by Jackie Bailey | Jan 20, 2011 | Random insights
Radio silence. Crackle crackle crackle. No, still nothing. Ideas sitting in my head just getting a little impatient, but not to worry, I can sit on them longer than any nesting hen on her valuable eggs. But wait! There is a noise….is it coming from over...
by Jackie Bailey | Oct 18, 2010 | Random insights, Uncategorized
I recently had an email from a friend who mentioned she was trying to figure out the Why. You know what I am talking about. Why life? Why bother? Why everything? What is the meaning of it all? I remember, when I was a teenager and used to journal in big, loopy...
by Jackie Bailey | Aug 27, 2010 | Random insights
Life is all about change. I am not a big fan of change, as a rule. I used to like to think I could handle all sorts of variance – after University, I was ready to throw my hat into the ring for working as an aid and development worker – my name was down...
by Jackie Bailey | Aug 13, 2010 | Random insights
Administration really sucks. Everyone knows it. There are some people in this enlightened age who, about 200 years ago, would have probably been either: 1. Saints 2. Nuns 3. Martyrs 4. All of the above In this godless age of ours, they are the administrators. They...
by Jackie Bailey | Jun 24, 2010 | Uncategorized
I am just watching the news in Australia with a tear in my eye…Australia has its first FEMALE PRIME MINISTER!!!! Hurrah! And she’s pretty fabulous to boot. I am not a little bit emotional about it. It makes a difference somehow to how I feel. When we got...
by Jackie Bailey | Jun 24, 2010 | Uncategorized
Julia for PM! A woman as our leader! And one I respect and admire. It’s all too much. I’m so excited. End of post. Have to go and be excited some more.
by Jackie Bailey | Jun 14, 2010 | Random insights
The time has come. I have to upgrade my computer. I love my iMac, and so do all the friends who, over the years, have come to coo over its white lines, its smooth, minimalist presence in my room a kind of elegance rather than functionality, with the knowledge that it...
by Jackie Bailey | Apr 29, 2010 | Everyone's daily horoscope
Tomorrow is going to be the best day of the week. And if this was a good week or you, that could be really something. It’s not just going to be fantastic because it’s Friday (that may be part of it, but it is not the key factor). The real reason...
by Jackie Bailey | Apr 28, 2010 | Random insights
What a month. And not just for me, but for a variety of friends of mine, near and far. It’s been a month of …what do I call it? Realisations? Taking a good look at ourselves? The hard, cold light of day? This month has been about being very grown up...
by Jackie Bailey | Apr 8, 2010 | Random insights, women who write
I have been a little bit absent from the blogosphere, and that is because I have been rather busy, gnawing my leg off in anxiety, since I left my job. I like leaving jobs. I do it regularly. But I had been I this job for three years, and they were three good years....
