Perth, it isn’t Barbados, evidently – A brief lesson on Grace
The other day I met a personal branding client at the beach and after our one hour session I lingered for a little ‘Me Time’, after all I should practice…
Browsing: life
From truck driver to Tedx presenter (Ian Usher)
How would you go if one day you were driving one of those huge trucks in a WA mine, and the next you were invited give a Tedx talk ……
Redefining Domestic Violence (my secret six months)
Several years ago I travelled Australia researching domestic violence for a Canberra Government Department. The aim was to identify strategies that had been empirically proven to work. Little did I…
When Life is Good #3 (Travelling Musician)
Sometimes life just seems to get more and more complicated. It’s at these times that we need to stop and take a moment to ponder whether it has to be so.…
How to measure a books success (Night Train to Lisbon review)
‘To stand at that point in time and go in a different direction to the one that has made us who we are.’ This is just one of the beautiful…
Taking a walk on the wide side
Last week I went for a wander and a ponder on a crisp winters day, and looking down I came across this …Prints © The Ponder RoomConsidering my proximity to the Perth Zoo…
Perth’s latest traffic strategy – the World’s Smallest Car Park
No doubt like me you’ve noticed that things are getting smaller, phones, cameras, houses, even pets. I mean have you seen a Great Dane lately, I haven’t? Great Danes seem…
Have you been doing it wrong all these years? (toilet training 101)
Community service announcement: I saw this sign the other day and pondered … Option one must be for Olympic gymnasts … I mean who has that kind of balance and…
It’s not just you, you know life is getting faster when …
Perhaps like me you’ve been pondering how life seem to be getting faster and faster. I’ve come to terms with seeing bikinis on parade in Winter and mince pies on…
Thought plagerism dressed up as Inspiration (A personal branding lesson)
In life you often encounter what can best be described as fine lines. Those times when life asks you to stop for a moment, and consider your actions. Sure going…
I am sooo blogging about this … a Magbutt random act of kindness
Sometimes while you’re meandering along in life you unknowingly slip into a patch of quick sand, and life becomes one step forward two steps back. Gathering your strength you trudge…
The Cavalries Coming
With a tornado hitting nearby suburbs and a once in a decade storm raging outside, what better place to be than snuggled up under the blankets, or so I thought…
The Tall Poppy Syndrome strikes again (Sculpture by the Sea 2012)
During the 2012 Sculpture by the Sea opening I got caught up in a weird life imitating art, imitating life kind of loop. Reminiscent of a certain pesky chicken and flagrant…
The Whistling Assassin (Job Satisfaction #1)
Two hours later hundreds of bees were buzzing in the wall cavity and I was opening the front door to my savior, Mike from Bee Advice, or as I like…
The Queen Bee …literally
The scout bees having done their job on Friday, signaled the all clear for the Queen Bee to arrive. © The Ponder Room© The Ponder RoomBut as any diva knows…
When mundane life events surprise
Making my way around the latest expo to hit Perth it wasn’t long before I got the inevitable call. ‘Nature calling, please proceed directly to the nearest toilet. Do not…
Who are you?
Hopefully this posts okay I believe there have been some fairly big problems in blog land today.June 30, end of the financial year. It also marks the first six months of…
Rear Window Melbourne style
Sometimes it pays to look beyond the usual rush of the day.© The Ponder RoomA quick glance out the window confirms that the clock has indeed ticked past 6pm. Parallel…
