“Character is a diamond …

… that scratches every other stone.” ~ Cyrus Augustus Bartol character ˈkarəktə noun 1. the mental and moral qualities distinctive to an individual. “running away was not in keeping with her character”way was not in keeping with her character” synonyms: personality, nature, disposition, temperament, temper, mentality, turn of mind, psychology, psyche, constitution, make-up, make, stamp,…

“Where there is no shame …

… there is no honour” African Proverb This brings me to the subject of this week’s riveting blogpost. Dogs! Yes, probably I am a cat person for the most part. Though I love cats, paradoxically I am uncomfortably also allergic to them! Bugger it all. Also, I loves a good story – particularly a crazy…

“What you do speaks so loudly …

I can’t hear what you’re saying” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson If you are ever in doubt or confused about who a person really ‘is’ and what they are ‘all about’, don’t listen to what they are saying, look to what they are doing. Character or personality reflects and reveals a person’s true nature and their…

What do you do with Emotional Pain?

So … Clangers and I were sitting on the Chairlift, yon week past, surveying the scene and ruminating on the poise that wasn’t. Found myself saying sagely to the middle distance and no one in particular, “My brain is not here. It is somewhere else. I can’t get my feet to do what they should…