I was genuinely astonished this week to discover you can still become ill with things that aren’t COVID19. I had three days away with my Ma to the Isle of Wight to visit friends (it was a wonderful time). As such, I breathed some new air and caught an absolutely stinking cold. It was not … Continue reading Head Cold
Author: Loops
Life Online: What I Might Remember
Since the pandemic started in March 2020, and we were all either sent home or sent to the frontline to die in the service of the virus, a HUGE amount of my life has taken place via the filter of my laptop camera. This is a shame, as my laptop camera inevitably shows me at … Continue reading Life Online: What I Might Remember
Live Lagom – Nature vs Nurture: True Nature (part 2)
Gentle Readers, I swear I didn't MEAN TO KILL HIM. I had the very best of intentions for dear, sweet Cornelius, so lovingly gifted to me. But alas. I must announce my complete lack of nurture ability has led to the demise of Cornelius. He ded. RIP. A moment's silence for my prayer plant, so … Continue reading Live Lagom – Nature vs Nurture: True Nature (part 2)
Funtime Friday! (on a Saturday, because what even is time?)
First of all, I know, I know. I’m a day late. But I get to exercise my *gratitude attitude* in this very first paragraph by acknowledging this and acknowledging that you, my Gentle Readers, will be sympathetic. My excuse is the familiar classic of the chronically ill person: I ran out of spoons. I had … Continue reading Funtime Friday! (on a Saturday, because what even is time?)
When Snacks Turn Against You
As an attempt to find some ~c~o~n~t~'e~n~t~ for this blog, I signed up in early Spring this year (2021) for a snack subscription service called SnackSurprise. If you've got any kind of social media, you might have seen adverts for SnackSurprise. They offer monthly subscriptions to an international snack subscription, where each month, a bunch … Continue reading When Snacks Turn Against You
Funtime Friday!
Well, what a week it's been. I'm not even sure where to start with the whole mask/no-mask, UK government lifting restrictions thing, and I got very angry on Twitter earlier this week about some gammon-face threatening to take bloody pennies of welfare support away from people who need it, so I think it's time I … Continue reading Funtime Friday!
Neighbourly Noise
I'm going to start this post by emphasising, just in case my neighbours do come across it, that the neighbours in the area I currently live are completely lovely. They're all really nice families, and they're friendly and smiley, and we take packages in for each other, and honestly, this little bit of road I … Continue reading Neighbourly Noise
Five months is just a short break
Gentle Readers, I write to you on this, my lunch break, to acknowledge that since I last posted a piece of new writing it has been many months. My last post, The Memory Caretaker, was a piece of fiction writing I did some years ago, and I am now able to publish it on my … Continue reading Five months is just a short break
The Memory Caretaker
Memory is a funny thing. You think that your memories are accurate, but the passage of time takes the edges off a memory, leaving only the soft and shining centre. You forget the sadness or the pain that might have led to that memory, forget the joy. You just…remember. Remember it your way, and that’s … Continue reading The Memory Caretaker
Living Lagom – Nature -vs- Nurture (part 1)
I'll be honest: I'm not much of a nurturer. I'm fantastic at supporting, and I'm a bloody whiz at motivating, and I am a veritable shrew when it comes to...shall we say "constructively criticising"? But nurturing isn't one of my gifts. I'm just not patient enough, or - frankly - interested enough to want to … Continue reading Living Lagom – Nature -vs- Nurture (part 1)
