Children are great teachers. They can teach us some great lessons about growing up and moving on. Each time I talk to a child, I learn something vital. They feed the mind, and soothe the brain. And of course, laughter is guaranteed. I met my little scoop of joy a few…
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I know my Mom had it rough when raising me – of course she never mentioned it. Even when I was young I understood that my dad, who left us, would never come back, though our family believed otherwise. I am sure the uncertainty of “what’s next?” must have worried my…
Z for Zeigarnik Effect on Day 26 of the Blogging from A to Z Challenge. Sniff Sniff! The Zeigarnik Effect describes the tendency to finish a task once started. In the 1920s, Russian industrial psychologist and psychiatrist Bluma Wulfovna Zeigarnik (1900-1988) who established the discipline of pscyhopathology, was sitting at a…
Yardsticks Yes, setting standards for ourselves to measure up to. And the measures we use to judge others. I remember, from a very early age, I had a tendency to want to do things just right. No half-measures. As I grew older, I became flexible, but not so much that I…
X. Hmm. Imagine next Monday we’ll all be talking about our Blogging from A to Z Challenge experience, eh? Sigh. For X, last year I wrote about Xenodochial and today I had planned to talk about Xanthippe, the shrewish nagging ill-tempered wife of Socrates. Then, while trying to find info about…
Summer vacations begin next week and we’re busy exploring places to go. Mauritius is on the shortlist, among others. Then I thought, oh, the perfect Sunday post! So Mauritius isn’t exactly a ‘hidden gem’, but, its location, stranded comfortably in the Indian Ocean, just east of Madagascar, is secluded, ideal for…
I am almost sad that we’re at Day 23 of the Blogging from A to Z Challenge. I can’t believe we’re at W today and have just three letters to go! Today, I am super-excited to have one of my favorite bloggers, writer par excellence, someone who does everything with passion,…