The Anatomy of a Covid Swab

Note: Your mileage with this may vary. Your mileage may vary personally, and geographically. Different places may have different setups. This morning, barely an hour ago in fact, I had my very first Covid Swab test. Apparently this is now standard pre-surgical procedure. Never having had one – but hearing about them quite a bit …

Distractions

I looked out this morning and the sun was goneTurned on some music to start my dayI lost myself in a familiar songI closed my eyes and I slipped away “More than a Feeling” – Boston.(You’re welcome for the earworm) I’m sure this has happened to you – it happened to me just now: You …

Oh the Bear Necessities…

Sometimes, no matter how much planning you do, no matter how far you look ahead, you’ll find a day that just doesn’t seem to have as many hours in it as the other ones. On days like that, you’ll find that you’ve got to focus on the essentials then, if you’ve got the time, you …

Five-Thing Thursday: April 29th.

Welcome, everyone to another installment of Five Thing Thursday and… Here are Five Things I want you to Know: Thing #1:  Last Saturday, the England Women’s Rugby team (The Red Roses) beat France to win their third consecutive Women’s Six Nations Championship! Well done! Thing #2:  While I was out walking Yesterday, I had to …

Listen to Yourself

There are a few directions this topic can go: Reread what you post of social media before you hit “Send.” Consider your internal dialogue: Be nice to yourself. And those can certainly be future topics (Makes notes), but I’ve got something else in mind. I love making lists and keeping track of things. The calendar …

Pantsing and Plotting

I post every week. I’ve done this for several years now (Which reminds me that it would be interesting to know – for me at least – how long I’ve been at this). So you’d think that, when the time comes to post here, it wouldn’t catch me by surprise. But it does. Surprise might …