I’ve never had a special car ride from the tarmac to the terminal (in order to go out and come back in through security) at Melbourne airport before today. Our first departure was delayed because the flight crew had finished late last night. We arrived in Melbourne thirty minutes before the connecting flight’s departure time. …
Looking out the front window at Mount Gambier in all its 190m (620ft) stature made reading this article on Today I Found out about the difference between hills and mountains all the more intriguing. Apparently there are objective matters of height, and more subjective matters of prominence in play. Not content with one contentious subject …
Happy Groundhog Day. And after you’ve risen and shone, don’t forget your booties ‘cause it’s cold outside. (Our midsummer maximum today was 16.4 degrees Celsius at 10.00am)
Empathy is not the same thing as knowing how someone feels. You can’t know exactly how someone feels. And their knowing that you felt the same way isn’t what they need anyway. Empathy is appreciating the need for presence and support that others need in their pains, fears, and losses. Our pains, fears, and losses …
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