Category Archives: circus

14 stilt-walking metaphors for life

Dear fellow residents of the World of Blog, I hope you are very well. My news is that I can finally, amazingly, walk on stilts free from ladders, hands etc! Here’s my compilation of learnings. Things I have learnt about … Continue reading

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Talking the walk…

… or Talking about Walking. Hello Dear Ones, I have been, and am, thinking about walking. This has been brought on by more attempts at walking on stilts. When I did the “learn how” bit (about 3 months ago) I … Continue reading

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Breathing (of fire) and Running (of fun)

Greetings me hearties! (Hope you enjoyed Talk Like a Pirate Day on Friday, now I’m going to move on), How awesome that breathing fire is a learnable skill! The first session I had 3 goes. The first one was not … Continue reading

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Ships log from the briney journey

Heave ho, and Avast, me on-line friends! and welcome to Talk like a Pirate Day. I just read a beautiful little free eBook: A Human’s Guide to Freelance Living. There are TONS of short (parrot-free) memorable quotes; here’s a nice … Continue reading

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Baby steps walking on hands

I have taken two baby steps walking on hands. It’s like the new walking-on-stilts I mentioned another day: I am getting joy out of walking in new ways. I have forgotten the excitement I must have felt when I learned … Continue reading

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3 ways to be a better person by being like my cat

Hi DearHearts! Hope you are having a good week. This morning on my walk I was thinking about our georgeous cat Magpie. She had at least three lovely qualities that I feel I would like to aspire to: 1 Loving. … Continue reading

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