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  • The joy of being wrong

    by JoBattersby1961 November 2, 2013
    I have a beautiful set of jewellery that my husband gave me as a birthday gift a couple of years ago. It includes long gold earrings, each with a large single pearl, and a circular fine gold wire necklace, with a matching pearl. When I went to put it on last week, I saw that the clasp had come off ...

  • The joy of wild kangaroos

    by JoBattersby1961 November 2, 2013
    This morning I went for a walk with my friend at Yankalilla, as we did yesterday. Country walks are so different to suburban walks, and that in itself is a joy. The air is clear and fresh, the trees are much bigger and there are more of them and there is no traffic noise. We went along dirt roads b...

  • The joy of information

    by JoBattersby1961 November 2, 2013
    It's the Adelaide Cup long weekend. Unlike the Melbourne Cup, which attracts horses from overseas and generates international interest, no one much cares about the Adelaide Cup. That said, we're all happy to have the public holiday. My husband and I are spending our long weekend at Yankalilla with ...

  • The joy of spare time

    by JoBattersby1961 November 2, 2013
    This morning I got up at the usual time, did my normal exercise regime, had my shower and dressed for work. I didn't think I did any of these things unusually quickly. When I went down to the kitchen to make lunches and get breakfast ready I discovered I had a spare quarter of an hour. I do...

  • The joy of a third flush

    by JoBattersby1961 November 2, 2013
    II In my post 'The joy of a second flush' http://www.beatcancerwithjoy.com/2012/12/14/the-joy-of-a-second-flush I wrote late last year about the second round of roses that I noticed while walking around our area. Last weekend I noticed a third round, almost as good as the first and second ones - in...

  • The joy of self permission

    by JoBattersby1961 November 2, 2013
    Firstly I must apologise for the break between blogs. It's a heartfelt apology but one that I have decided not to beat myself up about. And that is the point of this blog. I drive myself pretty hard most of the time. I am always busy. I truly believe the old adage, 'If you want something done, ask ...

  • The joy of a midday movie

    by JoBattersby1961 November 2, 2013
    I've been home from work, sick, all week. I'm not much of a reader and I haven't felt well enough to do much else. As a result, I've watched more daytime television than I have for many years. I've discovered that it's filled with repeats of past series' of current evening dramas and old episodes o...

  • The joy of a good laugh

    by JoBattersby1961 November 2, 2013
    According to my cursory search of the Internet, there’s no scientific proof that laughter is good for our health. But it sure makes us feel good, and there must be some benefit to that. In spite of the lack of empirical studies, there are widely held views about how good laughter is for our health. ...

  • The joy of a good apple

    by JoBattersby1961 November 2, 2013
    About 30 years ago I was a leader at an Easter youth camp. Before the camp all of the leaders spent a weekend together, getting to know each other and planning the camp. One of the other leaders came from a family of apple farmers at Lenswood, in the Adelaide Hills. Golden Delicious apples had jus...

  • The joy of a good run

    by JoBattersby1961 November 2, 2013
    I have worked in the central business district for most of the 30 years of my working life and for my four years at university before that. For the past three years I have driven into the city each day, only because my car, which is provided through my work, must be available for use by other staff ...