Veranda Life

A while ago, I started a new blog over at WordPress. What can I say, I like to spread the love around. In keeping with the minimalist nature of Veranda Life's Verandakus, Zen Kettle features Zenkus , even tinier moments captured in three lines. Thanks for reading, grasshopper, and I hope you'll enjoy Zen Kettle - It Makes Tea , naturally. Thank You... Verandaku Readers - 999: A Sweeter Number than 998 Others A note to say thank you to everyone who has commented, 'liked', read or scanned this site over the last few years to catch up with 999 Verandakus. I'm especially grateful to the commenters and 'likers' who took the trouble to actually send encouraging words or mouse clicks my way. I started the triple-9 project as a sanity saver - not sure about the outcome there, but I can say, for anyone contemplating a project of some length, or any length, really - suck it and see, as we say here in the colonies, and probably everywhere else. Why? Well, it might taste really good, and there's a great deal of satisfaction to be derived from seeing a long challenge through to completion. Or even a short one - everything's relative, after all, and completion is the thing. Worried about failing? Don't be. After all this time and trouble negotiating life and its strangenesses, I see everything as another experiment on the road to - I was going to say enlightenment (or Morocco, for the Lamour, Hope and Crosby fans who are, of course, legion), but that's not it. It's simply the road, on which, if were a little bit determined and rather lucky, we take one step at a time and try not to disturb the taipans, the tarantulas, and assorted crazies not too much disturbance, anyway just enough, shall we say. My tip: determine right from the start that you're going to finish. It's amazing what an up-front promise to yourself can accomplish - even moreso, if every time you post you're letting both yourself and any readers instantly see your goal, a la '999 Verandakus: #299,' for example. We determined from day one that the Verandaku ...Read More