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About | Doggy Paddling
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Life is not for sissies. This is a blog about trying to live, love, enjoy and sometimes just survive; with a little help from Paddington – canine extraordinaire! So, dive in and Doggy Paddle along with me as I reflect, recount, rationalize and ramble on about … well … staying afloat and noticing stuff😉. Beverley Cooke-Tonnesen is a self-employed performing arts professional, self-development trainer and freelance writer. You may contact her at beverleyct@gmail.com. Or on this blog. Time to speak up.
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Enough | Doggy Paddling
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January 19, 2012. But then one might notice someone with no shoes, picking through dustbin bags, looking for a morsel to eat or something worth salvaging. And one might realise that although one is a bit hungry right now, one will soon be home, to a fridge full of food. And one pulls oneself together and stops making wrong turns! Seriously, we can learn a lot from dogs. 2 thoughts on “ Enough. January 20, 2012 at 8:08 pm. January 20, 2012 at 10:06 pm. Thank you for you generous comment, Michelle x. Dee D...
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Doggy Paddling | Doggy Paddling
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January 17, 2012. A very wise woman once gave me some advice. It went something like this:. Do the very least that is required to keep yourself afloat … just Doggy Paddle. RIP Jessica Radin PhD: incredible therapist, wise woman and life-saver. 8 thoughts on “ Doggy Paddling. January 17, 2012 at 9:22 pm. Beautiful, simple advice. Doggy paddle may not be elegant or particularly dignified, but we can all do it for as long as we need to in order to find our feet! Lovely words, Bevster, keep writing! I had to...
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Growing Things | Doggy Paddling
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January 27, 2012. So great, in fact, that I felt fully justified in using both ‘heck’ and ‘stuff’ in a sentence.). Then I moved down to Durban …. I went on holiday. A new zest for life and a strange pastoral urge upon us, my dearly beloved* and I headed for the nurseries and came home laden with soil and seedlings; tomatoes, lettuce, rocket, parsley, strawberries, green peppers, aubergines, baby marrow. Basically we were starting a farm … on our deck! That was four weeks ago. Look at it now! Please note:...
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A Fear of Green Drinks | Doggy Paddling
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A Fear of Green Drinks. January 18, 2012. On the oustide of the intimidatingly large plastic container was written:. 8230; thus it is disgusting and shouldn’t be ingested per mouth! Inside the container was a green substance that looked and smelled like powdered lawn. Paddington says: Do you know why dogs eat grass? To make ourselves vomit. (We can learn a lot from dogs.). And then, tonight, it happened again:. So, with a pleasant smile to my dearly beloved and a slight tilt of the head, I sipped. It...
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“Alter Ego” | Dee Donaldson
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8220;Alter Ego”. September 10, 2012. Some Small Works – 2012. New work Feb 2013 →. I was invited to participate in the “Alter Ego” at Rust en Vrede Gallery, in Cape Town, in 2012. Although I only submitted one work for the show, “STAG”, the process initiated a small body of work on the same theme; some of which are included in this gallery post. 8220;Stag” – oil on canvas; 500mm x 500mm. 8220;Interloper” – oil on canvas; 250mm x 250mm. 8220;Clown” – oil on canvas; 200mm x 200mm. Hey Dee, ‘Yo! Amazing Pos...
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“I Will Survive” | Doggy Paddling
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8220;I Will Survive”. February 11, 2012. Writing about my sister, Jenny, throughout her birthday month of February, is proving harder than I anticipated. There is just so much to say. So much emotion to revisit. 8230; well – her fighting spirit is just downright inspirational! And she flipping did! For much longer than any medical professionals thought likely! But not long enough for us.). Rest peacefully, my darling sister: February 3, 1965 – November 6, 2006 x x x. February 11, 2012 at 12:34 pm. Hi Bev...
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Time to speak up | Doggy Paddling
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Time to speak up. June 26, 2012. In her home, simply because of her sexual orientation, was the last straw for me. When I returned to South Africa at the end of 2004 I was filled with so much hope. We have an exemplary constitution that first world countries have used to update and remodel their own on. There was a wonderful feeling of, “We know we have so much still to do in this country, but we’re doing it! And what’s with all the homophobic hate crimes? Throughout history, homosexuals have faced viole...
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Bury the Bastard! | Doggy Paddling
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February 17, 2012. When I returned to South Africa, from California, near the end of 2004, Jenny was trying to wrap up her second divorce. The good guys so often don’t ask the clever, pretty girls out, so those girls frequently end up with chops. This is what happened to Jenny … twice! Her journal contains some passages about this process and some ideas for a book on surviving a divorce/dumping, that she entitled: “Bury the Bastard! I’m not suggesting you actually kill him. Don’t. Tha...Have a funeral if...
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A Lesson in Acceptance | Doggy Paddling
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A Lesson in Acceptance. January 18, 2012. I believe that life constantly offers us opportunities to learn and grow. I also know that people all have different learning styles. Why, oh why do I have to be such a flipping experiential learner? Why can’t I be one of those visual learners who can read a book, look at some pictures and *boom* lesson learned? There are three components to The Law of Least Effort and the first one is acceptance. You need to simply make a commitment: “Today I will acce...So, I r...