This latest blog has been prompted by an article I just read on LinkedIn titled Food on our plate: friend or foe. As a Western developed society we seem to have lost a great deal of the simple stuff that was about in our grandparents days that contributed to us doing more exercise as a … Continue reading What we’ve lost since Grandma’s days
Memories
MY CAMINO Part 4
When I said I was going on the Camino everyone told me that it would be life changing. From personal experience I can now say that the Camino forced me to slow down and provided the gift of time for myself. In my regular lives the chattering monkeys of my mind are rarely stilled as … Continue reading MY CAMINO Part 4
MY CAMINO Part 3
What should become part 3 of my Camino story? Food of course! It was very large part of the Camino Adventure as obviously we needed sufficient sustenance for our daily walks but we were completely delighted with the range of culinary experiences! Along the way enjoyed delicious trout caught from bubbling fresh local streams, delicate … Continue reading MY CAMINO Part 3
MY CAMINO Part 2
All walkers are issued with a Credencial which is like a passport into which perigrinos need to collect two sellos (stamps) per day to verify one has walked the minimum of 100kms to qualify for the Compostela which is th certificate issued on reaching Santiago de Compostela. Sellos are issued in all kinds of places … Continue reading MY CAMINO Part 2
MY CAMINO Part 1
It's been a while coming and so many of you have been asking when I am going to put up my Camino blog - you have been very patient! To tell the truth it has been hard trying to put it all into words and decided how I should write the story about such an … Continue reading MY CAMINO Part 1
Past, Present & Future
It is an absolute truth that the older you get, the faster time whizzes by! This was brought home to me last weekend, which I had reserved as a rare family only occasion, for my daughter Sasha’s 18th birthday on the Gold Coast. It was a joy to accommodate my little girl’s wish that her … Continue reading Past, Present & Future
WORK LIFE BALANCE
I’m back in tropical Darwin and it’s great to be back home after a whirlwind ten days in Queensland. My trip was jam packed - family, friends, Dragon Sisters workshops, marketing projects and the land-mark occasion of Sasha (my 17 year old daughter) starting at Bond University. My time revolved around Sasha’s orientation schedule, Dragon … Continue reading WORK LIFE BALANCE
More than just a T-shirt!
Last week I had to travel interstate, to Ballarat, for the Dragons Abreast National Convention. It's cold down that way and I needed to find the winter woolies so as I rattled about re-organising my wardrobe my mind wandered off in though (as it has a tendency to do when involved in tasks that do … Continue reading More than just a T-shirt!
Michelle Hanton OAM 