Sunday, 26 December 2021
I read a bit online about Boxing Day. I guess today can’t be Boxing Day, at least in some times and places, because it’s a Sunday. Mostly I was trying to find out what the boxes were made of, because the ritual began before cardboard. Perhaps the box meant alms boxes at the church, or perhaps the box was what the gifts were put in. I’m betting either way the boxes were some kind of wood, but I didn’t get that confirmed.
Wednesday, 22 December 2021
Seasonal public art.
Honoring new-to-me medication I just got today. So far: successful. It’s a gel with 1% diclofenac sodium (yes, I got the generic), to treat arthritis joint pain and swelling. With the first treatment, I felt much better in 10 minutes, which is huge. It’s rather messy to put on, especially compared to the ease of chugging a couple of tablets, but the NSAID chemistry is better overall with the gel than by-mouth tabs.
Monday, 20 December 2021
Omicron is the dominant strain of COVID now in the US. This is what highly transmissible statistics look like.
And my sense of science indicates more variants are coming…not just variants, but variants we civilians will be talking about.
Yikes.
Sunday, 19 December 2021
We watched the final episode of this season of “Succession,” and those are the nastiest folks. Every one. At the drop of an iPhone, they will connive and lie and insult, and, mostly mean it.
Monday, 13 December 2021
Lucky me, I found a penny! Battered, yet I suspect still worth one cent.
Double lucky…I found blooming jonquils. Just a bit too far to lean over and inhale.
Saturday, 20 November 2021
Thinking about feasting this coming week…and working on my to-do lists.
This feasting tent was last Saturday at a nearby synagogue…lunch following services is standard….
Sunday, 14 November 2021
Been especially enjoying the maple leaves lately (nothing to do with hockey). Here’s gold and there’s red.
“Not enough power for both camera and pan tilt motors”
The Guru just found those words on a frozen (haha) photo on the live-cam image up at Sault Ste. Marie…overlooking the locks.
And now you know, too.
Saturday, 13 November 2021
My focus today was all over the place.
There was Pannonia and the Amber Road, which are related (Roman east). I also drooled over Jamie’s 15-minute meals; he does a great job creating big flavor fast—think blenders of yoghurt and cilantro and avocado and lime zest-n-juice and tomato puree (not for the same dish).
Sunday, 7 November 2021
I was hungry at the wrong times (according to the clock), and I awakened rather early (according to the clock), and generally discombobulated all day. Even simple things can be complicated. [Like the spelling of ginkgo….]
