The Coffee Shop
Where we can catch-up, ask questions, offer suggestions, read what others are thinking and hopefully laugh a lot
Have you heard of Paul Gilding author of The Great Disruption?
With details of the proposed carbon tax being presented over the weekend it seems that we in Australia are finally taking steps to address climate change. Have you heard of Paul Gilding? Well, read and listen to what he has to say - it’s a very challenging picture he paints of our future - but as his bookcover hints there will be blue sky beyond …
My Spurtle and Me - A Favourite Winter Ritual
Do you find yourself repeating little behaviours and getting a great deal of pleasure from them? Having a bath by candlelight, a cup of tea in your favourite nook of the garden - the possibilities are endless really. I think of such things as rituals of the very nicest kind, comforting and soothing …
Oprah’s Top 10 Books for 2010
It’s that time of year when lists of books appear. Take a look at Oprah’s Top 10 books for 2010 …
Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Mad Men - What do you think?
Read a short article by columnist Maureen Dowd in The New York Times entitled Mad Men and Bad Girls. She compares Breakfast at Tiffany’s and Mad Men, both set tin the 60s when women were becoming liberated - or were they?
Just Thought I’d Mention … Online Housework
How much time do you spend doing online housework? You must know what I mean? Emails that are weeks old still sitting there, photographs all over the place …
