by Alice Bulmer | Mar 24, 2017 | Becoming Alice, Metaskills, Tools of resilience
Last year my life was transformed by a bullet journal. My friend Meliors Simms is usually far more up with what’s current than I am. About this time last year she emailed me and said, “I think you should know about this. Come over and I’ll show you.” And I entered the...
by Alice Bulmer | Dec 24, 2016 | Life coaching, Metaskills, Tools of resilience
This is an article about four slightly weird practices that could make a big difference to your wellbeing. One involves holding your index finger on a small machine that occasionally emits gentle beeps. In another, you move your eyes from side to side while talking....
by Alice Bulmer | Dec 9, 2016 | Becoming Alice, Ecology, Family skeletons, Life and death
This is a post about my father, Ralph Bulmer, a man literally larger than life. Ralph died more than a quarter of a century ago, at the age of 60. My half-brother Richard, who was only four, has no memories of our father. So, Rich, this is for you. And for the...
by Alice Bulmer | Oct 23, 2016 | Becoming Alice, Ecology, Family skeletons, Life and death, New Zealand culture
Susan Evelyn Bulmer (nee Hirsh); February 17, 1933 – October 6, 2016; Archaeologist I’ve written about my mother, Sue, elsewhere on this website: Songs to Remember and The Family Bat. Last week my beautiful, brave, creative, energetic, passionate, wonderful, crazy,...
by Alice Bulmer | Oct 4, 2016 | Ecology, Food, Wellbeing
It’s important that those of us who care about food quality get our heads clear about why we need organic certification. Recently I’ve been hearing a lot of people dissing organics. Some say, “Organic certification is just too hard and expensive.” Others say,...
