by StaceyW | Aug 22, 2010 | Life, Philosophy, Psychology
I was watching an ants’ nest that had been disturbed in my garden during our most recent renovation activity. The ants were scurrying around seemingly at random, running here and there without apparent purpose, until I realised that there was indeed a very...
by StaceyW | Jul 4, 2010 | Education, Life, Philosophy, Psychology
Conversations about intelligence seem to have popped up all over the place this week…. How many different sorts of intelligence are there? So far this week, here are what’s come up in conversation…. There’s the obvious academic intelligence...
by StaceyW | May 30, 2010 | Life, Philosophy, Psychology
How are the above 3 topics linked? Well, the last two are easy to put together, but it would seem a bit of a stretch to join them to achievement! Firstly, the achievement. It’s been a dream of my son’s – a bucket dream (“what I’d like...
by StaceyW | May 11, 2010 | Art, Education, Life, Philosophy, Psychology
Hunches and instinct are quite often dismissed by people as not important. If you are an emotional sort of person, and you believe in hunches and instincts, do you find, as I often do, that more left-brain types look down their noses at you, believing you to be in...
by StaceyW | Mar 31, 2010 | Art, Education, Life, Philosophy, Psychology, Teaching, Weaving
I went to a wonderful lunch party yesterday with one of my students, her husband, sister and friends. It was an amazing collection of people. After a delicious lunch with home-grown soup and salad (try growing a soup and see how that goes for you!!! <G>) we...
by StaceyW | Mar 28, 2010 | Life, Psychology
I’ve recently been thinking a lot about how our own thoughts can help to sabotage things we’d like to do. For me, as anyone following this blog knows by now, time is an issue. I try to squeeze as much as possible out of one day and that in itself can be...
