Some days I am extremely busy avoiding what I don’t like doing. It can occupy all of my time. Today is one of those days. Today I am avoiding the shower. I hate dealing with my hair. I dislike hair wrapping itself around my fingers as I wash or rinse my hair. I dislike collecting… Continue reading Hair!!
The Vegetable Chronicles: Cucumbers
The last few days have been rather busy, in a good way. Attila harvested a large number of Lemon Cucumbers. I have been enjoying them peeled and sliced with my breakfasts for a week or more now. The plants are now coming into their own, lots of cucumbers. Since our pickling cucumbers did not do… Continue reading The Vegetable Chronicles: Cucumbers
A Little Thing
Sometimes just the smallest little thing, lasting just a minute or two, can fill a grey scale world with brilliant colour. I am in the midst of the “great cataract misadventure”, a very disruptive experience, bleeding into everyday life. Attila is feeling it too. It certainly has made things seem dull and grey. But a… Continue reading A Little Thing
A Faux Karen
I am a Faux Karen. All too often I contend with being considered “entitled, demanding, and prone to escalating minor disputes”. I am discovering that it is very challenging to enjoy “the time I have left” when confronted with less than helpful “care” in a health care setting, when the possible outcome is my own… Continue reading A Faux Karen
“Money Thinker”
Wouldn’t it be great if research funding was primarily based on a balanced relationship with our planet and each other! Some of it is at the moment, but most of it reflects some kind of profit motivation. My view on what is humanly possible does not reflect reality. An article in the news today caught… Continue reading “Money Thinker”