I wrote this 5 years ago, but as I’ve just had my first routine mammogram it seems like an appropriate day to resurface this. It’s come round again. That time of year when women post silly suggestive things as their Facebook status apparently to bewilder poor men and raise awareness of breast cancer. I did […]
I love my sense of smell
Really. I am guilty of taking my olfaction for granted. Of not paying any attention to the molecular miracle that happens with each inhalation. Of looking down my nose at the importance of matters retronasal. Until lately, that is. For the past few weeks, I have succumbed to the lurgy and been more clogged up […]
What do the voices in your head tell you?
One of my current topics of ponder is why it’s so hard to silence the inner critic (or critics – I’ve got dozens, go me!). Not being in anyone else’s head, I can’t speak for them, but I know there’s often a clamour going on in mine. Getting older and spending quite a lot of […]
Woman on close examination
I like peering at things. The closer the better. Sometimes you find things you didn’t expect.
Quote McQuoteface – If you don’t look after your body, where are you going to live?
When I started blogging it was more likely to be a brief little fart of an idea than a polished and honed piece of lit-er-ate-ewer. Any old post out there is far better than the incumbent state of blogstipation. That’s why I’m going to treat you lucky people to snack sized wisdom – quote-style. If […]