Movie Review: A Beautiful Day In The Neighbourhood
Powerful, life affecting, movie. Every now and then a movie comes a long that has the capacity to change lives, think Shirley Valentine and Eat Prey Love, Philadelphia. With just…
Browsing: Paying It Forward
Review of TEDxPerth 2018: The Age of Wonder
At the beginning of every year there are a few events that I cement in my diary straight away. TEDxPerth is one of them. A day hearing stimulating ideas and…
Happy Flowers Week
Life is full of light and shade and as you know I prefer to focus on the positive, always looking for the laughs in life. I promise I will do…
Western Australian Consumer Protection Awards 2017 winners
It takes a lot to get me to a breakfast event these days, so when I tell you that I was thrilled to get an invitation to the 2017 Western…
Saving your way out of poverty
The other night I went to a fascinating talk by some people I admire greatly. They’ve spent the last ten years building homes in Cambodia. No don’t switch off. You…
2015 A Year Of Reality
December signals summer, last minute panic and hopefully a few moments of reflection. As I ponder the year that was, I find myself thinking of 2015 as the Year of…
First impressions count on Tweet Perth
I’m absolutely thrilled to have joined a team of 40 ‘well-known Perth Bloggers’ contributing to Tweet Perth.com.au. Anyone who’s been to my Personal Branding workshops will know my take on…
Reuniting lost family members (Missing Lives Exhibition Australian Red Cross)
Several years ago I was fortunate to work for the Australian Red Cross Society where I spent three years travelling across WA talking about the works of this terrific organisation.…
No rest for mother’s (Mother’s Day Classic Run Perth 2015)
Mother’s Day … after years of worrying, advising, fixing, hugging, dressing, feeding and burping (of their offspring naturally … although after one too many champers ?!?) surely they’ve earned a day…
Anzac 100 years on
The past few days have presented several opportunities to ponder the determination, courage and mateship shown by the ANZACs, not least of which was the sunset service held at Kings Park on…
Merry Christmas, thank you and some news
Just dropping in to say a quick thank you to everyone who has dropped into The Ponder Room this year. I really appreciate it and hope you got something out…
Let the competitions begin (Menulog competition)
From time to time The Ponder Room will be sharing the love by running competitions. To help with this I’ve added a new ‘Hear it first’ subscription box on the…
The Ponder Room receives Versatile Blogger Award
This post has been updated to include 15 links to other great blogs.So thrilled to let you know that The Ponder Room has received a Versatile Blogger Award woohoo! The Award looks at the uniqueness…
Stimulation for the Soul (WA Consumer Protection Awards 2013)
A couple of weeks ago I was lucky enough to attend the 2013 Western Australian Consumer Protection Awards at The University Club of WA. The awards recognise the courage, tenacity…
My Pay It Forward loop continues (Fremantle Street Arts Festival 2013)
My pay it forward loop continued over the weekend. This time at Australia’s largest street arts festival (Fremantle Street Arts Festival), while watching American artist and ‘man of mirth’, Rob…
Caught in a pay it forward loop
Last Thursday I got caught up in a pay it forward loop and I’m not sure how to get out of it. Thanks to Robobobobo During my weekly trip to the…
Why taking a moment is important (Japan earthquake x 2)
Life’s fast, and getting faster. This was no more evident during the Beaufort Street Festival where standing still proved somewhat problematic, as the crowd surged on to secure a spot…
What makes being a craft stallholder enjoyable (Subiaco Craft Fair)
Next time you’ve wandering around a craft fair looking at the plethora of locally made produce, spare a thought for the people behind the scenes who help make it all…
