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Heartening!
Wednesday, June 08, 2016 18 comments Cardiologist (who is 10 years younger than me) says he wishes he'd be able to do as well on a stress test . . . final definitive test and I'm A-OK! Now that's heartening . . . absolutely. Particularly given I'm still not 100% post-cold! A... Read more
Premature Full Moon???
Tuesday, June 07, 2016 22 comments It's not full moon until June 20, according to my check of a "moon phases" calendar. But my goodness: yesterday was quite challenging at work! Oh well oh well. We do what we can. And this morning I've had a luscious asparagus eg... Read more
Is 100 the New 60?
Sunday, June 05, 2016 22 comments business.financialpost.c om/diane-francis/body-sens ors-uber-care-and-prescrip tion-apps-this-is-how-medi cal-technology-is-going-to -make-100-the-new-60 And if you knew that 100 were the new 60, how would you... Read more
Feeling Better, Feeling Content
Saturday, June 04, 2016 20 comments I'm not 100% yet but feeling so much better. And feeling better makes me realize how very much good health contributes to contentment. Nothing euphoric, nothing dazzling, nothing super-exciting going on: just the quiet pleasure and se... Read more
The Instant Gratification Genie
Friday, June 03, 2016 20 comments Thanks for all the sickie sympathy yesterday! I soaked up some sun sitting on my high deck surrounded by blossoms and snoozed and had some soup and read. Still not great but one more day of work (can't play hookey today) and then a weekend. ... Read more
Sick sick sick
Thursday, June 02, 2016 31 comments I've been fighting it for about five days but it's getting worse: sore sore throat, achy, plugged up ears, now extending down into my chest: summer cold. Bleecchhhh! Poor night's sleep; and this morning I'm barely capable of croaking... Read more
The Science of Spit
Wednesday, June 01, 2016 17 comments www.theglobeandmail.com/ life/food-and-wine/food-tr ends/how-saliva-determines -our-food-texture-preferen ces/article30221556/ What an interesting article in the Globe about "mouth feel" and individual preferenc... Read more
Post Verandaaaahhhh Routine
Tuesday, May 31, 2016 23 comments At this time of the year, I love to take a little stroll around the garden and pick something fresh for the kitchen table. This morning: bridal wreath spirea, late Persian lilac and lily-of-the-valley. Coming soon: Siberian iris (the... Read more
Extreme Gardening
Monday, May 30, 2016 25 comments Spent at least four hours sweating it out in the garden yesterday: my central life metaphor for sure. Weeding. Pruning. Planting. Watering. And acknowledging that if a plant isn't working in a particular location, I ... Read more
Failure: not a popular concept . . .
Sunday, May 29, 2016 18 comments Loved reading the responses to yesterday's blog, thank you all!! And I totally get that wallowing in failure is not helpful. (Hope that's not what I communicated). But: I do think that many of us can become discouraged because we can... Read more
Failure Board
Saturday, May 28, 2016 27 comments My very wise and infinitely resilient DD (who's dealing with a tough patch) tells me that what's needed online is not the braggy stuff from Facebook (nope, I'm not on Facebook) or "vision board" but frank "failure boards". That is: candid a... Read more
OK then . . . Peak Stress??
Friday, May 27, 2016 24 comments Could be. And I'm prepared for it: one of those fabulous egg white omelettes on my bright red plate with coffee in my bright red mug on the verandaaaaah with Charlie and DH and inhaling the lilac! Recess walk planned!! Lunch salads in... Read more
Microwave Egg White Omelette: My Go-To, in Pictures!!
Thursday, May 26, 2016 22 comments 
My microwave omelette maker is one of the most useful pieces of equipment I own in the maintenance battle!
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Trouble in Paradise . . .
Wednesday, May 25, 2016 24 comments . . . a year from now, I won't be troubled about this current crisis. If I think about what was worrying me most a year ago, the sleepless nights, the frantic check lists: it's actually no problem, none at all today. Everything is much muc... 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 Last Page » |
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