Bedrock It means the lowest point or the foundation. Bedrock is what you hit with the spade after all the shit has been shovelled. It’s likely to be what you find just when you are in the mood to plant vegetables! The lowest point means that you caint go no farther down. The foundation is [...]
Today’s itinerary – that is, last Friday’s itinerary – Pick up doctor’s referral for mammogram (due to “abnormality”- how loaded a word and how little explanation or reassurance from the doctor) Walk it over to Health Centre across the road – make appointment for next week earliest Go to town thinking “I’ll just get me [...]
At some point in your life, dear Readers, you are going to feel as if your little tank engine has totally lost its toot! You will feel like your parrot has peeped its last pwark! You’ll read the papers listlessly and look at tragedies on TV and think “I don’t care” or at George Clooney and [...]
There’s a new blog called http://www.childlessmothersconnect.com/ It hadn’t occurred to me before, but a whole bunch of women (incl.me) need a site like this to speak about not having had kids or lost kids and how that feels. I think it’s a wonderful opportunity for some of us to be able to speak openly [...]
Well, I don’t think it’s quite that bad . . . at least not yet! Ageing, if we are blessed to live long lives, is a gradual process. If I went to bed as a 16 year old and woke up as my nearly 66 years, clearly, I might feel a little bit like this [...]
So, why do we women keep hassling ourselves with the notion we’re people and not objects of desire? Why don’t we just accept our place in the scheme of things? I was watching “The Big Heat” with Glenn Ford on Saturday night on ABC2. I hadn’t seen it before but the title had the attraction of a [...]
The real secret to being successful I was reading a blog from Tara Sophia Mohr when I came across the line that has spurred me to write this post – “No one else is going to build the life you want for you.” It is TRUE. Why? Well, no one really cares as much about my life as [...]
Hera! Goddess of Marriage and Birth. She is married to Zeus and, for the sake of their union, she must somehow tolerate his multiple affairs. (So what’s new?) She is a goddess who, therefore, treasures her family and her home above all else. She is jealous and furious because of her husband’s behaviour. She wreaks [...]
It’s a fact! Nigella has enslaved that dishes fairy – how can we possibly believe that after all that fun she has mucking around in the kitchen with chocolate, that she gets in and does those bloody dishes??? I, for one, don’t believe it. And that’s what I always knew about kitchens when I was [...]
The main picture for this post features Matt Damon and his 2 other faces – the one on the left is made out of his left side and the one on the right are both right sides. 3 different faces – proving 2 rights don’t make a Matt Damon! ha ha….. The link below is [...]
