


Maize Tea from Korea!
Thank you, Shiny’s Mom bought this for us to share!

Patience, … but I have not so much!
Thrice before now I’ve been left waiting for things to be done. Only when I completed the task for Mom’s estate did the other thing happen. It’s been like this for a while. Why do things always seem to happen together? Even unrelated things… For months I’ve been planning two things: my mother’s estate and…


Letters to Mom!
I wrote a series of letters to Mom. I’ve got no idea if she ever read them, she never referred to the contents much, if at all. She never wrote a reply, I’m hoping that if she didn’t read them, she’ll be reading them now as I’m reposting here… because I just can’t delete them,…

The Forth Bridges
My friend posted an image of the railway bridge, quite famous in Scotland for its construction. It was built shortly after the Tay Bridge Disaster, so lessons learned from that regarding construction were applied successfully here. it’s interesting that bridges are painted red. Also note the use of three arches! This is one of the…

My friends are retiring…
No, they’re not shy. They just think they’re old. My mom went back to University and had a 2nd career at that age. Maybe she was mad, maybe she wasn’t. She refused to believe she was old. She was certainly correct. Why? Your belief system determines your mental age. Your mental age determines your physical…


Girding for war? Why did I hate clothes?
This is really a weird question. Why? I’m honestly not sure. I think I didn’t have confidence in what I wore, what I chose, how I wore what I chose, what looked good or what I felt comfortable in. Photo by Ruthson Zimmerman on Unsplash I know it sounds weird, but when I had to…