment here - it is always like a surprise gift! Comment here or on <a href="http://islandeffect.blogspot.com/">Island Effect </a>both make me very happy!</div>
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