Life with cats, and other things…
0550/23rd April 2026 The large great Dane - or whatever it was, since it did not stop for introductions, disappeared up the hill and was seen no more. Next day, when we met up with a queue of dogs waiting to see the vet at Tractor Supply, I noticed a great Dane that might just … Continue reading Put down
1533/24th December 2025 Christmas Day passed very quietly, marked by a slight eyebrow raiser at breakfast and a minor worry that fortunately resolved before transitioning to panic... The past couple of days have been beautifully decorated with anew application of light snow and changing light. . Breakfast time is when I do my daily brain … Continue reading Thoughts
0842/17th November 2025 Most of the leaves are gone but how beautiful is the autumn sky? . And its muted light? Not everyone will agree, I know. . Even I would prefer it didn't get dark quite so early. And these days I am more bothered than usual by the cold, though not nearly as … Continue reading Shedding the armor
1706/1st November 2025 The year leading up to the 2024 election was tense and stressful. Then after that appalling day, we were left sick with apprehension. In the months since the inauguration, I've asked myself whether my dread was justified. Or should I have been even more afraid? Being afraid is not helpful and worrying … Continue reading Differences
1806/18th October 2025 2025 was always going to be chaotic, even if last year's election had gone differently, though that would have led to other sorts of chaos. Humanity has got itself into a fever pitch of angst that it desperately wants to express. Individuals discharge their fury in a whole variety of ways. I … Continue reading The Common Good
30th September 2025 September came and went in a flash. Time certainly speeds up as you age but right now it feels as if we are in over-speed or doing double time. Long gone are the childhood days when waiting for summer holidays seemed endless! . On Tuesday we were on the road again. In … Continue reading Liberation
5th April 2025 . A drab Saturday didn't have much to offer but the red maples coming into leaf added colour to the grey landscape. It's a rather pleasing blend - for me. . What do colour choices say about us? Psychology Today offers a guideline, but I think such things put us in boxes … Continue reading Psych 101
0740/16th March 2025 . A blustery March morning. As the outdoor temperature rises, I seem to feel more cold indoors, as was always the case, nonsensical as that may be. . Maintaining a comfortable body temperature has been a challenge to me all my adult life, always at least a degree too warm or too … Continue reading Discomfort
1st March, 20225 . In black times, I have always turned to music, more than to any other source of comfort. Music, comes from whatever God is. It is the stuff of the Universe. . It seems to me that composers have a special link to the vibrations of the Universe. Some of what passes … Continue reading Healer
14th February 2025 . The prospect of abandoning the anti-depression and anti-anxiety medications I'd been prescribed for many years did not in itself trouble me. Indeed, I welcomed the idea of severing my dependence on drugs which I likely would not have agreed to in the first place, if I'd had any notion of becoming … Continue reading Anxiety relief