Tag: Problem Solving
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Circling Circles
One load of washing done, another in. Shopping done and packed away. With these essentials sorted, I must turn to the dilemma that materialised yesterday. The milk in the fridge needs to be cooked or thrown out, but there is a competing need to start an art piece. A new idea for an art piece…
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Dear Garden Diary
Another heat wave. But thankfully, it’s the middle of February which means we are now on a sweet trajectory to Autumn and Winter. Yesterday’s massive storm means the lawn mower stays in the shed, and my plans have changed again; another of life’s patterns experiencing a little hiccup. Today, I’m harvesting a salad for lunch!…
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Summer’s breath
The delayed onset was appreciated but inevitably … and suddenly … the weather report was predicting heatwaves. I had a mandatory two-week vacation, starting at Christmas and rolling into the beginning of January. My plans for the Closedown were melting away. In the first few years after moving back to the Central West, I found…
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One row at a time
It requires a different strategy. Gone is the idea of building the frame and filling in the middle. The edge is black, all the way round, with the barest of subtle variations. Only one side can be built with any confidence. This jigsaw was intended as a treat once the last uni assignment had been…
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A useful distraction?
Where does nostalgia fit when there are so many things clamouring for our attention? Knowing and understanding history has its benefits, but at what point do the costs (time, resources, opportunities) outweigh the benefits, particularly when talking about the personal (as distinct from the institutional) collection, maintenance and presentation of family history? The washing up…
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Procrastination
If I want to solve a problem, one method I use is to write a blog post about it. This method has one major benefit. It allows me to procrastinate. There’s something over there I should be doing, but for whatever reason I’m just not drawn to it. Why? In this case, the thing over…
Cherrie Zell 