Unfolding plans 60 – Siloism has been on my hit list for a long time

A flyer offering a master class in ‘Eliminating Silo Mentality’ had to be of interest.  Siloism has been on my hit list for a long time.  It’s a perennial problem and probably a fundamental part of human nature.  People like to be part of a group and the easiest way of being part of something … Continue reading Unfolding plans 60 – Siloism has been on my hit list for a long time

Unfolding plans 59 – I’ve been on a blogcation

I’ve been on a blogcation.  I set aside my normal blogging activities and went on a small adventure during April.  The A-Z challenge was to try and write a piece every day through Monday to Saturday during the month.  The catch was that the first had to start with a subject that began with A, … Continue reading Unfolding plans 59 – I’ve been on a blogcation

Human Zoo

Day twenty six of the ‘Blogging from A-Z Challenge’.  I’ve made it to the end.  I’ve managed to write over thirteen thousand words on a subject I knew very little about until now and made some new friends along the way.  So what have I grasped (pun definitely intended)? Firstly that being handed is not … Continue reading Human Zoo

Generation Y

Day twenty five of the ‘Blogging from A-Z Challenge’.  Being left-handed has been a problem throughout the ages.  Perhaps a mild irritation would be a better description or even a slight inconvenience.  Either way I have been thinking about whether or not handedness will become a bigger or smaller problem in the future. The answer … Continue reading Generation Y

Xenophobia

Day twenty four of the ‘Blogging from A-Z Challenge’.  I’m getting very close yet X is a real corker.  There are only about one hundred and twenty words in modern English that start with the letter X compared to the 1,025,109.8 in the language.  (This is the estimate by the Global Language Monitor for January … Continue reading Xenophobia

Writing

Day twenty three of the ‘Blogging from A-Z Challenge’.  Oh dear.  I’ve tried to write with my left hand.  I have ended up with the hand-writing of a four year old and the vocabulary of a fifty four year old.  It is as if I am back in infants’ school, sitting at a too small … Continue reading Writing

Unable

Day twenty one of the ‘Blogging from A-Z Challenge’.  I’m now at number 918 in the list of challenge entrants and we’re at the business end of the month.  The last six letters of the alphabet are the hardest.  Words beginning with U to Z noticeably thin out in the dictionary.  Today though I’m going … Continue reading Unable

Toothbrush

Day twenty of the ‘Blogging from A-Z Challenge’.  If there is one area within the house that was going to cause me problems it has to be the bathroom.  My whole toilet has been a left-handed learning curve. Let’s start with the obvious.  I’m not cack-handed.  I’ve tried but never will be.  I’ll keep trying … Continue reading Toothbrush

Scissors

Day nineteen of the ‘Blogging from A-Z Challenge’  and I’m struggling with scissors.   They warrant a blog piece of their own.  I’ve been on this earth more than half a century yet dread when the time comes to cut my fingernails.  They grow at an imperceptibly slow pace, the same rate apparently as the spreading … Continue reading Scissors

Religion

Day eighteen of the ‘Blogging from A-Z Challenge’  and I’m straying into unknown territory.  I would not regard myself as a religious person but I have already done that bit.  I have very little knowledge of any of the religious texts yet it was a book by AJ Jacobs called ‘The year of living biblically’ … Continue reading Religion