Optimism of good things to come
Christmas (or other holiday times) can be difficult. Real life isn’t always about happy family gatherings. It can be about loneliness, sadness and drama. Over the past 10 or so years I’ve experienced all 3.…
Blogging A-Z Challenge 2021: Sex is for everyone
There should be no upper age limit to your ability to get some kind of sexual enjoyment. But of course many people would rather believe that sex is for the under 40. Until of course…
Used and Vanilla Family Life
I’m behind with the Blogging A-Z but determined to catch up and finish. So, I’m covering another two topics today. These are really polar opposites to each other. There are just two categories on my…
Indulgence, vice and all things nice
It’s catchup week on Food 4 Thought and what better time to think about these things than at Christmas. A time of indulgence, being a bit naughty and doing nice things. The worst of this…
Festivities
This week of the year is always a busy one. Last minute shopping, Christmas present wrapping, cooking for and entertaining family to mention just a few things. This year has been a little different and…
Being thankful
This week’s Food 4 Thought Friday prompt pays homage to Thanksgiving which was on Thursday. I am increasingly aware that I have so much to be thankful for. It would be so easy to wallow…
365 days – 20th January
What is the hardest thing you are dealing with? In comparison with some other times of my life nothing is so hard at the moment. In myself I am happier than I have been so…
Argentinian chorizo
I am not even sure they make chorizo in Argentina, but Master’s dream about it on Thursday night / Friday morning has been the joke of our weekend. We don’t usually spend Thursday night together,…
Looking back, looking forwards
From time to time I have a look back at what I might have written this week or month in previous years on this blog. This morning, prompted by a photo of my then very…
It’s been over a month
Since my last post. I feel kind of ashamed that I am not posting regularly. I visit often, I read the blogs on my blog list but for one reason or another haven’t felt inclined…