Tackling Temptation
The power went out one night a few weeks ago, right around the time I might have started to cook supper if I was a supper cooker, but I’m not. The hum of the world silenced and a heavy quiet settled – the TV faded to black and the fridge went to sleep. I had […]
The sweet smell of success
Chester and I made an amazing discovery last week. Admittedly I am late to most crazes, where other people are in vogue I am generally in-the-dark, so my amazing discovery is probably old news to everyone else. There is a you-bath-it facility at our local pet supply store and it has changed my life. Chester […]
A waiting game
I’ve been busy cleaning and staging my condo – I’m on the move again. I’ve purchased a house with my eldest daughter and her husband, a really great place with a self contained two-bedroom suite on the lower level. It’s perfect. We’d fomented this plan back in October – we listed our respective homes and […]
Sleuthing
Aside from the bit of jaywalking Chester and I do early in the morning and late at night I consider myself a law abiding citizen. I like to follow the rules – mostly – and I hate it when other people don’t. Crime does not pay – or at least it shouldn’t. My new neighborhood has […]
A small gesture
Chester and I don’t discriminate – everybody gets a smile whether they return one or not. Everyday – everyone. We’ve been smiling at one old fart for months – if we’re close enough we even say ‘good morning’. And for all these months we’ve been totally ignored, absolutely invisible – until today. We’d decided the old fart was […]
An Empty Nest
Chester and I headed out for our walk a bit earlier than usual yesterday, the day was gearing up to be a hot one. The world is markedly quieter in the early morning – we were enjoying the solitude and lost in thought when a loud screech pierced the air. Suddenly rattled from my reverie I checked […]
Buyer Beware
The list of powders one can add to a morning smoothie is almost endless, there is a cure for whatever ails you: Does your memory need boosting? Do your joints ache? How are your hormones? Do you need to poop? Are you aging too quickly, does your skin sag, is your hair lackluster? Never fear, the cure […]
Community News
The smallish coastal community I’ve lived in for more than half a century has grown up over the years – aside from the view of the bay from the crest of the city’s center hardly anything of the original town remains. I’m probably one of a few who can recall the olden days with any […]
Hitting the wall
I’ve become lethargic, maybe even lazy. A hamster in captivity has more gumption than I do these days – between napping inside its cardboard toilet paper tube and munching kibbles the hamster spends at least part of its day running on a squeaky wheel. Aside from the squeaky wheel thing that hamster and I have a […]
Day ? of self isolation
It had to happen, something needed to be done – I’d been isolated for so long my hair had reached a point of unruly that all the goop in the world couldn’t plaster it into something presentable. When they dialed the world back to essential services only hair cutting didn’t make the cut – apparently […]