In every relationship there are stories of what “came before”, the things that defined the person you are currently in a relationship with, before you met them. Sometimes you’ll hear these stories second hand. Sometimes the person in question will … Continue reading
Just had an interesting exchange online with someone who tried very hard with camouflage but couldn’t help revealing true colours quite quickly – it was all in a response to a meme that suggested that nurses should be paid more … Continue reading
Mention anything out loud and someone will tell you there’s a Youtube video with instructions on precisely how to do it. Which is probably great, if you already know what you’re doing. Here I sit, with a Plumbing Problem or … Continue reading
More than a decade ago, Deck and I made a trip down to California. We flew down to San Francisco, did a few bits of official business there, and met up with some friends whom we had known since,um, the … Continue reading
So, I got the shot. Well, shots, plural – I got the Pfizer two-shot wonder, the requisite number of weeks apart. I’ve been watching a steady stream of people I know posting gleeful “I GOT SHOT!” images on social media, … Continue reading
My getting-to-be-elderly-and-very-prone-to-living-in-the-past mother is increasingly driving me dotty with protestations of how she’s “never” experienced certain kinds of weather before, or wailing how I’ve “changed” from what I used to be, and I used to be SUCH a “happy child”… … Continue reading
Oy vey, people. They said “high wind warning” on the weather apps. They lied. It was windapocalypse. To backtrack – this was on thenight of January 12. Mom was staying overnight with me and the cats – and trust me, … Continue reading
There’s been a New Year’s Day tradition in my family ever since I was a little girl. We’d gather around the TV on January 1 to watch the Vienna Philharmonic give the Neujahrskonzert, the New Year Concert, a joyous thing … Continue reading
Oh, my friends. Time for a recap of this year that has lasted a decade. I sincerely hope we are heading towards a dawn because the darkness has been wearying in teh extreme. I don’t know about all y’all but … Continue reading
At the time of writing this (you will be reading it some time after it is written – and if there are important updates they will be appended at the end before the thing goes live – but in the … Continue reading
