Hi Everybody,

Hope you all had a good month in April :) To those of you who sent comments and feedback from the last newsletter I would just like to say a big thank you, your feedback was lovely! Apologies for not responding personally, but my email and internet connection have been elusive… hopefully soon I will be connected properly again.

Not having an internet connection since the beginning of April has actually been quite an eye opener. How much you can get done when you are not doing everything on the computer really showed me how reliant we are on technology and how much other stuff falls by the way side. Having my main source of communication and research removed has forced me to communicate on a more personal level as well as make many trips to bookshelves to find any information I happen to be looking for. The internet and email are incredibly convenient, but once unavailable you have to make a lot of changes to your lifestyle, and you would be amazed at how many other things that you have been putting off you actually get done :)

So while I am sincerely hoping my “isolation” from the world of technology won’t be for too much longer, I am grateful for the experience I have had this past month. Instead of going between clients and computer this month; I was outdoors laying out a labyrinth, talking to people instead of emailing them, reading tangible books and just generally seeing the world in a very different light by not seeing it from behind a computer screen. I think we can get very lost behind our monitors and in many peoples lives they can form lonely barrier between humans who choose to interact with others in their lives electronically. Now don’t get me wrong, I am the first one to bash and email out and send it, it is a noteworthy commodity and highly convenient, but for those of you who have rejected human contact and conversation in favour of the convenience that comes with electronic communication, give it a try this month, call instead of email, meet in a coffee shop instead of on MSN or Facebook, and if the sun is shining go outside for five minutes more than you would normally :) It makes a remarkable difference.

That’s enough of my rambling, hope you enjoy the newsletter below. Have a fabulous month of May :)

Love and light

Cesca

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