Anchors and Masts Your house shall not be an anchor but a mast (Khalil Gibran)

Not on our best behaviour!

February 23, 2011

An acquaintance recently joked about coming along to an impending workshop and being on her best behaviour. It was one of those jokes that had an undercurrent of truth and sadness, because all her life this person has been told she is too loud and too brash and too overwhelming and too… well MUCH really. [...]

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Never say never again…

February 7, 2011

I thought I was finished here at Anchors and Masts. I thought I had nothing left to say. And yet I couldn’t quite bring myself to publish the farewell post I’ve had ready in my drafts folder since Christmas. So… Over the past few days I’ve been taking a leaf out of Chris Guillebeau’s book [...]

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Happy Christmas

December 24, 2010

A very happy and blessed Christmas to you all. Tweet This Post

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Of cupcakes and leadership

November 21, 2010

A receptionist, let’s call her Helen, at the large organisation where I just finished working was in a pedestrian -v- bus accident a while back. The bus won. Helen was in a coma for two weeks but after three months is finally home from hospital and making good progress. Our head chef, let’s call him [...]

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Let the water teem with living creatures

October 15, 2010

Today is the annual Blog Action Day when thousands of bloggers around the world unit to write about one crucial issue. This year we are addressing the need for clean water. I’ve chosen to focus on water in a Christian context. Water is mentioned continually throughout the Bible, in both literal and metaphorical ways. From [...]

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Of tears and trembling

October 9, 2010

You may know the opening sequence of Woody Allen’s film Manhattan. Over stunning shots of the city, serenaded by Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue, Allen’s character in voice-over tries out several openings to Chapter One of his book, each more pretentious than the last. That’s how I felt trying to start this post. I want to [...]

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Back in the saddle again

September 30, 2010

I’ve been without internet access at home for two weeks. I felt like a cowgirl who’d lost her horse, stuck in the bunkhouse, unable to roam the cyber-ranges, boots standing idle on the deck. And now today I’m back, thanks to the ONLY helpful employee I’ve spoken to out of many at the organisation who [...]