"Instructions for living a life: Pay attention. Be astonished. Tell about it." – Mary Oliver

Category: Life

  • List #36: Good Things Friday October 2025

    List #36: Good Things Friday October 2025

    Some of the good things since last month’s post: Have you watched something recently that you weren’t ready for it to end? What’s your current go to hot drink order?

  • When Life Gets Busy

    When Life Gets Busy

    At the bottom of Elisabeth’s Cool Bloggers Walking Club Week 2 Recap she asked the question: “Do you cut exercise when your schedule gets too full or do you drop something else and if so, what?” I am currently in a period where my schedule has been a little more full than usual. I work…

  • Cool Bloggers Walking Club – Week 3

    Cool Bloggers Walking Club – Week 3

    Edited to add that I thought I’d posted this on Wednesday, but apparently not. Elisabeth has challenged us to do 10 minutes of intentional movement every day in October. Here’s the details from my third week. I was a bit light on the photos this week. I thought I would be able to get a…

  • List #34:Good Things Friday September 2025

    List #34:Good Things Friday September 2025

    Can you believe that it will be October next week? The months are flying by and are filled with good things. What are your recent good things? Do you have a good way to get what you need when dealing with Chatbots?

  • List #31: Good Things Friday August 2025

    List #31: Good Things Friday August 2025

    So many good things this month: Do you have a go to cafe order? What’s been good in your life lately?

  • List #30: Another Peevish List

    List #30: Another Peevish List

    As the title says, this is not my first list of pet peeves, see here, and more peeves here and here. Some more things I STRONGLY dislike … Feel free to weigh in with your own peeves in the comments.

  • Five on a Friday

    Five on a Friday

    We got home on Monday after nearly six weeks away. It is so good to be home. Monday night all of the kids were home for family dinner. The girls bought Riley back. We ate lots of veggies. I slept in my own comfy bed, for 9 hours. That is a night that is the…

  • List #27: Good Things Friday July 2025

    List #27: Good Things Friday July 2025

    I didn’t twig that last Friday (the 25th) was the last Friday in July so I missed posting this. Oh well. I’m going ahead with it today. What have been your recent highlights?

  • Recent Fails

    Recent Fails

    I think I mentioned that G dumped me in it last month by letting it be known that I could play keys. I did music performance (Electronic Organ) for a year 12 subject, but I’ve only played sporadically for the last twenty years and nothing since we moved to Brighton and sold the piano. Add…

  • List #26: Good Things Friday June 2025

    List #26: Good Things Friday June 2025

    And some bonus good things: