I visited Powell’s City of Books in Portland Oregon last year on my birthday. I had a fabulous couple of hours browsing this wonderful store. When they use the word City in their name, they mean it. The place even has is own parking garage. This store is a book lover’s paradise. It’s known as […]
The Last Bookstore in LA has to be one of the most fun bookstores I’ve been to. It even has a labyrinth made of books! We discovered the store in the Historic District of La (I hadn’t even realised that LA had an Historic District before this trip!) I was there the week Maya […]
Wherever I travel I make a point of finding interesting or beautiful bookstores. Over the last year, I’ve had quite a few bookstore adventures and I’d like to share some of them with you over the next few weeks. Each store has something unique that I found intriguing or fun. So here’s Number One of […]
#35 Days of Dares #35 Dare to Shutdown It’s Lent and this time of year Christians from all round the world go on fasts of some sort, giving up something they love as a sacrifice. As an avid reader, I have to put myself on book fasts every now and then. If I don’t I […]
#35 Days of Dares #34 Dare to Change In this first week of Autumn in the southern hemisphere I’m reminded of the fact that I change, just like nature does in the seasons. In Autumn we see the leaves begin to change colour and fall. The trees ready themselves to shut down over […]
#35 Days of Dares #33 Dare to Receive Until we can receive with an open heart, we are never really giving with an open heart. Brené Brown I don’t know about you, but it’s easy to give advice, criticism and gifts, but not so easy to receive them. Today, I dare you to receive. Receive […]
#35 Days of Dares #32 Dare to Be Spontaneous In yesterday’s post I dared you to plan and today I’m encouraging you to be spontaneous. What’s the deal? Plans and spontaneity go together. Ask any creative person and they’ll tell you to learn the rules, then break them. Jazz musicians are notorious for this. There […]
#35 Days of Dares #30 Dare to Have That Conversation Some conversations are hard. Some conversations never happen. Some conversations should happen. Some conversations need to happen. Some conversations change you. In the adventure of life, certain conversations can change your course forever. In my life several change points have occurred because of a conversation: 1. […]
#35 Days of Dares #29 Dare to Lead At some point in life we’re all faced with a decision of whether or not to step up and lead. Sometimes we even lead by default. Leadership is not about being the CEO or managing director of a company necessarily. In fact, some people with these positions are […]
