Category Archives: authentic self

FND on FB

Posted on October 10, 2009 by lynsey gedye

After a great deal of pain I’ve managed to get the FaceBook Fresh New Day page up and running. Once I’d stopped trying the super sophisticated ‘create a new application in FaceBook, get a full developer kit going’ approach and … Continue reading →

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FND Launched!

Posted on September 15, 2009 by lynsey gedye

Yay! We went live with Fresh New Day this morning – not exactly countless hours, but uncounted hours of concentrated effort to get what is perhaps our most ambitious project off the ground. It doesn’t look like there’s much going … Continue reading →

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fresh new day

Posted on September 12, 2009 by lynsey gedye

There’s been a flurry of working going on over at our new initiative, Fresh New Day. Marica and I have begun creating a document of our everyday world – using photography and writing to learn more, notice more, to explore … Continue reading →

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school sux, work sox

Posted on February 28, 2009 by lynsey gedye

The flight home last night from the Auckland was awash with aging suits who’d been at the employment summit. I talked to one of the suits – one of the 200 grey knights invited in to come up with ideas … Continue reading →

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Happy 200th birthday, Charles

Posted on February 12, 2009 by lynsey gedye

Charles Darwin turns 200 today. My hero. After all these years he’s as provocative as ever. Definitely who I would invite if I could invite six people from anywhere (or any when) in history to have dinner with. Not sure … Continue reading →

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Life, changing

Posted on January 21, 2009 by lynsey gedye

Christina’s World Art PrintWyeth, Andrew36 in. x 28.75 in.Buy at AllPosters.comFramed   Mounted The first writing of the new brings no comfort at all. I was saddened to read of the passing of Andrew Wyeth noted by James Gurney, and then in … Continue reading →

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The deal

Posted on December 4, 2008 by lynsey gedye

Tonight I cruised into the supermarket to grab some fixin’s for dinner. Hey, desperate times call for desperate measures. I noticed the trolley wrangler was wearing a green Santa’s helper hat. I remembered how my friend George had commented about … Continue reading →

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the terrific threes

Posted on August 1, 2008 by lynsey gedye

I’ve been writing here for three years now, averaging 71 thousand-odd (and some say VERY odd) words, and a published article every 2-3 days. Recently the every couple of days or so is harder to be believed, it’s the old … Continue reading →

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write on

Posted on May 25, 2008 by lynsey gedye

How to take a trip and never have to leave the farm. Dates me – and possibly you too, if you remember the Jim Stafford song about the Wildwood Weed. No, I haven’t been exploring the apparent joys of having … Continue reading →

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the road to monkey heaven

Posted on May 4, 2008 by lynsey gedye

Tidying up some of my papers, decluttering the past, I found a handwritten note (in my hand writing)… The road to monkey heaven is a) paved b) littered c) barricaded with good intentions While I’ve really liked finding the various … Continue reading →

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