Tag: musings
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Life with a Kakapo
It’s a fact! I’m living with a Kakapo. And while it’s true this Kakapo is (for the most part) a quiet, unassuming person during the day and prone to freezing when startled—I have come to dread it turning up every night in my bed. It usually slips in beside me quite late, and then? And…
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Why I Write
I’ve been writing for as long as I’ve been reading. All thanks to both parents who were both avid readers, though very different kind of books. My mother mostly read romances and historical family sagas — think, the Thorn Birds. My father, on the other hand, who use to take us weekly to the library,…
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Going in search of…
this image was generated by AI I’m endlessly fascinated (not) by everyone talking about what search engines they use, from this one to that one, and paying this much or that much a month, week, minute, year. And I’m left asking myself just what the hell is everyone searching for? I mean, really? Is it…
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Estranged
Covid didn’t just kill millions world wide and put us all in lockdown at various times in those first couple of years of struggles, it all but destroyed people’s relationships and sanity in so many ways. I know two dear friends of mine who I helped introduce never survived living together in tight quarters, each…
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The Retirement I Never Asked For
Back in early 2016 I had a medical emergency I never saw coming and had something happen to me that resulted in my having to take early retirement. Though I am thankful it wasn’t permanent retirement to the grave. The event? My brain blew a gasket. The event so powerful, I lost three days of…
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Where Are You From Poem
I am from bookshelves,From spiral bound notebooks, and h2 lead pencils.I am from an ever rotating number of military homes spread across the globe,Safe and warm, and smelling of bees wax and polish.I am from freshly cut rosesSmelling softly of summer and rain.I am from board games and frugality,From Emily and Jack.I am from doers…
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Getting Motivated
I’m struggling at the moment. Struggling with life, the weather and not being able to get out and do my daily walks or even use taking photos as an excuse to get outside. And when I’m not getting out for my walk, I get grumpy. I get very grumpy. I don’t do well closed in…
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Mortality
It’s not that I’ve been thinking about death, even though, last year, I had another brush with death — waving at Him on the sidelines of my own personal battlefield. But Death has a way of following us around once we reach (a) a certain age or (b) have that close encounter with Him. He’s…
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New Year’s Intentions
Ha! Okay, so everyone hates writing lists like this because, let’s face it, not one of us stick to them. It’s like the minute we even think about them we fail, whether we’ve listed 1 thing to achieve or thirty. But this time, after the year I’ve had and, the fact I’m still here with…
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My Online Brand
I’ve never really thought about it before this morning, thinking I don’t have an online brand per se, but the truth is, when I looked closer, yes, I do. And it’s quite distinctive. From the choice of fonts I like to use because of the way they look, to the colours I choose for links, and the…