About

I live in a beautiful part of the Porirua area of New Zealand with my family which includes two cats.  I believe that ordinary goodness can make a difference in the world.  So I am constantly looking for the ordinary and the good things around me that make my life meaningful and which can make an exceptional difference to the world, little bit by little bit.

From time to time I will blog on exceptional things which crop up too. 

Please comment on what ordinary goodness means to you, it would be great to talk.

You can contact me via: qdeckchapman at clear dot net dot nz

19 Responses to About

  1. julietbatten says:

    i love the idea of ordinary goodness. It’s a great theme.

    • ordinarygoodness says:

      Thank you. It certainly helps me approach each day in a way I can manage and to help me feel that I am contributing to growth and improvement in the world.

  2. Ordinary Goodness is a great blog title and theme. I love what you are doing with this! I too find it helpful to look for the goodness in everything including (and most often in) the ordinary and I like to write about these things too. Focusing on the positive can help make a difference in the world and I am glad you are working and creating around this idea!

    • ordinarygood says:

      There is so much richness to be found in the ordinary once we begin to give simple, ordinary things our attention. It has been really helpful as a focus to me and in some small way I can make a positive difference in the world. Lots of people doing small things can make big changes:-)

  3. Thank you for adding my site onto your blogroll. wow! I have always wanted to visit NZ and after reading so many of your articles, I really want to visit! It sounds so enchanting and beautiful, with so much to offer and experience.

    • ordinarygood says:

      New Zealand is a beautiful and special place to live. I feel very honoured to live here and call it home. People say it is a great place to visit:-)

  4. You make new zealand sound amazing! hope I can travel there one day and experience all the things you post about.

  5. very nice blog, wonderful images and interesting posts. ordinary goodness, i like that, to me it means the simple every day things that makes me feel good, simple living :)

    • ordinarygood says:

      Thank you so much Dianne. Thanks for stopping and commenting on my blog. I think you have captured the theme of my blog really well:-)

  6. Jo Woolf says:

    Hi Lyn,

    I have been nominated for a Versatile Blogger Award, which I know you’re familiar with already! One of the conditions is that the recipient then nominates seven other bloggers whose writing they enjoy.

    I’ve picked you, because I really enjoy reading your blog and I’m also returning the honour which you gave me a while ago!

    There doesn’t seem to be any official regulation to the VBA (or any other blog award) so it’s all pretty informal and voluntary. Here are the ‘rules’ as I understand them, but lots of people are interpreting them in different ways:

    You thank the person who nominated you and post a link to their site.
    You nominate seven other blogs for the same award and link to them.
    You tell these people that you’ve nominated them.
    You share seven things about yourself.

    Here’s the link to my post:

    http://jowoolf.wordpress.com/2012/04/29/29th-april-roll-of-honour/

    Congratulations and very best wishes,
    Jo

    • ordinarygood says:

      Hi Jo,

      Your comment on my blog this morning was very, very welcome. Thank you for the nomination and I will endeavour to pass on the award as suggested. While there appears to be no official regulations it is so encouraging and uplifting to be recognised and acknowledged. It is also a great way to share other blogs to the world. Many thanks again. Warm wishes Lynley

  7. Congratulations!
    I have nominated you for The Very Inspiring Blogger Award.

    http://asillygirlworld.wordpress.com/2012/07/31/the-very-inspiring-blogger-award/

  8. daniellajoe says:

    Hello!! You have a nice blog :-)
    Ordinary goodness to me is just random acts of kindness …

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