Tag Archives: personal challenges

The Day Before the Storm: Sunday 28 August 2005

Posted on August 28, 2011 by wordgeyser

This is the third part of a short series recounting what happened to our family over the weekend before Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast of America on Monday 29 August 2009, and the immediate aftermath. At that time our home was south … Continue reading →

Posted in Hurricane Katrina | Tagged Baton Rouge, category 5 hurricane, hurricane evacuation, hurricane Katrina, hurricane preparedness, louisiana, mandeville louisiana, New Orleans, personal challenges, slidell, surviving hurricane, surviving hurricane katrina | 4 Comments

The Days before the Storm – Saturday 27 August 2005

Posted on August 27, 2011 by wordgeyser

This is the second of a short series of posts recounting what happened to our family over the weekend before Hurricane Katrina hit the Gulf Coast of America on Monday 29 August 2009, and the immediate aftermath. At that time our home was … Continue reading →

Posted in Hurricane Katrina | Tagged bob breck, fox news 8 new orleans, hurricane Katrina, hurricane preparedness, National Hurricane Center, New Orleans, personal challenges, slidell louisiana, St Tammany, surviving hurricane | 4 Comments

A Century of Posts: A Bit of a Milestone

Posted on July 30, 2011 by wordgeyser

Tah – dah!! Drumroll, cheerleaders and ignition sequence for fireworks . . . It’s with surprise and a bit of a shock I realised today that this is the 100th post I’ve written. One hundred posts, published, read and commented on; … Continue reading →

Posted in Inspiration and Reflection, Personal challenges, Writing | Tagged c.w.longenecker poem, fear of failure, fear of writing, inspiration, personal challenges, putting yourself out there, rising to a challenge, the victor poem, writing challenges | 18 Comments

And Death Came Third: Facing Your Fears

Posted on April 12, 2011 by wordgeyser

I was chatting with someone recently and they mentioned a book whose title has played on my mind ever since. Called And Death Came Third, it was the title which initially caught my interest. I haven’t read the book (yet) but the idea … Continue reading →

Posted in Expat Experiences, Expat Related Book Reviews, Personal challenges, Politics and Social Comment | Tagged being scared of things, facing fears, facing our fears, fear of public speaking, how can we learn to face our fears, killing snakes, launching a ship, personal challenges, publicspeaking, what are the worst fears?, what are we afraid of most? | 4 Comments

The Ultimate Blog Challenge

Posted on April 4, 2011 by wordgeyser

Oh shoot, now I’ve really gone and done it. I’ve signed up, registered and will make have to make myself accountable. Why do I always get gung-ho on an idea only to wake up the next day with that hangover-like … Continue reading →

Posted in Inspiration and Reflection, Personal challenges, Writing | Tagged benefits of a blog challenge, blog challenge, completeing a blog challenge, facing fears, fear of writing, personal challenges, self confidence and writing, self-image, Ultimate Blog Challenge | 8 Comments

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The Day Before the Storm: Sunday 28 August 2005

The Days before the Storm – Saturday 27 August 2005

A Century of Posts: A Bit of a Milestone

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