They say life is what happens, when you are making plans. This blog started life as a recipe blog. I love to cook and feed people, and 6 years ago, it seemed the next logical step, to share my love of food and recipes with other interested people. After a while, I realised I had … Continue reading my other entrée
couch
I write this from my couch, pooch at my side.. It has been a tough couple of weeks. I live in an area with a high number of pine forests, and this is the time of year they explode out their pollen. (Google it, and then sneeze lol). I used to have a slight sniffle … Continue reading couch
7
This week, I passed another milestone. 7 years ago, 2 strangers on the internet, heard what I was not saying out loud, and paused long enough to listen. On some social media you can be truly anonymous, and find ‘Safe Soc Med Strangers’, who will notice what you cannot say in real life. I can … Continue reading 7
leaking
Balance They say that tears are the ‘sadness leaking from your body’… sometimes it is all too hard to keep it all in, and your emotions leak out If I am trying to hold it all together and I get overwhelmed, my emotions can leak out in ways I had not intended… I lose my … Continue reading leaking
search
I write a lot these days about peace, serenity and tranquillity. When I accidently fell into this recovery life, I was seeking relief from depression and MH issues. I didn’t know what that relief looked like, what it would entail and what it was I needed to do. I knew, I just needed to change. … Continue reading search
tranquility
There is a stretch of road, where I live, that runs along our coast, that I think is my favourite piece of road. Maybe not the most beautiful in Aotearoa. But as an everyday stretch of road it is always beautiful. Today I was travelling along it, during that magic hour before sunset. When everything … Continue reading tranquility
running
And so she woke upWoke up from where she was lyin' stillSaid I gotta do somethingAbout where we're goin' Step on a steam trainStep out of the driving rain maybeRun from the darkness in the nightSinging ooh la, ah la la la de dayAh la la la de dayAh la la la de day Sweet … Continue reading running
touchstone
In days gone by a Touchstone was used to determine if a metal was precious or not. A stone, free of cracks, hard and dark – was kept, and whatever soft metal you wanted to test was rubbed across its surface. The residue left would determine the purity of the gold or silver or other … Continue reading touchstone
paragraphs
As I stroll through Soc Med I often come across that quote about how some people are just chapters in our books, while others are there for the whole book… I quite like the analogy, except of course, pedant that I am, lol, there are very, very few people there for the whole book, most … Continue reading paragraphs
watch
I’ve always been a people watcher. Park me in an airport, or coffee shop and I am happy to observe the human condition play out in front of me. We are never alone, and while we may be sitting solo, the whole gamut of what it is to be human plays out around us. The … Continue reading watch
am
If you know me, you know I am unapologetically woke. Liberal. Leftie. Whatever label you want to apply to me. Basically, I think I am a decent human being who wants what is best for all our communities. The things that benefit the least of us. Because by doing that, we are going to build … Continue reading am
Food for the soul - welcome to my world 