Category Archives: books and learning

Season of bookishness

Posted on September 5, 2010 by willowdove

Number of View: 14It’s a season of books for me with a couple of reviews in the works. Book shops are my friend – soothing and friendly. Without the need to buy, although now I am. Books I haven’t been … Continue reading →

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book review: Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work and Life

Posted on August 27, 2010 by willowdove

Number of View: 23My book review of David Allen’s Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work and Life here got me thinking about the book in more detail. The hardest thing about the book was also its greatest asset. … Continue reading →

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back to the books

Posted on August 27, 2010 by willowdove

Number of View: 33Two days ago I went to Books Kinokuniya a mammoth book shop in the City that I discovered when I left a job and got a sizeable gift voucher. It’s great to be someone who can still … Continue reading →

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I write like …..

Posted on July 21, 2010 by willowdove

Number of View: 112via Tony I write likeDavid Foster Wallace I Write Like by Mémoires, Mac journal software. Analyze your writing! that was based on this. Should I be worried that I don’t know who he is? Possibly Related Posts: … Continue reading →

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This real iron chef will make you pay

Posted on May 8, 2010 by willowdove

Number of View: 15This really is a brave move. But as I washed close to half a cup of cooked rice out of last night’s saucepan just now I could see where she was coming from. Like with everything I … Continue reading →

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6WS after a gap

Posted on April 17, 2010 by willowdove

Number of View: 11Described more fully here, its basically to describe your life in that moment or a thing in your life in a phrase containing 6 words. During this disciplined blogging exercise I thought I’d try it. Quite sorely, … Continue reading →

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A box in the mail

Posted on February 23, 2010 by willowdove

Number of View: 6Yesterday was fun. I had a visit from a university friend and her daughters (3 and 9 months). They are gorgeous. It’s strange and pleasing to be able to talk of knowing folks for over 10 (or … Continue reading →

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interesting insight

Posted on January 29, 2010 by willowdove

Number of View: 5 After reading a couple of writing related books this week including Writing from Start to Finish by Aussie author Kate Granville which advocated structure, I found this an interesting contrast. This is from Khalid Hosseini who … Continue reading →

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on reading on writing

Posted on January 26, 2010 by willowdove

Number of View: 10If I’m honest. I’ve always fancied myself as a one time writer. I have visions of filling notebooks, of sitting in a corner somewhere expressing myself in hard-fought-for phrases that somehow become morphed into sage or entertaining … Continue reading →

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Austen thoughts

Posted on November 5, 2009 by willowdove

Number of View: 5I’m sitting up in bed swimming pleasently in 19th century british literature. Jane Austen has long been a favourite of mine, both in the elegant video productions and in the books, at least those I have read, … Continue reading →

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what might my MacBook say …..

Posted on November 2, 2009 by willowdove

Number of View: 3this brief piece is based on a writing exercise based on getting a “Dear John” letter from my favourite piece of furniture. On the website it came from various writers penned letters from sofas and armchairs, scales, … Continue reading →

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writing stuff

Posted on November 2, 2009 by willowdove

Number of View: 2Wish me luck Possibly Related Posts: the disclosure page Season of bookishness book review: Ready for Anything: 52 Productivity Principles for Work and Life back to the books I hate to say I told you so &nbsp … Continue reading →

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The day after the remains of the day — a review of sorts.

Posted on July 13, 2009 by willowdove

Number of View: 3I’m not all that good at finishing books when I can’t stand the main character. This is particularly true is the same character holds the narrator role in the novel as well and its in first person. … Continue reading →

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la vie passionnée

Posted on July 4, 2009 by willowdove

Number of View: 2In one line, she challenged me. With 6 words she made me stop and reconsider. I have been challenged today. Challenged away from advocacy to participation. True participation. The embracing of life.. Beyond all the rhetoric I … Continue reading →

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Amazon wish list

Posted on June 16, 2009 by willowdove

Number of View: 10I was browsing Amazon and Dymocks Booksellers websites for ideas for upcoming birthdays, and decided that I have a potential weakness for all book-related websites. As a result, and as a small project that will hopefully resolve … Continue reading →

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