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Small, Small, Catch Monkey
This is the second guest post installment from AfricanKelli. Check her blog for more photos and a detailed account of her work in Moz.
I’ve just returned from two weeks in Beira, Mozambique. I work for an American NGO that has a public health project in eight outlying villages of Beira.
This city was once the major […]
An American Girl in Mozambique
A blogging friend is currently doing work for an NGO in Mozambique.
Kelli is an American girl with an African heart, and when she returns to Arizona later this summer (or winter, depending on where you live), she has promised to guest post on eLuckypacket and tell us all, not only about her work in […]
Straight-Up Dooce
From time to time, you’ll hear me rave about Heather Armstrong, also know as She Who Rules the Blogosphere.
If you don’t already read her daily, I’m wondering why. And I don’t mean to be rude by saying that. Dooce isn’t everybody’s martini glass of vodka. She’s straight-up, maybe with an olive … on good […]
eLuckyfocus: Living Life Breathlessly
The SA Blog Awards brought to my attention a beautiful blog that I’d never seen before.
Living Life Breathlessly won Best Undiscovered Blog — understatement of the year!
Alice Vosloo is a 23-year-old Joburger with cystic fibrosis, who until recently was living on IVs, nebulizers and oxygen, waiting for a double lung transplant. She started […]
Easter at Our House
It is the hour to rend thy chains, the blossom time of souls.
~Katherine Lee Bates
Happy Easter and belated wishes for those of you who celebrated Purim last week!
We spent Easter Sunday yesterday with Dave’s sister Trish (eLuckypacket reader!), who was visiting with her family. Tau loves haves having his teenage cousins Greg and Jess […]
5 Things to Tell My Son
One of my favourite bloggers, Aimee at Greeblemonkey, recently wrote about the rejection she faced from other kids as a child and how that has affected her ability to make friendships as an adult. Comments on Aimee’s post were filled with reader’s stories from childhood.
We all have those painful stories. I clearly remember being the […]
Ayyam’i'Ha in Africa
OK, so she isn’t South African but I can’t resist pointing you to Luckybeans after her beautiful post yesterday.
Katurah and her family are currently living in Malawi (they were formerly in Zambia, so Southern if not South African!) and she posted yesterday about her family’s Ayyam‘i’Ha preparations.
Ayyam’i’Ha is a celebration of charity and goodwill in […]
What is Your Love Language?
I have to tell you, I’m not a big fan of self-help books.
I find most of them either too flowery or simplistic. Also overly repetitive and way too long. Give me the PowerPoint version any time — five slides max, bullet points only!
That said, every now and then we all need help with something, and […]
PostSecret: The Truth if You Dare
For those of you who’ve never seen it, PostSecret is an anonymous blog site where people mail their darkest secrets on one side of a homemade postcard.
The project, which began in 2004, has received and posted over 2,500 secrets — some amusing enough to bring a wry smile to your lips, others so sad you […]
Where Courage Comes In
“There are people who put their dreams in a little box and say, ‘Yes, I’ve got dreams, of course I’ve got dreams.’ Then they put the box away and bring it out once in a while to look in it, and yep, they’re still there.
These are great dreams, but they never even get out of […]
Bodies: The Exhibition
A couple weeks ago, I went to see Bodies: The Exhibition while it was here in my home town of San Diego, California.
The exhibition presents real (thankfully not LIVE) human bodies, whole organs and various kinds of tissue, preserved using a scientific process called polymer preservation.
Each exhibit hall focuses on a different system or facet […]
Real Simple Online
I love Real Simple magazine.
Love the balance of good recipes, fresh decorating ideas, natural health and beauty features, and life-organization tips.
And I love the simple, clean style of this publication — truly a rest for the eyes and soul.
I can also be a bit cheap when it comes to subscriptions. So I get my […]
Avoiding Personal Conflict: Four Simple Steps
Wouldn’t we all like to avoid conflict in 2008?
One of my favourite bloggers, Mighty Girl Maggie Mason, recently reviewed Don Miguel Ruiz’s The Four Agreements, boiling it down to four simple points:
Be impeccable with your word.
Don’t take anything personally.
Don’t make assumptions.
Do your best.
Read Maggie’s review for a brief summary of each […]
Posted by elp admin on January 3rd, 2008 under Body, mind & spirit | Comment now »Hello World!
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a surprise, usually novelties and confections.
It’s customary in the webosphere to begin a new blog with a greeting to anyone out there who may be listening.
So, hello future readers of eLuckypacket!
The idea for this site has been forming in my mind for […]
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