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    Farewell Ivan

    Ivan Sokolov co-founder of Aliveworld; friend and mentor to many, has passed away. His passing followed a determined and brave struggle to overcome an aggressive cancer. Ivan's belief in Love as the most most powerful resource to each of us inspired many. At Aliveworld he was a strong advocate for...
    Posted to Parkes ponders (Weblog) by Helen Parkes on Wed, Jul 15 2009
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    New seasons

    Well another season has begun and the changing patterns of the seasons affect us in a variety of ways. For some the new buds and the warming air will hold the promise of summer for others like me the coloring leaves and the little gusts blowing them to the ground predict the coming of cooler nights and...
    Posted to Parkes ponders (Weblog) by Helen Parkes on Mon, Apr 13 2009
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    We have upgraded the administration of the site

    You may have noticed the site off line briefly today as we deployed some administrative upgrades to our servers We apologise for any inconvenience caused.
    Posted to Parkes ponders (Weblog) by Helen Parkes on Sun, Mar 29 2009
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    Natural environment

    I spent time over the weekend contemplating very tall pines, laying on my back on the forest floor and looking up at the sky through the trees. This was a very pleasant experience - I watched the trees solid and grounded at the base and softly swaying at the tops with the sky holding all in place. The...
    Posted to Parkes ponders (Weblog) by Helen Parkes on Sun, Feb 22 2009
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    Staying in the moment

    I found a great way to be compelled to stay in the moment today on my walk. I went walking with a group of friends from one beach around the coast to the next. A lovely warm summers day and a couple of hours short of high tide. The walk is one I have done many times and is really pleasant. However today...
    Posted to Parkes ponders (Weblog) by Helen Parkes on Sun, Feb 15 2009
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    A road map to happiness.

    An Article in the New Zealand Herald today caught my attention, Mirko Bagaric a professor of law at Deakin University in Victoria, explains that this kind or economic downturn is not as bad as we may be thinking. His rationale is that it mostly hits the rich and really points out that happiness is not...
    Posted to Parkes ponders (Weblog) by Helen Parkes on Wed, Feb 11 2009
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    Changing me as Obama changes the world

    January in New Zealand is peak summer holiday time and I took a couple of weeks off with family and friends -- hence the long gap in blog writing Among the hundreds of emails I came home to were many from contacts around the world about the inauguration of Barrack Obama in the USA and the hope so many...
    Posted to Ivan's musings (Weblog) by ivan on Thu, Jan 29 2009
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    Relaxing

    Warm air moved by gentle breeze shady spot below leaf green trees rug to lay on, pillow for your head, something to read, picnic packed with love friends to share this time and place A crystal blue sky passing clouds to watch sounds of people having fun smell warm grass and summer leaf or salt tangy...
    Posted to Parkes ponders (Weblog) by Helen Parkes on Sat, Jan 24 2009
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    Global Warming - Is the impact speeding up?

    I watched an item last night that caught my attention more than most. This story about the Wilkins Ice shelf on the west of Antartica crumbling and the possible impact on ocean levels of its melting. The program reminded me that I should review my actions regarding conserving energy and lessening my...
    Posted to Parkes ponders (Weblog) by Helen Parkes on Thu, Jan 22 2009
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    Friday the end of the work week.

    It's odd how such a thing as scheduled time for relaxing fits into our lives. I work quite long hours, about 10 per day and I really enjoy my work time. I often work Saturdays as it suits me to have a Monday off, but I still get the TGIF feeling on a Friday. It is like I give myself permission to...
    Posted to Parkes ponders (Weblog) by Helen Parkes on Thu, Jan 15 2009
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