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Not Today: Maybe Tomorrow
Wednesday, November 18, 2015 27 comments But no promises. That's the message from our furnace repair people. Gahhhhhhh!! It's "unfortunate" that a part could not be ordered over the weekend (suppliers were closed, part is not regularly required so not kept in stock by... Read more
Deny-eting and Motivation
Tuesday, November 17, 2015 30 comments Just a couple ideas I've gleaned from a couple of media sources recently and been thinking about. So long as I consider that dieting is denying myself what I "really" want -- deny-eting -- I'm not going to be able to sustain optimal nutriti... Read more
Warm Office!
Monday, November 16, 2015 20 comments Going in to work this morning is going to feel like a tropical vacay! And in fact I've got a number of matters "heating up"!!! Let's hope there's a miracle with the furnace repair over the course of the day . . . .... Read more
Still cold cold cold . . .
Sunday, November 15, 2015 19 comments Young furnace service repair guy is clearly batting above his strength: willing and eager but not understanding what needs to be done. (He apparently went on YouTube to try and figure it out!!!) So: we'll have to wait until tomorrow to hav... Read more
Alexander McCall Smith: Fave Author AND Terrific Human Being!!
Friday, November 13, 2015 22 comments What a great evening! We always hope that someone we read assiduously will come across as the same person in real life. And AMS was so much fun! He is irrepressibly warm and generous -- with his time during the presentation, and a... Read more
Alexander McCall Smith: Fave Author
Thursday, November 12, 2015 23 comments www.alexandermccallsmith .co.uk/ I know I've mentioned this great writer before here: he's a retired professor of medical law at the University of Edinburgh and an absolutely prolific writer of warm and perceptive "seria... Read more
Remembrance Day
Wednesday, November 11, 2015 22 comments November 11 is Remembrance Day in Canada. I'll be wearing my poppy of course. And remembering my dad who was in the Royal Canadian Air Force, flying as a radio operator in the tail of the planes, stationed primarily in the Azores. ... Read more
Ella sings it out . . .
Tuesday, November 10, 2015 12 comments www.youtube.com/watch?v= hQjVP-Hl0Rg I'm not sure it's acceptable any more to refer to "Indian Summer": but this is such a lovely song that quite perfectly reflects my weather (exterior and interior!) I always meant... Read more
Sunny days, sunny ways
Monday, November 09, 2015 19 comments Our new Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is advocating "sunny ways" and optimism as a principle of government. And we've had some amazingly sunny weather starting November 4 when he was sworn in and continuing up until today. The sun is p... Read more
De-Grump 2!!
Sunday, November 08, 2015 26 comments OK, followed the de-grump plan. Work out + nature. As follows: First off, stopped on the way to the Y to pick up some shoes, brand new navy pumps, which I had dropped off 6 weeks (SIX WEEKS!!!) earlier -- they needed heel grips. And ... Read more
Weekend coming . . .
Friday, November 06, 2015 23 comments . . . and (rather uncharacteristically for me) I'm pretty eager. Love my work. AND: love my weekend routines too of course. But haven't been able to shake the flu -- will spare you all the graphic symptoms but suffice it to say, l... Read more
Pileated Woodpecker
Thursday, November 05, 2015 21 comments www.youtube.com/watch?v= f_2VrLINP3Y NOT my video -- but I was absolutely astonished to see a pileated woodpecker right outside my window this morning on my deck trying to feed from MY bird feeder. This is one HUGE ... Read more
Just a bit flu-ish!
Wednesday, November 04, 2015 28 comments Yuck. I'd like to get a flu shot, as soon as possible. But: can't get a flu shot when you're flu-ish. Flu for me can escalate into bronchial pneumonia pretty rapidly -- and that's why I've had a flu shot every fall for as long as ... Read more « First Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 72 73 74 75 76 77 78 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 Last Page » |
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